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JCMach1

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4. Not related to Revolution, directly related to NOT creating a sovereign fund to save money for oil

Reply to orwell (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 10, 2016, 10:49 AM

Aug 2016

downturns...

No government... capitalist, socialist, whateverist could survive the situation Venezuela is in due to lack of foresight.

In this case Chavez and the Chavistas are guilty of incompetence and mismanagement.

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