I'll take some of the yellow, but don't get cheap on me!
Nothing to see here. Danny Glover and Sean Penn said that evil capitalist pigs are to blame.
this sh*thole is a liberals paradise
You’d think that Madura and his kids could spare a few bolivars out of their multimillions to buy some food for their people.
Venezuela is a real-time simulation of the 2018 felony clinton administration economy (obama 2).
Yep. That's all that did it...a pesky four year "recession." It couldn't be anything else.
I’d like to see them slaughter Maduro and his accomplices. VIVA PINOCHET!!
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Part III (A is A), Chapter V (Their Brothers' Keepers)
...Food riots grip western Venezuela, mob reportedly slaughters cattle in field...
Would Democrats consider Venezuela a
Sh!t hole?
All of the zoo animals have been eaten.
#1. Look at those bins. Proof that communism succeeds. All the bins are equally empty. Long live the starving masses!
The crash is coming here too I fear. Weve passed the point of no return and its inevitable. Youn cant exist on an ever growing foundation of imaginary money forever. The only question is when.
The Mexican elections will be soon. In the lead is a guy worse than Maduro. Build the wall!
Venezuela
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
Corruption in Venezuela is high by world standards and was so for much of the 20th century. The discovery of oil had worsened political corruption,[188] and by the late 1970s, Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso’s description of oil as “the Devil’s excrement” had become a common expression in Venezuela.[189]...This corruption is shown with Venezuela’s significant involvement in drug trafficking, with Colombian cocaine and other drugs transiting Venezuela towards the United States and Europe.
Economy of Venezuela
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Venezuela
Venezuela is one of the top four suppliers of foreign oil to the United States. About 500 U.S. companies are represented in Venezuela.[18] According to Central Bank of Venezuela, between 1998 and 2008 the government received around 325 billion USD through oil production and exports in general.[17] Also, according to the International Energy Agency, as of August 2015 the production of 2.4 million barrels per day supplied 500,000 barrels to the United States of America.[18]
WTI crude oil is over $64 per barrel. We’ll see. Venezuela has always been corrupt (as noted in a previous comment with a Wikipedia quote), so a recovery would take a while and only benefit a small portion of the population there much.
Add the history of corruption and ongoing corruption to the following.
Economy of Venezuela
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Venezuela
Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of the country’s GDP and roughly 95% of total exports...During the collapse of oil prices in the 1980s, the economy contracted...commenced a progressive devaluation, and inflation skyrocketed to reach peaks of 84% in 1989 and 99% in 1996, three years prior to Hugo Chávez taking office.
But Venezuela isnt a shithole, oh no. Leftists make countries shitholes. Its what they do.
OK; I'll ask. Dumb Question.
Why aren't all other areas of Venezuela similarly distressed?