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2014-02-17 Caribbean-Latin America

Zero Hedge: what's going on in Venezuela

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Posted by Steve White 2014-02-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Massive government spending, years of nationalization and an overreliance on imports for basic consumer goods have radically deteriorated inflation levels, and undermined industrial production.

Could well be talking about North America.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-02-17 11:04|| 2014-02-17 11:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Bloomberg: Pro and Anti Gubbamint rallies in the streets tomorrow. Forecast is for tear gas, dead, and mass arrests. It's falling

Posted by Frank G 2014-02-17 12:35|| 2014-02-17 12:35|| Front Page Top

#3 With Cuban muscle being imported and Marxists sympathizers in the White House, there's little doubt about the outcome for a generation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-17 13:28|| 2014-02-17 13:28|| Front Page Top

#4 What's happening is they're running out of other people's money.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-02-17 14:53|| 2014-02-17 14:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I am disinclined to believe Zero Hedge about Venezuela when their apparent patrons were the ones who helped the current bunch of assholes steal elections and run the country out of business in the first place

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-02-17 14:59|| 2014-02-17 14:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Leopoldo Lopez, who has a warrant out for his arrest, is going to lead the opposition march to the Interior Ministry. He plans to halt the march at the entrance and turn himself in. I suspect Sebin (Cuban back intelligence police) are ransacking Caracas to prevent that from happening. Potential is high for drama.

Posted by Shipman 2014-02-17 16:08|| 2014-02-17 16:08|| Front Page Top

#7 Snowy, I'd have stuck with the first seven words.

Posted by Pappy 2014-02-17 17:05|| 2014-02-17 17:05|| Front Page Top

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