the problem in venezuela.

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 put an end to. go over it agreed measures that tie the country up until twenty sixty and started messing privatization. voters on the lift became depressed because it had succeeded with what the right hadn't. the right was depressed because they knew they'd lost their is on difference. in this country of mass depression however there was one word that awakens the

political fervor of the. venezuela. they. love the supporting cast we see. steve it is one up on up and would send them off the easy. on another human as 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 out.

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 trying 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 because i wanted to see life in the barrios the slums of caracas gatecrash which winnings i am i wanted to be to young people insisted workers 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 hadn'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 our medicines 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. as one of venezuela's most eminent economists she's never hidden her support for the bolivarian revolution of chavez.

maybe. there is no humanitarian crisis in venezuela looming humanitarian crisis. crisis. and 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 be truly un independent experts. desirous. he just returned from caracas. people also seems to have

a problem with the humanitarian crisis. that is a term of art. said to me most technique was. you used the term humanitarian crisis. a pretext to. humanitarian intervention. this was the argument made in libya when you wanted to have humanitarian intervention in libya. and at the same time regime change and overthrow the american military. but with food for everybody is that it correct but the humanitarian aid would have to be secured by guys with guns. obviously there are certain items that are missing. because production. try.

distribution is entirely in private hands it is not government directed so if you have a considerable portion of the wealth. in this 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 and distribution that cetera et cetera so i. do. not. see i. call my judgment in seattle seeing. the money. on the episode of the. mainland. 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 follows all economic developments he believes that america's sanctions are killing people in venezuela. when obama first imposed the 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 not see it oh no he needs them from being a woman to have some if you see a. b. and he says yeah look i'm with me coming behind me but i limp. lived all the facets illness it really is sad to claim that. it's under less of a muffin i said in that message that principle meant 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 to my lariam 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 course the deal insulin but that is because of the boycott i mean put the blame where the blame. belongs. how can

we condemn the government of venezuela. when we ourselves are causing this car city. when lawmakers manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. we can all middle of the room signals. the real news is. desperate for a single purpose. they have

a superman. they start training very young. eight months of intensive school. their raps. and they save lives. dr you don't as holding products in times of political unrest american sanctions the queues for foods and medicines. this i've seen before.

in november nine hundred seventy socialist salvador allende became chile's president. the historic day for latin america. for the white house it was a mistake by the american ambassador in santiago edward gorey. he was going to. be just. going to. die and he was elected i said that it was a grave and very serious defeat for the united states we knew that although i

would act in what appeared to be a legal and constitutional manner 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. it will be hinted at. in order to damn well has to know more about us you know but at the moment this in indonesia has to see him to know it's the end all be any good seeing him bad well planned on upset about. this if the sun is from the mast and don't want to be. simple see a scene in the middle of. the.

back of. something's. goal. but i guess i've. got to. go. in venezuela's case the media attacks will be based on a well used recipe. everyone has to be convinced that. a dictator is 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 carter center. over ninety two elections 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. to believe the country is paralyzed as m.p.'s hinder legislative work and rejects supremes court rulings.

responds with a football dribble will lose. its. instead of waiting for the hand of god as his friend would advise changes field in the middle of the game. will be holds a referendum on the formation of a constitutional assembly that would remove the powers of the national assembly controlled by his opponents find. a constitutional move absolutely. the opposition had twice considered using the same procedure to remove chavez from office in two thousand and seven. in two thousand and sixteen. zero before that. was the decision ethical.

i may not be qualified to say. in my country as well as an entirely the banker was appointed prime minister. the referendum was ignored. in europe we cancelled a total of five referendums because the citizens hadn't voted as the e.u. wanted them to. 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 this is the government solely responsible or is it also the ghost of the two thousand and two coup. several who 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. . ends of congress dole is to venezuela. when the political crisis hit the streets many politicians exploited public frustration and transformed caracas into a battlefield. thoughts of the opposition resorted to extreme violence. yet i guess you had a bad state mechanism responded cruelly and indiscriminately dozens were killed on both sides and many ended up in prison.

when independent un experts alfred desireless visited caracas. he persuaded the government to release eighty prisoners are. just back he 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. now these four. politicians are clearly political prisoners. whereas in

venezuela many of the detainees were detained because acts of violence. they were. detained because they were just expressing their. desire to be independent. to be sure that they're all political prisoners in spain i went to barcelona to visit a fellow journalist. public t.v. carlos put outs from which. he explained that even if the political prisoners he couldn't say so. at

least not on a. big. and he called. who said what kinds of words we can use when we speak about people that are in prison. just 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 heard a breaking story. that i would also but i'm

not going to. or just if you come out of a lot. in she states but. as joe di sun shows was not allowed to speak to journalists i left the studio and went to meet his wife. he. made a list though it's kind of what. i think if he and i know him and if he had a k. a year from christmas believe people. would already be seem ok there is that impression unfortunately they are.

what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be rich. but you'd like to be close with what before three of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters at my age. there should be a. man or there was a crisis seems to do crack when i was a locate my dad he was like oh just so you know like what i needed when i was a baby but i had a bad childhood. there's always been single mothers in african-american communities ever since slavery. i think it's more of these teenagers having kids. you

can expect a fourteen or fifteen year old first daughter now order for him to be a father and he's a check out. she lost her place in. my car and breaking down and i was unable to get to work on time so they let me go with my paycheck that i bring home i have nearly enough to pay my car insurance. gas and my car. out of. the league.

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