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Chavez was more like the poison pill or the neck around the rope. The next question is how did Venezuela drove itself to a point where people elected him? They
by zzleeper 10y ago
Chavez was more like the poison pill or the neck around the rope. The next question is how did Venezuela drove itself to a point where people elected him?
They had a lot of money from oil, almost no taxes (or no taxes at all??), and still had a larger poverty rate that similar but oil-less countries of South America (that still had its own issues such as corruption, terrorism and drugs)
- lumberjack 10y agoNobody wants to go that far back in history and ask the questions you are asking because if they did they would not be able to arrive to the same conclusion about whatever it is they deem socialism.
- mc32 10y agoWell... He did make a few coup d'ètats precipitating a period of uncertainty which exacerbated a deteriorating economy, dissent and fomenting division, a string of ineffective leaders and voila, the "commandant" to the rescue!