Venezuela – a socialist horror story

In 1970, Venezuela had a per capita GDP greater than Spain’s. Now it is a country of starvation where desperate people pick through rubbish for food. Last year, Venezuelans lost an average 24lb of body weight. Corruption and crime are endemic. The murder rate is 56 times higher than Britain’s. Many medicines are unavailable; public services have collapsed. Of a population of 30million-plus, more than 3million are believed to have fled abroad. More…