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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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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.

Maduro’s retreat from oil has left the shrinking Venezuelan economy comparable to that of the ‘Democratic Republic of Congo!

(from the article)