“Sometimes government people send us to
murder. We work in partnership. It’s screwed up,” says Carlos, who asked for
his real name not to be published, pointing to assault rifles he claims came
from the Bolivarian national guard. “I don’t like to see my country like this
but it’s the way things have turned out. We have become a nation of malandros,”
or thugs, he concludes. Venezuela’s descent into hoodlum state from beacon of
revolutionary socialism — a picture of Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, hangs
above Carlos’s head — has been spectacular. Three decades ago, Venezuela
boasted some of Latin America’s highest living standards. Today, after 17 years
of revolution, most people cannot find toilet paper in shops — even though the
country has larger oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. More… 
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Venezuela: ‘Ours is a nation of thugs’
“Sometimes government people send us to
murder. We work in partnership. It’s screwed up,” says Carlos, who asked for
his real name not to be published, pointing to assault rifles he claims came
from the Bolivarian national guard. “I don’t like to see my country like this
but it’s the way things have turned out. We have become a nation of malandros,”
or thugs, he concludes. Venezuela’s descent into hoodlum state from beacon of
revolutionary socialism — a picture of Hugo Chávez, who died in 2013, hangs
above Carlos’s head — has been spectacular. Three decades ago, Venezuela
boasted some of Latin America’s highest living standards. Today, after 17 years
of revolution, most people cannot find toilet paper in shops — even though the
country has larger oil reserves than Saudi Arabia. More… 
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