[GeronL]

http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2014/01/wanna-be-my-kitty-maduros-regime-has.html

here is a Venezuelan blog post about it

the comments are pretty good

[Zeneta]

In Venezuela we have seen government take over of the oil industry and any number of price controls over the years.

What we don’t hear about is the follow-up and how it is affecting the people there.

I suspect these measures are introduced and later modified.

American oil execs and employees are in Venezuela. They are under constant threat of being kidnapped or mugged if they venture to far from their security.

I know that Chavez kicked out the “Americans” but they have been brought back in.

I wonder why we never hear the reports of the abductions and muggings ? or just the stories about how dangerous it really is to be an American in these countries.

We are there at the request and need by these governments, and the American public thinks these countries are “quaint” in their socialism.