Venezuela's poor join protests as turmoil grips Chávez's revolution

[MADem]

145. I certainly have a better grasp of the situation on the ground that you do.

Look, if Maduro decides to resign, the 'opposition' won't sack his government and take over--his vice president, a gent named Rangel, would carry on smartly. Then they'd hold elections. Think Nixon, think WATERGATE. Gerald Ford wasn't a Democrat, you know.

All these coup floggers are just spinning for effect, trying to mount a bit of sympathy for that nitwit ruining VZ, Maduro. VZ has assets--the biggest one is some of the largest oil reserves in the world. But all the oil wealth in the world is useless if a) No one maintains the infrastructure; b) No one controls spending and tries to make good investments; c) The Boligarch-cronies are allowed to rob the treasury blind (something that has been getting worse and worse as Chavez got sicker and sicker, then died, and Maduro started ignoring the mess); d) Maduro takes all his orders from Cuba.

And that's just for starters.

Chile wasn't sitting on massive oil reserves. In fact, they import their oil. They didn't have the luxury of an embarrassment of natural assets like VZ does. It's just not the same situation at all...but go ahead and pretend it is, if you'd like.