the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. within a decade my country was ruined. it lost a quarter of its manufacturing. a million people emigrated and public debt kept rising. in twenty fifteen a government claiming to be a left wing promise to force an end to. the ever agreed measures that tie the country up until twenty sixty and started mess privatization. hadn't. the right was depressed because. in this country of mass depression however there

was one word that awakens the political fervor of the. venezuela. some. of. us this type of. thing i love to supporting the kids we see them up able to see if it is going up and up and would send them off to the movies see. the next woman is well again not good no not though. when a european country went through a crisis why were its politicians worried about toilet paper in latin america.

i flew to caracas to find. during the eleven hour flight i read all sorts of articles warning me that caracas is one of the most dangerous cities in the world. if i wasn't murdered as soon as i got off the plane i'd be kidnapped or mugged or die of hunger or disease. will rot in prison. venezuela's capital is indeed amongst the most dangerous cities but so are dozens of cities in mexico brazil local lumpia. however the people there do have fun like we do they exercise much like us.

children eat ice cream and some women carry refrigerators for some reason. surprisingly nobody tried to kill kidnap or imprison me when i arrived. during those first few hours i sold venezuela had fallen victim to the biggest propaganda plot of the twenty first century. and not the only thing keeping out the i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash which winnings i took piano and i wanted to be to young people artists and workers to see what they do for fun what they eat how they vote

what newspapers they read their favorite hobbies. until we got hit by a taxi and we were left in the middle of the street. the police who we haven't called arrived within minutes. the ambulance that we did call never appeared. so i went off to explore all venezuela's public health care system . and found a doctor right away and most of the public hospitals i visited were more than decent. in some clinics medical care was offered for free by cuban doctors who were considered some of the best in latin america. however most hospitals lacked one essential element. patients.

as to what a medicine was there's no point in going. spare parts for the x. ray machines were missing to. find those i had to go to a private hospital. and i stumbled on the first proof that socialism had failed in venezuela. the moment. i. am on with the will. is one of venezuela's most eminent economists she's never hidden her support for the bolivarian revolution of chavez.

in this way. person. many people are mad that. they're doing. that. there is no humanitarian crisis in venezuela looming humanitarian crisis mean yet if one has a. humanitarian crisis. in crisis. crises the country's economic crisis has turned into a humanitarian one. everyone said venezuela was going through a humanitarian crisis. and to prove it they went to geneva to meet former u.n. independent expert. desirous. he just returned from caracas.

people also seems to have a problem with the humanitarian crisis. that is a term of art. said. you used the term humanitarian crisis. a pretext to. humanitarian intervention when you wanted to have humanitarian intervention in libya. and at the same time regime change and overthrow the american military. with food for everybody is that it correct but the humanitarian aid would have to be secured by guys with guns. there are certain items that are missing. because production. trade distribution is entirely in private hands it is not government directed so if you

have a considerable portion of the. business position. that does not want to cooperate with the government you are going to have a scar city and you're going to have delays in distribution that cetera et cetera sign. up a set of. according to the central bank of venezuela products were

missing before the constitutional referendum and regional elections of two thousand and seven. before the presidential election of two thousand and twelve and off to chavez's death that again led to elections. american sanctions will soon be added to this artificial scarcity making the situation even worse. brought director of the c.p.r. in washington followed. all economic development he believes that america's sanctions are killing people in venezuela. when obama first imposed these sanctions on individuals because they violate so many international conventions he had to declare that venezuela poses an extraordinary and unusual threat to the security of the united states which is of course ridiculous and so this is a very aggressive thing to trumpet taking

a big step further and really did make it nearly impossible for the venezuelan economy recover temperamental that it will kill you know ca to know he needs them from being a woman to have some math if you see a. b. and he says yeah look that's at sea on the fifth really sad that they claim that. it's under less from my feet as they don't mess with that but in superman to call his album. they're not interested in knowing why there is a problem so just to be sure why there are certain medicines are not available they don't tell you for instance that although venezuela has the money to buy medicines and tries to buy these medicines often enough the countries either refuse

to deal with venezuela or do not deliver. we had in the month of november the crisis. in the province. and. they couldn't get the malaria medicine from colombia they had to fly it in from india. so matter of fact. venezuela has been flying in from god knows how many countries to india and china etc there is a problem of scars to deal insulin but that is because of the boycott i mean put the blame where the blame belongs and. how can we condemn the government of venezuela. when we ourselves are causing this car city.

i do think the numbers mean something they've mastered us with over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white card for an empty seat this six percent world market thirty percent some with four hundred five hundred three first or second first second and fifth when he rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need to remember one one business show you know ford commit one and only one but.

you. can on the phone line smoke i will make an incredible amazing muslim on muslim law for influence you know them better than anyone so it doesn't sound like a. lot of fun. and there just as. she was even. general marks on the sun on my last book the god of the british course there's enough of them stop. me. to.

drive it around as holding products in times of political unrest american sanctions the queues for foods and medicines. this before. it became chile's president. the historic day for latin america.

for the white house it was a mistake by the american ambassador in santiago it would car east. that he was he was going to. i don't know maybe just say oh you know the main problem. oh you know i'm going to. die and he was elected i said that it was a grave and very siri. defeat for the united states we knew that although i would act it would be designed as a class warfare to eliminate the middle class opposition the bourgeois it would be a class war approach. top secret sensitive eyes only. nixon already in september called in henry kissinger to tell him that

it would not be tolerated that in latin america an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make the chilean economy scream. nixon gives orders that they make the chilean economy scream and cia director richard helms writes it down. they hinted at tagging. in order to be. more but it's no but i'm able to see mentally has to see him to know it's the end

all be any good seeing him bad well said about. this with the sun is from the mask and the incomplete. simple. but it's. the. norm. but i guess.

everyone has to be convinced that. even when they held elections. in the two decades of the revolution. at least twenty five elections were held and accredited by independent experts like the. over ninety two elections that we men are monitored. i would say that the election process in voters' where is the best in the world. where all the electoral process is legal and democratic. and twenty fifteen party loses the parliamentary election and the right wing opposition wins in the national assembly. the country

is paralyzed as m.p.'s hinder legislative work and rejects supremes court rulings. responds with a football dribble. this. instead of waiting for the hand of god as his friend would advise changes field in the middle of the game. he holds a referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponents. was it a constitutional move a procedure to remove chavez from office in two thousand and seven. in two thousand and sixteen. zero before the

government. will give a crap. was the decision ethical. time may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as in italy the banker was appointed prime minister and a referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of five referendums because the citizens haven't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. it was those decisions constitutional maybe they were but also ethical and democratic. in venezuela after the two thousand and fifteen crisis the part of the right wing opposition started boycotting elections. they asked the un not to send experts who could determine whether fraud had been attempted.

democracy in venezuela goes into turmoil just the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the two thousand and two coup. several coup instigators will never go to prison and will form the hard core of the right wing office. it's interesting that. many of the opposition politicians today in venezuela were involved in some way or another in the coup d'etat of april. two thousand and two.

some of those politicians will continue to receive funding from american organizations like the ne d. . that sent millions of congress dollars to venezuela. when the political crisis hit the streets many politicians exploit. public frustration and transform caracas into a battlefield. thoughts of the opposition resulted to extreme violence. in.

the state mechanism responded cruelly and indiscriminately dozens were killed on both sides and many ended up in prison. for a desire visited caracas. he persuaded the government to release eighty prisoners are. just the insists though that some should be in prison and should be considered political prisoners. on the subject of political prisoners he said we should look at europe as well. they are four persons. politicians who are. in jail. now these four. politicians are clearly political prisoners.

they knees were detained because acts of violence. they were. detained because they were just expressing their. desire to be independent. to be sure that the opposite to. prisoners in spain i went to barcelona to visit a fellow journalist. on public t.v. carlos pouts. he explained that even if the political prisoners he couldn't say so. at least not on. the. and he

called. who said what kinds of wars we can use when we speak about people that are in prison. justice said we cannot use. the terms political prisoners for example. because i honestly couldn't believe that in a european country a judge could decide what words a journalist could use. i stayed to watch the broadcast and i heard a breaking story. but i'm

not going to. or just if you come out of the lot out. there in she stayed. as joe di sanchez was not allowed to speak to journalists i left the studio and went to meet his wife. the hand and if he had a k. and you're not from crayfish go to. bed or seen as a lesson to help with. your descendants. to get up off the ground. down. there chris on the

sounds of an mit grown man like wrestling essentially. twisted away from the officer. of his crew. the obvious or did they kind of lunge for the web in one's midst and then when it happened. i never saw any contact with. any kind of went back to where they were so the officers back here there again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the officer is gone and. in terms of mr why go home he's played a useful role but he would not stand for president so to say to the venezuelan people in the international community i've done my role which i believe is a constitutional war is the interim president but don't look for me to run think if he were to do that the situation in venezuela would be perceived as less one of the

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