Forget Donald Trump. Long before the
White House began trafficking in alternative facts, Venezuela's government had
cornered the market in magical thinking. You say gross economic mismanagement
is wrecking the economy? Nonsense, volleyed President Nicolas Maduro, the
disappearance of goods like food and medicine is the work of unscrupulous
profiteers. The continent's largest oil producer can't keep the lights on? Stop
using hair driers, Maduro says. Bootleggers are shooting it out for a piece of
Venezuela's flourishing black market border trade? "Enough of this
terrorism," Maduro said, excoriating Colombian paramilitary forces. More… 
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
How to Solve the Riddle of Venezuela's Economy
Forget Donald Trump. Long before the
White House began trafficking in alternative facts, Venezuela's government had
cornered the market in magical thinking. You say gross economic mismanagement
is wrecking the economy? Nonsense, volleyed President Nicolas Maduro, the
disappearance of goods like food and medicine is the work of unscrupulous
profiteers. The continent's largest oil producer can't keep the lights on? Stop
using hair driers, Maduro says. Bootleggers are shooting it out for a piece of
Venezuela's flourishing black market border trade? "Enough of this
terrorism," Maduro said, excoriating Colombian paramilitary forces. More… 
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