Venezuela

Reuters have some reports
www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN1AC1S9

Thank you Petra, what I have heard sounds truely awful , will see if I can find C4 news reports

annie
I don't know if you can stil get it but there have been 2 good reports from channel 4 news, one being last night.
It is truly awful what is happening out there.
The violence by the military is horrendous.
What do all socialist/ communist states have in common, mmmm, let me think?
MaizeD
Could you tell of a happy, prosperous, thriving 'socialist' country

So it isn't true one hundred have been shot since April , all right wing lies by the beeb?

From what I've read it is less that socialism has destroyed the economy as inept implementation and corruption. But it all depends on how right wing your source is.

I know that the UK is not comparable with Venezuela in the extremity of their difficulties but we could equally ask why does the 6th richest economy in the world have nearly a quarter of its employed workers on subsistence wages and increasing need for food banks. And high levels of personal debt. It's not down to 'socialism' in the UK.

youtu.be/VSIQAKpaR20

Terri, after grannysue replied to my question I looked up news of Venezuela and found the above

Venezuela is a failed state brought to it's knees by extreme socialism whereby the government, as well as seeking to control the oil revenue, have also tried to control all business and free enterprise. When I last read about it had the world's worst economic growth, one of the worst rates of inflation, worst infant mortality rates coupled with high unemployment and high murder rates. It's a gangster state thought to be one of the most dangerous places in South America. Public money disappears, it seems to have descended into complete chaos as a result of a brutal socialist governmet that leave many starving, not those in power of course, who as always are shielded from the harsh realities of everyday life endured by the rest of the population.

Venezuela embraced Marxism back in the late '90s, before that it was one of the most prosperous countries in Latin America.

I saw a programme about Venezuela a few months ago and many of the children are now emaciated. It was heartbreaking to watch.
Still Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone before him seem to think it's some sort of socialist utopia

Thank you, I saw a photograph of some dead people lying in the street , I thought it a wealthy country, all that oil.

something to do with politics/elections and people simply not having enough to eat despite the country's oil riches.
A very familiar story and so sad.