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2. I agree. The horrific economic decline which has
Fri Feb 19, 2016, 08:52 PM
Feb 2016

done nothing but accelerate under Maduro seems to be gaining momentum. There will eventually be a point of no return, resulting in some type of rioting which, given the Chavistas fondness for harsh repression could well trigger an event that nobody wants. Maduro seems to be totally incapable of addressing any of the root causes of this disaster, preferring instead to rearrange deck chairs on the Chavista Titanic with a series of too little-too late, timid half measures. Well, at least he dumped his Economics Minister (the one who said that 'there was no such thing as inflation').

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