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5. Paint it with a pretty brush, but we'll see how the well the country is in a few yrs.

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:04 PM

Mar 2014

The problems in VZ are real and chasing the rich out wont fix them. And neither will blaming the always convenient whipping boy, the US. They nationalized the oil companies years ago and oil revenues should have elevated them into the middle class by now. The "revolution" has been going on for 15 yrs and still the country suffers. It may be understandable in a country without the oil wealth they have that real change for the better would take time. But Maduro will continue to run VZ into the ground. And he's got all the time he needs.
If I'm wrong I'll gladly admit it. We'll see.

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In Venezuela the poor celebrate and the rich protest. Why? [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2014 OP

Good article, Judi Lynn, and it's been pretty obvious why all along, hasn't it? polly7 Mar 2014 #1

like it! Spelled it out in a nut shell. juxtaposed Mar 2014 #4

Thank you - TBF Mar 2014 #2

DURec! bvar22 Mar 2014 #3

Paint it with a pretty brush, but we'll see how the well the country is in a few yrs. 7962 Mar 2014 #5

Then explain this. smokey775 Mar 2014 #6

The poor celebrating doesn't sound right. i thought the revolution was supposed to make Bacchus4.0 Mar 2014 #7

I'm going to say that the poor don't quite believe in the Revolution as much anymore. smokey775 Mar 2014 #8