What always got me with Venezuela, and why I read a couple books about it, was that they aren’t even that staunchly socialist. They nationalized A FEW KEY INDUSTRIES. That’s why I became curious about it. Obviously there’s the whole “we can’t have socialist countries existing without abject poverty” schtick that the states likes to do, but it is largely because the private oil interests that dominated the country want back in, and probably a personal vendetta with how Chavez removed them.
What always got me with Venezuela, and why I read a couple books about it, was that they aren’t even that staunchly socialist. They nationalized A FEW KEY INDUSTRIES. That’s why I became curious about it. Obviously there’s the whole “we can’t have socialist countries existing without abject poverty” schtick that the states likes to do, but it is largely because the private oil interests that dominated the country want back in, and probably a personal vendetta with how Chavez removed them.
Which, by the way? How he did that? cheffs kiss