[NRPM]

When Venezuela completely implodes, the U.S. media will describe it as “unexpected.”

[zeugma]

When Venezuela completely implodes, the U.S. media will describe it as “unexpected.”

Nope. They'll say it's our fault that yet again, socialism has devolved into utter death, desolation, and misery.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

When Venezuela completely implodes, the U.S. media will describe it as “unexpected.”

Cuba has limped along for fifty years on a lot less. Venezuela has huge oil resources. Hard, even for a socialist, to screw that up. Of course, Venezuelans don't need a boat to escape.