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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
Interesting isn't it that countries like Venezuela, Brazil, Congo and Nigeria with vast natural resources make such a balls-up of everything, whereas countries like South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, which 50-60 years ago were on the same GDP level, and have no resources to speak of apart from their industrious people, go from strength to strength.
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Handsome Creepy Eel
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
But... but... Venezuela Brazil, Congo and Nigeria were set back by colonialists!
(nevermind the fact that all the Asian countries used to be colonies too)
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
Venezuela's economy is so bad that its computer programmers are reduced to living off Rare Pepes... literally.
Quote:According to Crypto Insider, Venezuelan developers have been selling "rare pepes" -- trading cards that contain unique illustrations and photoshops of the character Pepe the Frog. While the trading cards started out as nothing more than a joke, many of them have been traded for thousands of dollars on the Counterparty platform, which is built on top of Bitcoin, and have provided a way for many developers to sustain themselves in Venezuela's poor economy.
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While rare pepes are nothing more than fun and games for much of the developed world, they're a matter of survival in Venezuela. "We're based in Venezuela, and our business has been saved by bitcoin many times," said the developer. The developer claims roughly 80 percent of the offices around the area where Rare Pepe Party is being developed have shut down over the past year. The biggest businesses on their street have also dropped as much as 90 percent of their employees.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
Just wait until they find out about the Ivanka trade market.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
(03-24-2017 10:23 PM)SamuelBRoberts Wrote: Venezuela's economy is so bad that its computer programmers are reduced to living off Rare Pepes... literally.
Quote:According to Crypto Insider, Venezuelan developers have been selling "rare pepes" -- trading cards that contain unique illustrations and photoshops of the character Pepe the Frog. While the trading cards started out as nothing more than a joke, many of them have been traded for thousands of dollars on the Counterparty platform, which is built on top of Bitcoin, and have provided a way for many developers to sustain themselves in Venezuela's poor economy.
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While rare pepes are nothing more than fun and games for much of the developed world, they're a matter of survival in Venezuela. "We're based in Venezuela, and our business has been saved by bitcoin many times," said the developer. The developer claims roughly 80 percent of the offices around the area where Rare Pepe Party is being developed have shut down over the past year. The biggest businesses on their street have also dropped as much as 90 percent of their employees.
This story should not make me as happy and amused as it does.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
(03-28-2017 05:45 PM)RBerkley Wrote: The major issue with Venezuela is that rather than promoting neighboring friendly relations with the Caribbean community, President Maduro is threatening Trinidad, Barbados to steal their Maritime boundary while threatening to wage war with Tiny neighboring country called Guyana over "Esequiba", a very large region in Guyana which Venezuela claims is their land. Then Suriname & French Guiana are subject to threats from Maduro over "Maritime boundary claims too". Good luck with Maduro threatening France over a Maritime boundary of one of their overseas territories (French Guyana).
All is proceeding according to Communist Progression--when the economy turns to shit, start a war to distract the people. Whether it is a shooting war or a war on drugs, war on racism, etc. doesn't matter.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
(03-28-2017 05:45 PM)RBerkley Wrote: The major issue with Venezuela is that rather than promoting neighboring friendly relations with the Caribbean community, President Maduro is threatening Trinidad, Barbados to steal their Maritime boundary while threatening to wage war with Tiny neighboring country called Guyana over "Esequiba", a very large region in Guyana which Venezuela claims is their land. Then Suriname & French Guiana are subject to threats from Maduro over "Maritime boundary claims too". Good luck with Maduro threatening France over a Maritime boundary of one of their overseas territories (French Guyana).
What shit is that yo?
Venezuela President wanted to stop assisting the Caricom nations with cheaper oil supplies in exchange for Caribbean food. Who the fuck Maduro think is going to save his country's ass? Chanty Binx or Smugglypuff?
I wouldn't be surprised that while people are starving in Caracas, the march of Chanty Binxes infest the street. Typical Divide and Conquer strategy from the West.
We in Latin America/Caribbean are "Marxist/Communist" in economic theory, but not that annoying Cringe-worthy Chanty Binx feminism found in Canada/USA/UK/Europe.
The propaganda from the west to demonize Chavez was insane though. Chavez rarely threatened neighboring smaller countries for land. He also caused gas prices to become be very cheaper in the Caribbean community.
You can call Latin America "Communist", but we don't have privileged white Anglo cunts like Chanty Binx calling quasi-militarized orders claiming that white women like herself are "oppressed" because of "patriarchy".
No. But your economies are basket cases and your self entitlement attitude is just as bad.
And I laughed at how you still hold up that socialist emperor Chavez to be some saint. The guy has fucked your future harder than you can imagine and the nutjob in charge is compounding the issue.
If one thing is clear about SA and Marxism is that they don't see a link between their loyalty to marxism and the poverty, violence and outright corruption that is endemic there.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
Cant talk for the rest of South America, but our pinko lefties are usually the kind of champagne-comunist, talking about goind Cuba or North Korea style comunist from their comfy rich neighboors. Then you have the Peronismo, a populist movement that was in part infected with the leftist ideals in the 60´s, and since then we have a branch of that political movement spurting the typical socialist bullshit, using the brown underclass as workforce (that really belive that their beloved leaders have their future in mind) while they fill their pockets.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
Article is very short:
Quote:Most asylum seekers in Spain are Venezuelans
The biggest group of asylum seekers in Spain in 2016 was Venezuelans, with 3,960 individuals.
Syrians came second with 2,975 and Ukrainians third with 2,570, Efe reports.
According to the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid, there were 15,755 asylum applications in 2016, of whom 9,400 men and 6,350 women.
Spain processed and rejected only 40 Venezuelan case files alone, which suggests asylum applications are an ultimate strategy to gain temporary residence rights.
Over the last four years, per capita income in Venezuela fell by 28%, according to the financial firm Torino Capital. That appears to be the result of an external oil crisis as well as an extremely closed economy that is not diversified.
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RE: Venezuela is collapsing
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...bly-duties
Venezuela Lurches Toward Dictatorship as Top Court Seizes Power
Quote:Venezuela slid closer toward dictatorship after the country’s Supreme Court gutted the only opposition-run institution -- the Congress -- seizing its powers and declaring the elected body invalid.
The court’s ruling late on Wednesday night was, in the words of lawmakers, nothing short of a coup. Several opposition leaders called for street demonstrations and other forms of “democratic resistance.”
As the once-wealthy oil power descends into a chaos of hunger and crime, however, it remained far from clear whether the increasingly despondent population will view the court’s move as a genuine turning point or just another step in the nation’s bottoming out toward hopelessness.
“This is not only going to cause alarm for concern within the region, but also actions, and at this point, it will be very difficult for countries to remain neutral,” said Carlos Romero, a political scientist at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. “The government is provoking; not only has it not made a single gesture toward dialog, it has become completely entrenched.”
Opposition deputies said they would appeal to international bodies for help. But that may yield little. Two days before the court’s ruling, the Organization of American States met to urge Venezuela to respect the congress that has now been neutered.
The U.S. State Department condemned the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday, saying the move "greatly damages Venezuela’s democratic institutions," according to a statement.
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