Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

'Kennels': Venezuela's dangerous answer to transport chaos
AFP ^ | July 10, 2018 | Margioni Bermuidez

Posted on 07/10/2018 12:52:52 PM PDT by C19fan

Packed inside a barred pick-up truck that looks like a mobile cage, passengers are risking their lives in Venezuela's perilous solution to a public transport crisis.

Far from banning the "kennels", as they are known, due to a spate of fatal accidents, governors and mayors are even launching their own fleets, free of charge.

In the Libertador municipality hometown of President Nicolas Maduro, himself a former bus driver, the words "Loving Caracas" can be read on the transport trucks.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: pagingmittromney; venezuela
I thought old school buses used as buses in Guatemala was bad.
1 posted on 07/10/2018 12:52:52 PM PDT by C19fan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: C19fan

I like the flatbed trucks in Cuba, being pulled by horses.


2 posted on 07/10/2018 12:56:33 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
That ain't a pickup truck.


3 posted on 07/10/2018 12:59:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Kids in kennels ….hmmm where are the protesters?


4 posted on 07/10/2018 1:00:45 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

More joys of socialism on display.


5 posted on 07/10/2018 1:02:49 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

This, in the country with the largest oil reserves on earth. Ain’t socialism ground?


6 posted on 07/10/2018 1:06:46 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

...Far from banning the “kennels”, as they are known, due to a spate of fatal accidents, governors and mayors are even launching their own fleets, free of charge...

With donkey carts adorned with pictures of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her best Che Guevara T Shirt.


7 posted on 07/10/2018 1:11:27 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Attention Jerry Brown: This is where you are dragging California.


8 posted on 07/10/2018 1:14:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Image result for Pictures of India riding in overloaded vehicles
Buses in India

Image result for pictures of vehicles overloaded with people
Trains are even worse

9 posted on 07/10/2018 1:16:07 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Just wait until Gruesome Newsom is governor.

Conservative Californians will be longing for the “good ‘ole days” of Jerry Brown.


10 posted on 07/10/2018 1:46:29 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Washington is NOT a swamp.....It's a cesspool!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Very common transportation in Thailand, yhough they do have benches and a roof.


11 posted on 07/10/2018 2:33:36 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson