Everyday Misery In Venezuela

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/everyday-misery-in-venezuela_us_58b4c383e4b0658fc20f9958


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International phone calls are blocked. All the letters they send are opened, as well as everything they receive is opened and checked. There is no privacy, no liberty of expression and “big brother” is watching 24/7. Even their internet access is limited and controlled. And the military in the streets is ready to use violence and to make detentions.


Like millions of Venezuelans, my friend goes to bed feeling hungry and wakes up feeling hungry. After nine hours in a line, he might get some flour. Yesterday it was actually a good day; it only took him only six hours in a line to get some basic food. So far, he has already lost 33 pounds (15 kilos).


Many kids don’t go to school and are standing in the food lines with their parents. Others go to school, but many faint, because of hunger and malnourishment.


The worst situation happens if someone gets sick, or needs hospital treatment. Hospitals have no conditions and many doctors have left the country. Medicine cabinets in hospitals and pharmacies are as empty as the supermarket shelves. My friend has asthma and he cannot find medicine, a nebulizer and drops anywhere.

[DetlefK]

1. Venezuela has elections next year.

[Bacchus4.0]

2. Yes, they are supposed to. Whether opposition candidates will be allowed to remains to be seen nt

[DetlefK]

3. Maduro wouldn't be the first socialist dictator to be lynched by his own people.

Ceausescu in Romania, Gaddafi in Libya...

If Maduro gets deposed, he won't end like Saddam Hussein: with a trial and an orderly execution. His death will be swift and brutal.

[Marksman_91]

4. The difference is that Maduro and his lackeys have all the weapons

The opposition has nothing, and the military, at least the mid and high rank officers, are bought and paid for. As a Venezuelan, I'm afraid Chavismo will stay in power for a few more years while things keep getting worse.

[DetlefK]

6. Simple chain of reasoning: Do you know why crime is so rampant in Venezuela?

Because of the inflation.

Caracas has always been a crime-capital of the world, but even that got worse. No cop is nowadays willing to put his life on the line for a wage that isn't worth anything anyways.

The loyalty of the soldiers and officers will last exactly as long as he can pay them.

[AuntPatsy]

5. Horrific...