{"id":15086,"date":"2018-11-13T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15086"},"modified":"2018-11-13T15:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T22:38:04","slug":"venezuelas-slow-ride-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2018\/11\/13\/venezuelas-slow-ride-to-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela&#8217;s Slow Ride To Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2018\/10\/venezuela-collapse-horror-show.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">horror show<\/a> that is socialism continues unabated in Venezuela. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-oil-idUSKCN1MK2IX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sixty-fold increase in the minimum wage<\/a> seems like a socialist workers paradise&#8230; aside from the fact that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/venezuela-s-consumer-prices-rose-833-997-percent-past-12-n933836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">833,997% increase in consumer prices<\/a> far exceeds even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-11-08\/new-currency-same-old-crazy-hyperinflation-in-venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">149,000% hyperinflation rate<\/a>. That the one source of income, their gas company Citgo, might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theday.com\/business\/20181021\/venezuelas-foreign-creditors-try-to-lay-claim-to-citgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seized<\/a> from them certainly underscores the tenuous nature of civilization itself in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The result of this economic miracle? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/venezuela-economic-crisis-leaves-kids-without-food\/4612693.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starving children<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/south-america\/2018-10-15\/venezuelas-suicide?cid=soc-tw-rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surge<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloombergquint.com\/global-economics\/suicides-surge-in-a-hopeless-venezuela#gs.iNJHAO4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suicides<\/a>. Yet some still wonder why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-10-30\/latin-america-in-fresh-crisis-talks-as-millions-flee-venezuela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">millions of people<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2018\/11\/08\/3-million-venezuelans-have-fled-the-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fleeing<\/a> this &#8220;socialist paradise&#8221;! At least Venezuela has one booming export: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/venezuelas-latest-export-infectious-diseases-1540997657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Infectious diseases<\/a> like malaria, yellow fever, diphtheria, dengue, and tuberculosis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11746\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small.png 512w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Flag_of_Venezuela_1954-2006-small-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And what does the government of Venezuela do to solve these crises? Silence dissent <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-venezuela-politics-usa\/u-s-says-venezuela-involved-in-opposition-politicians-death-idUSKCN1MK21C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Shut up and duffer, or die&#8221; seems to be position of Maduro and his goons.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Venezuela's Slow Ride To Hell\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The horror show that is socialism continues unabated in Venezuela.  A sixty-fold increase in the minimum wage seems like a socialist workers paradise... aside from the fact that a 833,997% increase in consumer prices far exceeds even the 149,000% hyperinflation rate.  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