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In reply to the discussion: Chavez's socialist rule at risk as Venezuelans vote [View all]Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)"wasted" now was all sucked up a kleptocratic elite before it was nationalized and did the people even less good (at least the aid to Cuba helps train Doctors who give poor people all over the world chance to see again, and the aid to the USA helps poor American Citizens afford heating oil each winter.)
The old guard kleptocrats from Ven were down right evil arrogant evil and entitled bastards. Their crimes paved the way for Chavez. The billions that the kleptocrats looted from Ven and hid overseas is to this day bankrolling the opposition. As a rule of thumb I give zero credibility to any news coming out of Ven from both Chavez and his opposition. However the opposition has a far more effective propaganda machine in the US so in the balance they push out a lot more disinformation.