Analyzing the Crisis in the Latin American Oil Capital

Now, many of you may ask, why should I care? Well, if you look at it, Venezuela is a microcosm of conflicts everywhere. The malnutrition crippling the common Venezuelan and Máduro’s poor policies to resolve this has been a narrative emulated in countries such as Sudan and Pakistan. The repression of PSVU opposition has drawn ties to China and North Korea. The Venezuelan reliance on oil sales, and their somber reaction to dropping prices, is a sentiment echoed in both Nigeria and Iran. For almost every problem plaguing Venezuela, there is seemingly always another country that could learn from or relate to the issue, and that is why it is so important to understand Venezuela as it is today. More…