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COLGATE4

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5. Before Chavez Venezuela was a country that most other people

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 11:57 AM

Jun 2016

in Latin America wanted to live in for the very high standard of living. A short 15 years later and this is what's left. Unbelievable. Maduro seems to be trying to one-up Robert Mugabe.

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Grocery shopping during Venezuela�s food shortages [View all] snooper2 Jun 2016 OP

How is it even possible, that in a time that food production is at its highest in history, there are BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #1

Oh, and if you aren't a member of the Socialist party you don't get your "bag" snooper2 Jun 2016 #3

There's nothing socialist about that Party. They're ugly autocrats, using the socialism moniker for BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #6

What an unfortunate acronym. nt LWolf Jun 2016 #2

Marking. Thanks for posting this. underpants Jun 2016 #4

Before Chavez Venezuela was a country that most other people COLGATE4 Jun 2016 #5