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They cannot afford to stockpile fuel. I listen to a podcast by a man who grew up on that reservation. While he was back visiting his grandmother, a propane tr
by sillystuff 4y ago
They cannot afford to stockpile fuel.
I listen to a podcast by a man who grew up on that reservation. While he was back visiting his grandmother, a propane truck was filling her tank. He told the driver, "Whoa! Stop! We can't afford that much!" The driver told him, "Don't worry, it's free. Venezuela is paying to fill everyone's tank."
Those propane tanks are mostly empty unless Venezuela is paying (before Venezuelan oil revenues dropped, Venezuela provided free propane and heating oil to the desperately poor throughout the US [and many other countries]-- in solidarity. The illegal sanctions by the US and the US's illegal seizure of Venezuela's foreign assets, that have crippled the Venezuelan economy mean it is highly unlikely this Venezuelan program will return.)
Edit: Corrected initial cause of the termination of Venezuela's heating fuel program-- per child comment by vorpalhex.
- vorpalhex 4y agoIt looks like that program was halted in 2009 due to oil prices increasing dramatically, not due to sanctions.
- uoaei 4y agoYou think there is no causal link between the two happenings?
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- scruple 4y agoWhat's the name of the podcast? Sounds interesting.
- sillystuff 4y ago"The Red Nation Podcast" by The Red Nation https://therednation.org/ https://therednation.org/ Many of their older episodes are very good, so IMO worth listening to back episodes. Recently (last couple years?) they merged the, "Red Power Hour" segments into the main podcast feed (it was a separate podcast). I skimmed several of these, but now just skip them-- they were things like (Hollywood) movie reviews and folks in conversation where I didn't feel I learned anything. So, don't discount the whole podcast if the first episode you listen to is one of these. The episodes hosted by Nick Estes are the ones I found the most informative (most of the early episodes fall into this category).
- scruple 4y agoThanks! I've been looking for a new podcast that I might learn something interesting from... And that's completely outside of my regular wheelhouse. Appreciate the reply!
- gabythenerd 4y agoRegarding the Venezuelan comment: In 2009 the country was also entering economic turmoil, and it never recovered. I couldn't find anything in English, but this wikipedia page also mentions that propane gas has been in shortage since 2014 domestically for Venezuelans (years before the first sanctions were established): https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escasez_de_combustible_en_Venezuela https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escasez_de_combustible_en_Ve.... PDVSA (government company responsible for gas and fuel extraction and processing) has been mismanaged for more than 20 years, the "free" propane was never going to last, and it was extensively used to gain political allies while it was given away. For those interested, there was a national strike in PDVSA against Hugo Chavez in 2003 that IMHO started the company demise, they fired pretty much anyone who knew how to run it: https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paro_general_en_Venezuela_de_2002-2003 https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paro_general_en_Venezuela_de...