Thursday, June 4, 2015

Venezuela, A Ticking Time Bomb At The Border Of Our Kingdom

In the Netherlands, we look with great concern at the appalling consequences of the boat migration to the EU’s southern borders. Rightly so, but only 30 kilometers from our border threatens an escalation of a potential military dimension. A threat which can also cause boat migration. Only separated by a narrow strip of Caribbean, Venezuela, the largest land adjacent to our kingdom, is turning into a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment in our face. Problems worsened seriously

The problems in this South American socialist “utopia” are not new, but in the past year they have deteriorated. After his death in 2013, the former president Hugo Chavez left behind a country which dangles from the edge of the abyss. His “socialism in the 21st century” led in practice to appalling corruption and mismanagement and the Venezuelan economy has completely eroded. More…

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