Caracas Chronicles: So this is what the Pendejo Sin Frontera defense of the revolution has come to: sure, things in Venezuela are bad, but it’s not cataclysmic. That’s what passes for regime propaganda abroad these days, as Gabriel Hetland — formerly of Aporrea, formerly of TeleSUR — takes to the pages of The Nation to tell us that, sure, 83% of households can’t afford enough food, but this guy saw one really clean CDI so, y’know, it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
The sirloin (which, according to the author, may be missing from store shelves, but that’s a good thing!):
Is Venezuela descending into a nightmarish scenario, as these stories suggest? To answer this question I’ve spent the last three weeks talking to dozens of people—rich and poor, Chavista and opposition, urban and rural—across Venezuela. My investigation leaves little doubt that Venezuela is in the midst of a severe crisis, characterized by triple-digit inflation, scarcities of basic goods, widespread changes in food-consumption patterns, and mounting social and political discontent. Yet mainstream media have consistently misrepresented and significantly exaggerated the severity of the crisis. It’s real and should by no means be minimized, but Venezuela is not in a state of cataclysmic collapse.
So, people, quit your whining. As the author says, there is looting, scarcity, inflation, rampant crime, but … c’mon, it’s not that bad. Look on the bright side: as your kids cry themselves to sleep at night on an empty stomach, you can reassure them at at least we don’t have neoliberalism! MORE
“Apocalypse is such a relative term”
I draw the line at not enough beer.
and you can see the proof in this picture……here are two unaccompanied young females…..and NEITHER ONE is being raped…so it’s all good…….just aks them…….
The New York Times will report on Venezuela’s Leftist government overcoming the obesity problem.
Well gawwwdamn! I is TOTES convinced now! I’m voting for Bernie!
I’ve made all of my kids watch the utube videos of the empty shelves and food riots in Venezuela. It’s a real bitch trying to convince people that they need to be stocking up and getting ready for the fight if the dems scam the elections. And you know damn well they will try.
If you have to rely on the government for food it will be according to their terms, and that is the direction America has been moving for decades now.
If you ever have to rely on government for your food, shelter and well being understand that it will be distributed by the progressive/socialist/marxist partisan political hacks who were appointed to decide who gets what.
Remember the bang up job they did in Katrina and nearly every other natural disaster? Be prepared to care for yourself and your family.
FTA: “…widespread changes in food-consumption patterns,…” From eating normal food to eating dogs and cats and pigeons. Love me some socialistic squab.