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How Venezuela Fell From the Richest Country in South America into Crisis
History.com ^ | 5/27/25 | Patrick J. Kiger

Posted on 07/11/2025 7:28:01 AM PDT by DallasBiff

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Seems like Mamdani(NYC democrat mayor candidate) is the new Hugo Chavez, people do not learn from history.
1 posted on 07/11/2025 7:28:01 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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2 posted on 07/11/2025 7:29:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DallasBiff

Readers Digest version:

socialistic dictatorship with fake elections = absolute power = absolute corruption = absolute kleptocracy = killing all the golden geese that laid golden eggs = nothing remains for the peasants ...


3 posted on 07/11/2025 7:43:48 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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And it was over 2 decades ago. Plenty of shit happened to, oh say US, Brazil, Hong Kong, most of Europe since then. Venezuela is a lesson that hasn’t been learned.


4 posted on 07/11/2025 7:47:25 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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“at one point, even provided free heating oil for impoverished Americans.”

Well, that was to buy Kennedy votes in Congress.


5 posted on 07/11/2025 7:50:02 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: DallasBiff

The worst problem with socialists/communists is that they refuse to get out.
Once in power, they use all kind of methods, including oppression, killings, and election fraud, to stay in the power!
See Venezuela above:
Chavez was kind of popular guy and got into power by winning election, fair and square.
That was in 1999.
The Venezuelans very quickly realized where his policies are heading and tried to get him out. They are still trying, but even now, with country totally impoverished, Chavistas are still in power!


6 posted on 07/11/2025 7:50:21 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: DallasBiff

Easy: socialism and a rapacious greedy corrupt ruling class.


7 posted on 07/11/2025 7:59:28 AM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.👨 )
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To: HYPOCRACY

Mami will teach us all about socialism quickly if elected.


8 posted on 07/11/2025 8:05:55 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: AZJeep

You can vote socialists/communists into power, but you have to shoot them out.


9 posted on 07/11/2025 8:09:14 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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It was strange how one if the first things GWB did was send $$$ and advisers to Venezuela.
Never did figure that one out.


10 posted on 07/11/2025 8:09:22 AM PDT by Zathras
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**Venezuela is a lesson that hasn’t been learned.**

Same with Cuba.
Chile elected a young socialist. Can you blame the voters? Socialism is a siren call.


11 posted on 07/11/2025 8:23:01 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Same thing with Argentina when Peronistas took over until the new president turned it around.


12 posted on 07/11/2025 8:34:33 AM PDT by Stonewall1
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13 posted on 07/11/2025 8:43:47 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: DallasBiff

Venezuela didn’t fall.

It was pushed.

L


14 posted on 07/11/2025 8:44:36 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: DallasBiff

Communism.


15 posted on 07/11/2025 8:52:36 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: FreedomPoster

Yes, unfortunately!


16 posted on 07/11/2025 9:03:30 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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It is not well publicized, but even in Russia after the communist “revolution”, they hold an election.
Lenin, in his revolutionary fervor, believed that everybody will vote for him, so he allowed more-less free election.

To his surprise, Bolsheviks lost, badly.

So he dissolved the parliament and never hold any free elections afterwards!


17 posted on 07/11/2025 9:10:55 AM PDT by AZJeep (sane )
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To: BenLurkin

They’ll meet again IN HELL


18 posted on 07/11/2025 9:23:50 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: catnipman

And, they had to buy from outside sources a certain percentage of light crude to mix with their Orinoco Heavy and make it able to flow in a pipe. Called diluent, iirc.

They never paid their bills when they took delivery of the light stuff.


19 posted on 07/11/2025 9:29:55 AM PDT by abb
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i knew it was necessary to buy naphtha to make their tar flow in pipes, but did NOT know they failed to pay for the last purchase ... i’m guessing the only way they can get naptha now is to barter for it with the chinese ...


20 posted on 07/11/2025 9:33:36 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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