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There have been 2 million immigrants from Venezuela to Colombia last 4 years escaping from lack of food, money, toilet paper among many other issues but despite

There have been 2 million immigrants from Venezuela to Colombia last 4 years escaping from lack of food, money, toilet paper among many other issues but despite that this data shows Venezuela to be happier than Colombia; it doesn't add up; maybe the people wrongly assumed the quiz was a government initiative and decided to save face saying they are happy.

acdanger 8y ago
maybe the unhappy ones are those who left the country.
- mattigames 8y ago
  No, with the record-breaking 2.30 million percent inflation almost nobody is happy there.
  - chrisco255 8y ago
    Not to mention water and food shortages...
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cambalache 8y ago
Tu no eres venezolano pana por eso escribes sin saber. Tipico de este sitio por cierto.
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- mattigames 8y ago
  No I'm not Venezuelan, but I have talked with many and when I ask them if the situation is as bad as TV says they tell me is even worse; there isn't a single day I don't cross paths with a homeless Venezuelan asking for money here in Colombia.
- rafaelm 8y ago
  So you really think venezuelans are super happy with hyperinflation, totally destroyed public services,etc?
whymauri 8y ago
This seems to be a bug. I downloaded the raw data from here http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/#read http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/#read "Chapter 2: Online Data" Also here: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/changing-world-happiness/ https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/changing-world-happine... (fig 2.7) Venezuela scores a 4.7 and Colombia scores 6.125. Or they're using a completely different metric, no idea.
noobermin 8y ago
It looks like they only look at numbers from 2008. Not sure why...which was well before the current economic issues there started.
pzone 8y ago
The number is wrong. They're using data from 2008. It's fallen to 5.00 in 2018 according to the report.
throw2016 8y ago
Do you have any details on the US driven sanctions regime in effect on Venezuela and its impact? Here is the official UN release [1] on the results of illegal US sanctions on Venezuela and an interview with the UN rapporteur for Venezuela.[2] So these conditions are being artificially created by the US and its allies in another brazen regime change operation. How can commentators talk about 'suffering' without mentioning the sanctions? It's absurd to claim to care about 'suffering' while actively implementing sanctions at the same time. Here is the latest UN resolution on the sanctions and their impact on the people of Venezuela. [3] And here is US National security advisor Michael Bolton openly orchestrating regime change and admitting its about oil. [4] The same regime change playbook driven by greed cannot be executed everytime with the same results of millions of people suffering and entire countries destroyed and people playing 'innocent' everytime affecting 'concern' for ordinary people. [1] https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24131&LangID=E https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5MlQgGXyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5MlQgGXyk [3] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=24389&LangID=E https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?... [4] http://time.com/5516920/inside-john-boltons-month-long-p-r-campaign-against-venezuelas-government/ http://time.com/5516920/inside-john-boltons-month-long-p-r-c...

acdanger 8y ago

maybe the unhappy ones are those who left the country.

mattigames 8y ago
No, with the record-breaking 2.30 million percent inflation almost nobody is happy there.
- chrisco255 8y ago
  Not to mention water and food shortages...
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cambalache 8y ago

Tu no eres venezolano pana por eso escribes sin saber. Tipico de este sitio por cierto.

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mattigames 8y ago
No I'm not Venezuelan, but I have talked with many and when I ask them if the situation is as bad as TV says they tell me is even worse; there isn't a single day I don't cross paths with a homeless Venezuelan asking for money here in Colombia.
rafaelm 8y ago
So you really think venezuelans are super happy with hyperinflation, totally destroyed public services,etc?

whymauri 8y ago

This seems to be a bug. I downloaded the raw data from here http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/#read http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/#read "Chapter 2: Online Data" Also here: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/changing-world-happiness/ https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/changing-world-happine... (fig 2.7) Venezuela scores a 4.7 and Colombia scores 6.125. Or they're using a completely different metric, no idea.

noobermin 8y ago

It looks like they only look at numbers from 2008. Not sure why...which was well before the current economic issues there started.

pzone 8y ago

The number is wrong. They're using data from 2008. It's fallen to 5.00 in 2018 according to the report.

throw2016 8y ago

Do you have any details on the US driven sanctions regime in effect on Venezuela and its impact? Here is the official UN release [1] on the results of illegal US sanctions on Venezuela and an interview with the UN rapporteur for Venezuela.[2] So these conditions are being artificially created by the US and its allies in another brazen regime change operation. How can commentators talk about 'suffering' without mentioning the sanctions? It's absurd to claim to care about 'suffering' while actively implementing sanctions at the same time. Here is the latest UN resolution on the sanctions and their impact on the people of Venezuela. [3] And here is US National security advisor Michael Bolton openly orchestrating regime change and admitting its about oil. [4] The same regime change playbook driven by greed cannot be executed everytime with the same results of millions of people suffering and entire countries destroyed and people playing 'innocent' everytime affecting 'concern' for ordinary people. [1] https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24131&LangID=E https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?N... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5MlQgGXyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5MlQgGXyk [3] https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=24389&LangID=E https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?... [4] http://time.com/5516920/inside-john-boltons-month-long-p-r-campaign-against-venezuelas-government/ http://time.com/5516920/inside-john-boltons-month-long-p-r-c...