> To say at this point that the economic and social situation of Venezuela is just the fault of Venezuelan leaders (whatever their problems might be) is baffli

> To say at this point that the economic and social situation of Venezuela is just the fault of Venezuelan leaders (whatever their problems might be) is baffling and a plain lie. Its mainly the fault of ppl who failed to develop any other kind of industry and becoming too used oil wealth. The book "Crude Nation"is a pretty good writing on how things got to how it got to be. Did america tell them to give free oil venezueleans. Did america ask them cripple their own oil industres by nationalising and corrupting them. Did america stop venezuela from creating sovereign wealth funds like Norway and the United Arab Emirates. Blaming everything on America is just boring and cliched.