Such a shame that a country with the world's largest proven oil reserves is so much in debt and poverty.

Lesson for the rest of the world is: you go against the USA, prepare to suffer.

Of course, s/USA/China/ or s/USA/Russia/ above in a few years time.

We are not in the shithole we are because “we went against the USA”. The US was our biggest business partner. Our problem was we elected a coupster moron that destroyed our economy. It was our own doing.

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mlmonkey 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You skipped the part where the "coupster moron" and his buddies pissed the US off by nationalizing oil industry and kicking the American companies out. That's what I am referring to.

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ErneX 10 hours ago | parent [-]

We already nationalised the oil industry in 1976. You must be referring to something else.

And who do you think was extracting oil these years there? Chevron is one of them.

	▲	TMWNN 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>We already nationalised the oil industry in 1976. You must be referring to something else. Don't bother. It's hopeless. They're obsessed with Orange Man Bad and won't listen to anyone who might actually know something about a topic they've been preprogrammed about. The funniest thing to watch after the Maduro operation was the endless stream of leftist Redditards (but I repeat myself) rushing to /r/vzla to denounce Trump/USA/imperialism/fascism/capitalism, then backing away slowly <https://giphy.com/clips/hamlet-the-simpsons-homer-bushes-O4B...> once they realize how massively supportive the subreddit is of getting rid of Maduro. Or, as a post in the /r/buenosaires subreddit put it regarding exiled Velezuelans celebrating in that city, "The left demonstrating at the U.S. embassy and progressivism militating against intervention in networks while Venezuelans celebrate at the obelisk is the best postcard of the transformation of progressivism into an intellectual bubble on the margins of common sense."

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jauntywundrkind 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like we were maybe made for each other (alas alas alas).

	▲	ErneX 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		We are geographically close and we always had good relations that were beneficial for both before these thugs came to power. The so called revolution just ruined Venezuela and caused the biggest exodus in the hemisphere. Maduro being captured and jailed was a blessing and something we’ve been hoping to happen for many years.