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Marksman_91

(2,035 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2015, 11:21 PM Jun 2015

It's kind of a big mistake on the gov's part that they didn't diversify their economy

Many LatAm countries are doing MUCH better than Venezuela and they don't have such huge oil reserves. Peru, Chile, Uruguay, etc., come to mind. Corruption has siphoned the oil bonanza from Venezuelan oil into the pockets of those in power and the boligarchs. If you can't see that, then you need to do some more research.

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