Posted on 05/28/2016 7:18:58 AM PDT by dynachrome
The courts? Closed most days. The bureau to start a business? Same thing. The public defender’s office? That’s been converted into a food bank for government employees.
Step by step, Venezuela has been shutting down.
This country has long been accustomed to painful shortages, even of basic foods. But Venezuela keeps drifting further into uncharted territory.
In recent weeks, the government has taken what may be one of the most desperate measures ever by a country to save electricity: A shutdown of many of its offices for all but two half-days each week.
But that is only the start of the country’s woes. Electricity and water are being rationed, and huge areas of the country have spent months with little of either.
Many people cannot make international calls from their phones because of a dispute between the government and phone companies over currency regulations and rates.
Coca-Cola Femsa, the Mexican company that bottles Coke in the country, has even said it was halting production of sugary soft drinks because it was running out of sugar.
Last week, protests turned violent in parts of the country where demonstrators demanded empty supermarkets be resupplied. And on Friday, the government said it would continue its truncated workweek for an additional 15 days.
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You might actually have a better chance.
Socialism at work... next step is rounding up citizens who dare to object... and making them disappear.
Step two is starving citizens while Communist Party elites eat high on the hog.
Step three is killing off journalist who notice.
Will the effing American Press be played for fools forever? I’m guessing yes... democrats who feed them stories and sources aren’t going to feed them the truth about Socialism.
When will people ever learn... The answer is blowing in the wind...
“next step is rounding up citizens who dare to object...”
nah, you just can’t work, buy or own anything. Especially guns. Then the round ups will begin.
we should send our BRILLIANT American Leftists down there to fix the problem.
i’ve heard them say that socialism fails only because modern geniuses such as themselves were never in charge.
ship ‘em out!
They are not being played - they are leading the pack.
The masses finally have the fairness they deserve
There is - I have many friends from high school who still live in Caracas and they’re doing everything they can to survive and fight, but it’s tough when the Guardia has all the guns.
The people of Venezuela voted for this - just like we’re voting for it here.
The Walter Duranty reference is spot on.
New territory???
Same old socialist economy as ever - like every other Marxist-Leninist hell-hole.
Ending inequality is the Democrats’ goal, and Venezuela is showin’ us how it’s done. Sanders/Maduro por El Presidente de los Estados Unidos! Billeto Dreamo!
How come your dog has only three legs well he is a good pup and we are eating him slow
Bernie was asked about it in an interview with Univision, and he refused to answer. So he has nothing to say about it.
You got that right.
Rhetorical question:
Why do these Chavezistas always invoke Simon Bolivar, when Hugo Chavez would not have been even worthy to shovel the manure from Simon Bolivar’s horse.
“NYT: Socialism has nothing to do with Venezuela’s collapse.”
These propaganda artists are deserving of the exact same rewards as their leaders at the end of the day.
” socialism is never mentioned”
The Slimes propaganda machine at work. It’s truly a disgusting rag.
Bernie was ‘cornered’ into responding to a question about socialism in Venezuela. He dodged it by saying he was concentrating on the campaign and nothing else.
Demonstrators demanded that supermarkets be resupplied. They have no idea where the stuff comes from.
As for electricity, could the government not simply order every person who works on generating power to go to work for free? No matter where they work, be it coal mines, electro-hydro dams, whatever. I mean, the government already owns everything. Of course, we know that won’t work forever. It’s called communism.
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