The Venezuelan crisis matters and there's much we can do

Venezuela is far from Australia and, until its recent collapse, had not really been on the media's radar. Yet close to four million Venezuelans have left the country since 2007, with two million in the past two years alone — that's a higher rate than Syria. And inflation is due to hit 1,000,000 per cent by Christmas The South American country may seem far away, but its economic prospects have a greater impact on Australia than it first seems, from petrol prices to the Venezuelan communities in our suburbs. More…