While Venezuela Crumbles...

Today more than ever the exclusion and hardships suffered by millions of Venezuelans bring to mind that old song "Christmas Songs" sung by Billo’s Caracas Boys (a legendary Venezuelan music band) that says in its chorus line: "Some are seen joyful, some others in tears. There are some who have everything, everything they have wished for… there are others who are very poor and have nothing at all…" The thing that changes with the situation of social inequality in Venezuela back in those days is that now those "who have everything, everything they have wished for" is just a small ruling elite thriving thanks to the public money being misused with total impunity; while the number of people who "have nothing," or those finding it hard to get access to basic food, medicines and a myriad of products because of the economic crisis, is increasing, including middle class professionals and anyone living on a fixed salary, today grotesquely devalued by an unstoppable inflationary spiral. More…