Governance Crisis in Venezuela

[Faye]

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Seeing this is probably the most damning thing imaginable for all the rhetoric of their socialist 'revolution' several years ago (and I say that as someone who basically is a socialist). Venezuela's economy was so heavily tied to the price of oil, and now a trade war is going on with the Saudi's flooding the market. They are hurting themselves in the process, but they are hurting the competition much more. I think it shows a good example of how socialism basically isn't viable when a country is subject to the currents of globalization and international capitalism. Of course, it isn't an attack on the government structure itself; the market doesn't care what kind of government a country has.

I just want to hear anyone's thoughts on the situation in Venezuela, their massive rise in crime, etc. What do you think the future holds for this country?

 

[sprinkles]

Any system will fail when implemented poorly.

 

[BrokenDaniel]

The way i understand it, is that even before Chavez died, the repression and persecution and subsequent mass migration was already an issue. Also the economical state was in decline for a long while. Some attributed the current to the president, Maduro. Which can be, but he's nowhere near as astute and charismatic as Chavez was. Which i think makes him more of a scapegoat. Chavez initially was a good thing for most, he really sticked it to the predominant oligarchy back then, also the oil thing was good. But it didn't lasted for long. At least back then they had this flamboyant military guy calling Bush a yankee cocksucker (balls licker as an actual translation).
I've heard from Venezuelans (and i knew A LOT of them) about actual execution of people opposed to the government, they've told me these events usually happen while in street manifestations, with snipers hidden in buildings. Also there's complete coverage of these acts by the media. The police there seems to be particularly violent and oppresive too. Most Venezuelans folks when they get here initially have almost like a paranoia imprinted when walking the streets at night, or seeing a cop, and public manifestations, it's quite a strange thing.
Add to this, that now they stand mostly alone in international affairs. Closed the borders between them and Colombia, which implies more tension and latin american countries don't really feel it that much for Venezuela, as they did years ago. The economical thing was already an issue for a long while, i guess the expenses were too high, or poor managing and corruption. But politically they've managed to make it even worse nowadays, what was brewing now is boling and steaming.

They are crumbling indeed, and from many, many sides... Not just economically. It's a shame for the people there though mostly, you really get the feeling that they had a hard time dealing with those lunatics.