Posted on 06/01/2016 1:40:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Venezuela is running out of just about everything. Food, medicine, electricity, toilet paper, condoms -- you name it.
And over the weekend at least two large international airlines -- Lufthansa and LATAM -- said they will suspend service to Venezuela in the coming months due to the economic crisis.
The widespread scarcities and fleeing businesses reflect a country in crisis.
"There's a shortage of everything at some level," says Ricardo Cusanno, vice president of Venezuela's Chamber of Commerce. Cusanno says 85% of companies in Venezuela have halted production to some extent.
Venezuela's economy is spiraling into extreme recession. It is ironic given that the country sits on the world's largest proven oil reserves of oil. However Venezuela hasn't cut back from expensive government spending even as oil prices have lost half its value in the past two years.
An oppostion-led Congress is pushing for the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro and people have joined rallies and protests calling for his removal.
The country is under the spell of a drought, it's battling the Zika virus and people are struggling to get medicine in equipment-scarce hospitals....
(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...
When do you they run out on socialism?
Notice how the media no longer mentions socalism when talking about Vensuwila?
Not until it’s too late.
Would love to send my nephew and ALL of his friends to live here.
If they make it back to the US somehow, they can stay.
Yes, apparently even Mr. Weatherbee (Bernie) gets rude to people and cuts them off whenever they ask him about that socialist paradise. I’m surprised ones like Sean Penn and Danny Glover have not yet jetted in from Hollyweird with help and emergency supplies (would not hold my breath for that to happen as that would probably interrupt their busy schedules of lecturing to the sheeple about the evils of the Donald).
Sean Penn, Danny Glover, Micheal Moore all need to move down there and show them how socialism should be done....
...and of course, the lead guy himself....Bernie....
Loaded with national resources and in a self imposed poverty situation.
Marxism fails every place it’s been tried.
Soon they will run out of running out.
I know of a huge voting block of people I would love to send there. (If only until after November 8th, would be O.K too)
#FeelTheBern
> toilet paper
Maybe they could use their cash.
Oh, government spending hasn't decreased.
No sh!t.
They’re obviously not doing socialism right!
Stay home don’t vote..do a write-in- and it’s a vote for the Socialist/communist Democrats- and we’re going to be another Venezuela
,,,, when asked about Venezuela ,, at a news conference ,,
Bernie refused to answer . . .
isn’t the “health care” still free?
All that money that Matilda took from Belafonte and ran with is not worth that much today I suppose. :-)
Isn’t it about time for “O” to get his a^% down there and apologize for something?
I’m SURE that’s all that they need, then everything will be OK again... right?
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