Venezuela Protestor Run Over By Armored Vehicle. Deteriorating Conditions In Country

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Venezuela has been in a state of collapse for a few years now but with reports of starvation especially it is on the verge of revolution or civil war. Protests have become more aggressive and violent including a protestor being run over by an armored vehicle.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...through-crowd-of-people-as-upheaval-continues

I'm afraid this is only the tip of the iceberg. Desperate populations do desperate things. Obtaining a resolution will not be easy or end well I'm afraid.
 

Long reads don't get read. IMO this partial is enough to explain why Trump was elected and the continued decline of America has a chance of not becomming another Venezuela..

What Caused Venezuela's Collapse Is No Mystery — Except To Economically Illiterate Journalists
Economics: Why is it that reporters keep scratching their heads about Venezuela's descent into extreme poverty and chaos? The cause is simple. Socialism. End it and you will end the misery.
When the New York Times wrote about Venezuela's ongoing collapse a year ago, it described how the country was suffering "painful shortages … even of basic foods," and how "electricity and water are being rationed, and huge areas of the country have spent months with little of either."
Here is how the Times explained the reason for Venezuela's dire situation: "The growing economic crisis (was) fueled by low prices for oil, the country's main export; a drought that has crippled Venezuela's ability to generate hydroelectric power; and a long decline in manufacturing and agricultural production."
There's no mention — not one — of the fact that Hugo Chávez tried to turn Venezuela into a socialist paradise, policies that his successor Nicolás Maduro has continued. The Times' coverage is par for the course.

http://www.investors.com/politics/e...xcept-to-economically-illiterate-journalists/
 
WhatInThe said:
Venezuela has been in a state of collapse for a few years now but with reports of starvation especially it is on the verge of revolution or civil war. Protests have become more aggressive and violent including a protestor being run over by an armored vehicle.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...through-crowd-of-people-as-upheaval-continues

I'm afraid this is only the tip of the iceberg. Desperate populations do desperate things. Obtaining a resolution will not be easy or end well I'm afraid.
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Thanks for posting. I have a friend who lived there until she was a teenager, when most of her family moved to the U.S. She used to visit every year, but hasn't done so for at least 10 years because of nutty stuff like this. This is an extreme example of a totally corrupted system. Will it ever be able to get turned around?
 

Spot on! My wifes entire family is from there...and now here legally. Chavez/Maduro saw to it that the military is well fed and housed or else they'd have been gone. The black market is their only economy and bribes and crime are out of control. They are a wonderful people but their slow steady descent into socialism has ended in a military dictatorship. Imagine that!
 
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