Hugo Chavez is dead
and his revolution is not doing any better. His successor Maduro can't show his
face in public. Caracas is a city of empty shelves and angry people.
Venezuelans rush over to Colombia border towns to buy everything available.
This is what the wonderful country of Venezuela looks like after socialism. It was 25 years ago
that Chavez took over Venezuela, as Joel D. Hirst remembered: 25 years ago –
all the people of Venezuela have known since is Hugo Chavez. Chavez in the morning, Chavez at night. Chavez in the soup and on the ricebags and
stamped across the ever-scarcer toilet paper. Dressed mostly in red – until the
occasional blue became necessary to bury a political rival. Then back to red. More…
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
The day Chavez messed up Venezuela
Hugo Chavez is dead
and his revolution is not doing any better. His successor Maduro can't show his
face in public. Caracas is a city of empty shelves and angry people.
Venezuelans rush over to Colombia border towns to buy everything available.
This is what the wonderful country of Venezuela looks like after socialism. It was 25 years ago
that Chavez took over Venezuela, as Joel D. Hirst remembered: 25 years ago –
all the people of Venezuela have known since is Hugo Chavez. Chavez in the morning, Chavez at night. Chavez in the soup and on the ricebags and
stamped across the ever-scarcer toilet paper. Dressed mostly in red – until the
occasional blue became necessary to bury a political rival. Then back to red. More…
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