It gets worse by the day. There has to be a revolution in the near future unless Cuba or some other country steps in to prop up the socialist dictatorship. Over the weekend, six members of the Venezuelan military were detained by local authorities for stealing goats, the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional reported Sunday. It said the soldiers confessed to stealing the goats and said they did it to feed themselves, since they had no food left in their barracks. Story w/links @ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/04/how-bad-is-it-in-venezuela-soldiers-are-stealing-goats.html
Socialism turns to anarchy in Venezuela... Scenes From The Venezuela Apocalypse: "Countless Wounded" After 5,000 Loot Supermarket Looking For Food 5/13/2016 - Over the last several years we have documented with clockwork regularity Venezuela's collapse into failed state status, which was cemented several weeks ago when news hit that "Venezuela had officially run out of money to print new money." At that point the best one could do was merely to step back and watch as local society and civilization turned on itself, unleashing what would ultimately turn into Venezuela's own, sad apocalypse.
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Blackouts, looting and murder: [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Power cuts, food shortages and rising violent crime are contributing to an economic and political crisis in Venezuela that has left its embattled president Nicolás Maduro with ever-decreasing options. For a country reliant on oil revenues, the lengthy global oil price crash has been catastrophic. Maduro blames private ‘bigwigs’ and threatens to take control of idle factories[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]American media seems to be ignoring the situation in Venezuela but it's going to hit us smack in the face before long. [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The story with stark video is @ http://www.theguardian.com/world/vi...venezuelas-state-of-emergency-video-explainer[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]New York Times Editorial: Venezuela’s Downward Spiral[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The most amazing part of this piece is the acknowledgment that socialist policies forced on the people by dictators are to blame for this. And it does refer to the support the regime has received from China. The full piece is @ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/opinion/venezuelas-downward-spiral.html?_r=0[/FONT]
The problem is widespread poverty in the country combined with an economy dominated by centralized control and government mismanagement. It might be true that there would still be masses of people impoverished under a fully privatized system, but at least individuals would be in control of their own property and could manage it more sensibly. This just demonstrates what happens when a government tries to take so much control over the economy. The bureaucrats in charge always bungle things and are out of touch with what is actually happening. Maybe it's better to be poor and economically self-sufficient than to be completely reliant on bureaucratic government management, however well intentioned the system is.
Venezuela's Hospitals Where 7 Babies Die Each Day No electricity, no antibiotics, no beds, no soap: A devastating look inside Venezuela's crisis-hit hospitals where 7 babies die a day, bleeding patients lie strewn on the floor, and doctors try to operate without tools President Nicolas Maduro claims Venezuela has the best healthcare in the world after Cuba But death rates are soaring and hospitals are filthy as supplies run low and electricity is shut off The nation is in economic crisis after price of oil - their main monetary reserve - plummeted Images taken by the New York Times show patients lying on the floor covered in blood and babies dying It gets worse daily. Rumors abound that the military will incite a coup against Maduro. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-try-operate-without-tools.html#ixzz490suFLrV
Hmmm, socialized medicine must not be working... Venezuela asks UN for help increasing dwindling medicine supply March 25, 2017 -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked the United Nations to help with the country's severe medicine shortages.
