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U.S. concern grows over possible Venezuela meltdown
- godzillabrennus 10y agoVenezuela has been melting down for years. Chavez beheaded the media and dismantled everything that worked from a global standpoint. His legacy is the decay of a once promising country.
- ams6110 10y agoStandard end result of socialism.
- scarmig 10y agoPlenty of blame to go around here. Corrupt oligarchy, rampant inequality, coups against left wing governments, procuring foreign sponsors for said coup... Maduro and Chavez before him have been very bad for Venezuela, but they're symptoms of a broken polis, not creatures born sui generis.
- twoarray 10y agoRegardless of what happens, the best thing the U.S can do is to stay the heck away. The most murdurous atrocities in Latin America happened with American intervention. We can take care of our own problems. As shown recently with Brazil and Argentina, balance and consensus can be achieved in their own terms.
- jldugger 10y agoThis is of course, predicated on America valuing Latin American lives over bond repayment.
- bpodgursky 10y ago> balance and consensus can be achieved in their own terms Uh... Brazil is not out of any messes yet. And I'd like to think the people of Argentina didn't have to suffer though two separate financial meltdowns to get a reasonable president. Not saying the US needs to invade anything, but your examples suck.
- _nalply 10y agoI read a thought-provoking article about Venezuela: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-02-13/let-s-watch-venezuela-destroy-itself https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2014-02-13/let-s-wat... (Watch Venezuela destroying itself)