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Protests, looting break out in Venezuela amid cash chaos
reuters ^
| 12-16-16
| Anggy Polanco and Maria Ramirez
Posted on 12/16/2016 7:48:44 PM PST by dynachrome
Protests and looting broke out in parts of Venezuela on Friday due to a lack of cash after the socialist government suddenly pulled the nation's largest banknote from circulation in the midst of a brutal economic crisis.
Waving the now-worthless 100-bolivar bills, pockets of demonstrators blocked roads, demanded that stores accept the cash and cursed President Nicolas Maduro, witnesses said.
Shops were looted in various places.
Last weekend, Maduro gave Venezuelans three days to ditch the 100-bolivar bills, arguing that the measure was needed to combat mafias on the Colombia border despite warnings from some economists that it risked sparking chaos.
Opposition leaders said the move was further evidence that Maduro is destroying the OPEC nation's economy and must be removed.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chaos; hugochavezlegacy; maduro; socialism; venezuela
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End game?
To: dynachrome
Maduro gave Venezuelans three days to ditch the 100-bolivar bills, arguing that the measure was needed to combat mafias on the Colombia border Sheeeeyit. The mafias are in the Venezuelan government.
That has been voted into power by the Venezuelan people.
How's that "Vote for me. I'll give you free sh*t." working out, Venezuelans?
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:53:00 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
“Vote for me. I’ll give you free sh*t.”
It works the same here.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:56:32 PM PST
by
dynachrome
(When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
To: dynachrome
Protests, looting break out in Venezuela amid cash chaosYou Venezuelans deserve it!
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:59:15 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: dynachrome
Free stuff is worth exactly what you paid for it.
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posted on
12/16/2016 7:59:57 PM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
To: dynachrome
Tell me about it. Here in California, we voted in super-majorities to our Assembly and Senate to go along with our Socialist Governor.
There is no way to stop spending or taxation.
Let the fun begin.
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:00:18 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Tell me about it. Here in California, we voted in super-majorities to our Assembly and Senate to go along with our Socialist Governor. There is no way to stop spending or taxation.
Let the fun begin.
Any system that is controlled by positive feedback will inevitably encounter a force that decreases forward gain to zero or negative.
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:05:56 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([VOTE FRAUD] == [CIVIL WAR])
To: dynachrome
The networks need to send Paul Krugman down to Venezuela to do some investigative reporting.
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:09:37 PM PST
by
Belteshazzar
(We are not justified by our works but by faith - De Jacob et vita beata 2 +Ambrose of Milan)
To: Steely Tom
Any system that is controlled by positive feedback will inevitably encounter a force that decreases forward gain to zero or negative. Can you dumb that down a little for me?
Or is that the dumbed-down version?
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:11:43 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: dynachrome
Well, they wanted themselves some socialism, right?
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:15:45 PM PST
by
Bullish
To: Navy Patriot
Ca$h Chaos? Is THAT what it’s called?
:^)
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:20:47 PM PST
by
heterosupremacist
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: Belteshazzar
The networks need to send Paul Krugman down to Venezuela to do some investigative reporting. Yes. Venezuelans need protein.
Throw in Bernie for dessert.
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:25:01 PM PST
by
TChad
(Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
To: dynachrome
Protests and looting broke out... One must wonder what skezzy slut hillary thinks about all this. And likewise, what does Bernie have to say about all this?
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:25:45 PM PST
by
Mr Apple
( Let's play.........Hide the Muslim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
To: dynachrome
Gullible, uneducated and gibsmedat Venezuelans were told by Chavez that socialism is a paradise.
Those in power try to keep the masses ignorant of history and economics so that their bamboozling works.
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:32:00 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: dynachrome
There was a time when the evil Gringos of El Norte would put an en end to this sh*t years ago... Sometimes those who rose to power thereafter restored economic order for the masses but, usually for themselves (sorta like Dim politicians of our major cities here in the USA)!!!
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posted on
12/16/2016 8:35:27 PM PST
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: dynachrome
Pets are being abandoned [breaks my heart]
And Venezuelan women are reluctantly Opting for sterilization with the economic crisis
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posted on
12/16/2016 9:08:32 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
To: Belteshazzar; dynachrome
Belteshazzar :" The networks need to send Paul Krugman down to Venezuela to do some investigative reporting."
Better yet, send him down to Venezuela for three months with 2 weeks worth of toilet paper
Probably will have to hose him down upon his return, but he will be better educated for the experience !
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posted on
12/16/2016 9:12:14 PM PST
by
Tilted Irish Kilt
(Immigration is a priveledge ,.... not a right ! Tell that to O'Bungler and the U.N.)
To: dynachrome
“With new bills - originally due on Thursday - still nowhere to be seen, many Venezuelans were unable to fill their vehicles’ fuel tanks to get to work, buy food or purchase Christmas gifts.”
Now that’s real planning. Only government can F up that badly. Time for a bloody revolution, they have little left to lose if threatened by starvation.
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posted on
12/16/2016 9:13:44 PM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and thse religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
12/16/2016 9:16:51 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(ABC/NBC/CBS/MSNBC/PBS/CNN/FOX are THE LEGACY MEDIA)
To: dynachrome
They ran out of ‘other people’s money’ to spend... it’s gonna get uglier before it gets better.
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posted on
12/16/2016 9:57:02 PM PST
by
GOPJ
("Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats". P.J O'Rourke)
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