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This is a government that hired militia to shoot teenagers in student protests [1]. While I don't think the food shortages were intentional, there's no doubt th

• paulmd 10y ago
  This is nonsense. All things equal, they would certainly prefer a population that isn't starving to the point of revolution. That's a really fantastic way to end up with your head on a pike. Venezuela's leaders are certainly putting their personal fortunes and their ideology ahead of the good of the people, and their economy/currency has crashed as a result. But that's quite different from twirling their moustaches as they deliberately set out to starve an entire population as a primary/intended outcome.