Maduro expels 3 US officials amid protest tensions

[El_Johns]

124. There are shortages because of capital strike. duh.

According to figures from the World Bank, Venezuela’s National Statistics Institute (INE), the Latin American Energy Organization, and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Venezuela has a net generation of 4,179 kilowatt hours per capita (kilowatt hours per person). It is followed by Chile (3,393 kwh), Argentina (2,860 kwh), Uruguay (2750 kwh), Brazil (2317 kwh), Mexico (1,999 kwh), Panama (1,873 kwh) and Costa Rica (1,854 kwh).

The results of Venezuela’s latest National Census of Population and Housing, released in 2011, show that 98.5% of the country’s households have access to electricity.

“When you compare electricity in Venezuela with other nations,” Chacón explained, “we see it is the Latin American country most electricity generated per capita. Our country is almost triple the average for Latin America (1,614 kwh / person) and twice that of Brazil, which is the strongest economy in our region.”

Between 1999 and 2011, Venezuela’s capacity to generate electricity has reached twice what it was in the previous decade, from 1988-1999.

http://venezuela-us.org/2013/06/28/venezuela-has-latin-america%E2%80%99s-highest-electricity-consumption-lowest-costs/

as for inflation, compare it before and after chavez:

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/venezuela/inflation-cpi


As for crime, VZ's murder rate is lower than El Salvador's & Honduras's (by a long shot), and roughly comparable to Jamaica & the US Virgin Islands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Why aren't you supporting government overthrow in those places?