In Venezuela, Sell Your House or Lose It

[Marksman_91]

3. Most, if not all, LatinAmerican countries aren't following the same policies as the Ven. government

and they all seem to be doing better than Venezuela. So far the results of the government's new laws and handling of the economy have only been poor. Ask anybody well-versed in economics, and most will tell you that the PSUV is leading the country to the brink of ruin, sustained only by the bonanza gained from the US (ironically) buying Venezuelan oil. You're naive when you think all these laws are about the government fighting for the poor, when it's all really about them seizing as much control as they can so nobody can truly challenge them and oust them out of power, simply because if they ever lose their political immunity, they would be sentenced the next day for god knows how many years. It doesn't take much to notice that all the big officials have made themselves obscenely rich since they came into power, subtly siphoning themselves millions through all those ridiculous currency exchange control institutions that no other Latin American country has had the need to implement for some reason, and they apparently don't have all the problems that Venezuela has, such as out-of-control crime rate, an annual inflation rate of over 50%, people having to do lines that last hours to buy foodstuffs that they probably won't even get to buy since there's not enough of it, and so on. To think that all these problems are caused by some outside entity when the government itself has most of the control in terms of national production, transportation, security and so on, especially when there's no solid proof to show it, is completely absurd.