Billions of Petrodollars Later, Still No National Railway in Venezuela

Hugo Chávez, with his grandiose style of buying prosperity by way of writing big checks, found that previous governments had done little with the country’s need for a proper railroad system, and resolved to make it happen. However, we have miles of unfinished track, bridges, and tunnels which stand as a monument to the corrupt practices of the socialist-communist ideals Chávez and his cronies held in such high regard. More…