"Venezuela’s Suicide" Topic
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Tango01 | 19 Oct 2018 8:59 p.m. PST |
"Consider two Latin American countries. The first is one of the region's oldest and strongest democracies. It boasts a stronger social safety net than any of its neighbors and is making progress on its promise to deliver free health care and higher education to all its citizens. It is a model of social mobility and a magnet for immigrants from across Latin America and Europe. The press is free, and the political system is open; opposing parties compete fiercely in elections and regularly alternate power peacefully. It sidestepped the wave of military juntas that mired some Latin American countries in dictatorship. Thanks to a long political alliance and deep trade and investment ties with the United States, it serves as the Latin American headquarters for a slew of multinational corporations. It has the best infrastructure in South America. It is still unmistakably a developing country, with its share of corruption, injustice, and dysfunction, but it is well ahead of other poor countries by almost any measure. The second country is one of Latin America's most impoverished nations and its newest dictatorship. Its schools lie half deserted. The health system has been devastated by decades of underinvestment, corruption, and neglect; long-vanquished diseases, such as malaria and measles, have returned. Only a tiny elite can afford enough to eat. An epidemic of violence has made it one of the most murderous countries in the world. It is the source of Latin America's largest refugee migration in a generation, with millions of citizens fleeing in the last few years alone. Hardly anyone (aside from other autocratic governments) recognizes its sham elections, and the small portion of the media not under direct state control still follows the official line for fear of reprisals. By the end of 2018, its economy will have shrunk by about half in the last five years. It is a major cocaine-trafficking hub, and key power brokers in its political elite have been indicted in the United States on drug charges. Prices double every 25 days. The main airport is largely deserted, used by just a handful of holdout airlines bringing few passengers to and from the outside world. These two countries are in fact the same country, Venezuela, at two different times: the early 1970s and today. The transformation Venezuela has undergone is so radical, so complete, and so total that it is hard to believe it took place without a war. What happened to Venezuela? How did things go so wrong?…" Main page link This is a must read… a lesson of what should never happen again. Amicalement Armand
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randy51 | 20 Oct 2018 9:55 a.m. PST |
"What happened to Venezuela? How did things go so wrong?…" Aw c'mon,…..we all know the "how" part. |
Tango01 | 20 Oct 2018 11:11 a.m. PST |
Not all people knows it my friend… like with Cuba… they still have supporters… Incredible, believe it or not… Amicalement Armand |
Old Glory | 20 Oct 2018 11:20 a.m. PST |
Always be extremely wary of the word "FREE?" The last carrot the rabbit would ever go for was "free???" Regards Russ Dunaway |
Thresher01 | 20 Oct 2018 2:00 p.m. PST |
That's what happens when you let a commie bus driver, with ostensibly a 4th grade education level, run the country. |
Cacique Caribe | 20 Oct 2018 4:17 p.m. PST |
At least one guy there can have empanadas whenever he feels like it, even during their equivalent of a State of the Union function.
And apparently he wins every dancing contest or boxing match he enters.
Dan |
Old Glory | 20 Oct 2018 5:33 p.m. PST |
All of the logic, justification, and defense of this hyper academia based nonsense is -- they were led by stupid evil people and we will not be like them." BULL POOP!!! Regards Russ Dunaway |
Zephyr1 | 20 Oct 2018 8:49 p.m. PST |
I fear that the next step will be invading the neighbors to distract the populace from the domestic problems… |
Tango01 | 21 Oct 2018 2:53 p.m. PST |
If he continue lost population… (smile) Amicalement Armand
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javelin98 | 22 Oct 2018 11:06 a.m. PST |
That's what happens when you let a commie bus driver, with ostensibly a 4th grade education level, run the country. I'm not sure anyone actually let him… |
Tango01 | 22 Oct 2018 11:17 a.m. PST |
Yes, there is a culprit that allowed him access to power … his name was Chavez! Amicalement Armand |
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