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2011-01-09 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by Fred 2011-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Venezuela = Zimbabwe

Posted by Goodluck 2011-01-09 08:10|| 2011-01-09 08:10|| Front Page Top

#2 The well is drying up

Bullshit, we (Earth) are awash with oil, only a few Very easy to tap areas are showing signs of LOWER flow, not "Drying up".

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-01-09 11:55|| 2011-01-09 11:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Jim, Maybe he's talking about the economic well rather than the oil well. I gather that they aren't handling the assets properly.

My cousin's Venezuelan in-laws, living in NYC, are getting a tiny bit of Chavez' largesse. I think Chavez is sending small stipends to every emigre to keep them from saying bad things about him in their new countries. I wonder who he's sending the really big goodies to. I bet a lot of people in Venezuela are asking the same questions.

Posted by mom 2011-01-09 13:26|| 2011-01-09 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "I think Chavez is sending small stipends to every emigre to keep them from saying bad things about him in their new countries."

Interesting, mom. What's to keep them from taking the money and ~~bad-mouthing him~~ telling the truth about him anyway?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-09 14:29|| 2011-01-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting, mom. What's to keep them from taking the money and ~~bad-mouthing him~~ telling the truth about him anyway?

Relatives back home being vulnerable to reprisals.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2011-01-09 14:55|| 2011-01-09 14:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Given that I had the conversation with the cousin's in-laws some time ago, and in Spanish before I took the review class last semester, I wouldn't swear to all the details. But the gist of the conversation was that Chavez had a fund to subsidize utility costs and other things for Venezuelans everywhere. The relatives were enthusiastic about how Chavez "takes care of people". I suspect that they're a lot less enthusiastic now, but I have not had a chance to talk to them recently.

Posted by mom 2011-01-09 16:30|| 2011-01-09 16:30|| Front Page Top

#7 The resolution to the money crunch will be the solution used by all Socialist/Dictatorships that ran out of money. Arm up and invade your neighbors.

Posted by Lumpy Flinerong7967 2011-01-09 23:15|| 2011-01-09 23:15|| Front Page Top

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