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Venezuela, Once an Oil Giant, Reaches the End of an Era
NY Times ^
| Oct. 7, 2020
| Sheyla Urdaneta, Anatoly Kurmanaev and Isayen HerreraPhotographs by Adriana Loureiro Fernandez
Posted on 10/07/2020 7:56:14 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: SmokingJoe
Venezuela....."The country now has the highest poverty rate in Latin America,
overtaking Haiti this year".....and it didn't take long at all.
And figure this photo...during a power outage A gas flare lights the street!
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posted on
10/07/2020 11:44:43 PM PDT
by
caww
(...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
To: caww
Crude seeping from abandoned underwater wells and pipelines coats the crabs that former oil workers haul from the lake with blackened hands........When it rains, oil that has oozed into the sewage system comes up through manholes and drains, coursing with rainwater through the streets, smearing houses and filling the town with its gaseous stench.
There are no jobs, no gasoline, but the oil is spilling everywhere, said Francisco Barrios, a baker.
Maduros retreat from oil has left the shrinking Venezuelan economy comparable to that of the ‘Democratic Republic of Congo!
(from the article)
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posted on
10/07/2020 11:53:17 PM PDT
by
caww
(...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
To: Billthedrill
Thanks....good read there!
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posted on
10/07/2020 11:56:19 PM PDT
by
caww
(...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
To: BeauBo
Now if we can just ship all the socialists down there.
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posted on
10/07/2020 11:56:53 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Polls are for dancing)
To: SmokingJoe
Haiti was once the wealthiest French colony but the French Revolution’s uprising on the island did to Haiti what Chavez did to Venezuela. Killing/driving out all the White people did not help either.
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posted on
10/08/2020 12:11:21 AM PDT
by
Monterrosa-24
( ...even more American than a Russian AK-47 and a French bikini.)
To: bigbob
I'm into recovery.
It would take G7 resources 5 Trillion and 15 years to fix Venezuela.
But yes, it would be worth it for SA and the world.
Don Jr. and Eric would be a good start.
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posted on
10/08/2020 12:11:28 AM PDT
by
onona
(but I do enjoy your leap into a ditch.)
To: McGruff
Venezuela Orders 71 Tons of Paper To Print New Banknotes Worth 23 Cents
.....while Maduro hands out a roll of toilet paper saying..."Make it last"....
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posted on
10/08/2020 12:25:34 AM PDT
by
caww
(...This constant pretending the president is a problem is pure evil!...)
To: BeauBo
Venezuela, Once an Oil Giant, Reaches the End of an Era
We can just here the applause in the news room of the nyt
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posted on
10/08/2020 2:39:26 AM PDT
by
ronnie raygun
( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
To: Billthedrill
(sigh) United Fruit used to handle these situations for us.
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posted on
10/08/2020 2:49:08 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: BeauBo
Another triumph of socialism.
—
and a preview of the USA under the Harris Administration
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posted on
10/08/2020 2:54:23 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: Lockbox
Dont forget that Socialists also get rid of decadent western luxuries that are exclusively for the rich.......like food and toilet paper.....
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posted on
10/08/2020 2:58:15 AM PDT
by
FLT-bird
To: Monterrosa-24
Haiti was a wealthy tourist area in the 20th century; it fell apart when they tossed their dictators.
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posted on
10/08/2020 3:58:20 AM PDT
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: BeauBo
But the NYT says nothing really bad about socialism except for some of what Hugo did, but seems to blame the US:
"the United States accused Mr. Chavez’s successor and protégé, President Nicolás Maduro, of election fraud and enacted severe economic sanctions to force him from power." The sanctions forced the last American oil companies in the country to stop drilling. They may leave the country entirely in December, if the Trump administration ends their exemptions from sanctions.
the transition has allowed Mr. Maduro to keep the loyalty of the military and weather the punishing American sanctions, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/world/americas/venezuela-oil-economy-maduro.html?smid=tw-share
Meanwhile the main concern is that of oil pollution (note that the majority of the latter WW is from natural leakage).
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posted on
10/08/2020 4:41:52 AM PDT
by
daniel1212
(Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
To: BeauBo
Fuel shortages have brought the country to a standstill. At gas stations, lines go on for miles. The Democrats' wet dream for America.
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posted on
10/08/2020 4:45:26 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Roland the Thompson Gunner made his name there.
That was before he lost his head.
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posted on
10/08/2020 4:50:21 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: BeauBo
Lagovan asphalt from Vz was America's top choice for making roof shingles. Roofing companies paid a premium for the stuff.
Then Chavez had a better idea; blend it off and send it to China for a lower netback.
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posted on
10/08/2020 5:06:02 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: BeauBo
——left to flare toxic gases-——
That phrase discounts the credibility of the whole article.
It took four people to produce that trash
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posted on
10/08/2020 5:13:27 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day)
To: Lurker
Wonder how many remember the Biafran war of the 1970s.
Remember Biafra Babies?
L
...and Jello Biafra, formerly of the group Dead Kennedys
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posted on
10/08/2020 5:18:59 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
(We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
To: SmokingJoe
"Poorer than even Haiti? The once richest country is South America? Ouch." Double and triple ouch! when I was in college at LSU I had a guy from Venezuela in one of my nuclear science classes. Genius intellect and a damned nice guy. Majoring (of course) in petroleum engineering. Offspring of Jews who got out of Germany ahead of Hitler. I hope he and his kin had the foresight to get out in time.
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posted on
10/08/2020 6:57:19 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
To: bert
"That phrase discounts the credibility of the whole article." Not really. Venezuela oil deposits have the unfortunate side effect of also producing lots of hydrogen sulfide in the natural gas associated with the oil, which really IS horribly toxic. Not to mention having your whole country smell like rotten eggs. Flaring it off is by far the safest and easiest way to make it "less bad"...the sulfur dioxide formed is still toxic, but far less so.
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posted on
10/08/2020 7:36:51 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(No Longer Tolerating Trolls!)
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