Fun facts about Venezuela under Chavez

[Lozzer]

Venezuela is now country in the region w/the lowest inequality level,having reduced inequality by 54%, poverty by 44%
Venezuela is 3rd county in region whose population reads the most.1/3 Venezuelans are enrolled in educational program
Venezuela is now tied with Finland as the 5th country with the happiest population in the world.
21% of population was malnourished. Venezuela now has an established network of subsidized food distribution
96% of the population has now access to clean water in Venezuela.
The Venezuelan economy now has low debts, high petroleum reserves and high savings
Unemployment in Venezuela has been reduced by 50%.
Public debt dropped frm 73.5% of GDP in 1998 to 14.4% in 2008, placing national deficit as one of lowest in the world. Compare that to the oh so wonderful neoliberal UK.
20K homeless have been attended through a special program; and there are practically no children living on streets

[tattuchu]

Still, Marxist. So, eeeeeevil

[Tero]

Is there a dental plan? Sign me up.

[Seth]

Venezuela is now country in the region w/the lowest inequality level,having reduced inequality by 54%, poverty by 44%

Right. Everybody is "equal" now...equally miserable living in squalor. Poverty is a relative term, you see.

Venezuela is 3rd county in region whose population reads the most.1/3 Venezuelans are enrolled in educational program
Venezuela is now tied with Finland as the 5th country with the happiest population in the world.

Horseshit. Just ask the families of the people Chavez "disappeared" during his despotic reign. Ask Venezuelans in the United States how happy they were...to get the fuck out of Venezuela before Chavez and his death squads killed them. Chavez, you see, took iron-fisted control of the news media in Venezuela, and you hear only what he wanted you to hear about how "happy" Venezuelans are...Just like Stalin did in the Soviet Union. Lies. All lies.

21% of population was malnourished. Venezuela now has an established network of subsidized food distribution

But little food to actually distribute, which is why people are starving in Venezuela.

96% of the population has now access to clean water in Venezuela.

Uh huh.

The Venezuelan economy now has low debts, high petroleum reserves and high savings

Venezuela's sole international export is oil. Before Chavez took over, more than 30 percent of Venezuela's GDP was non-oil related products.

Unemployment in Venezuela has been reduced by 50%.

...the other 50 percent were shot in the head and buried in shallow graves to keep the picture rosy.

Public debt dropped frm 73.5% of GDP in 1998 to 14.4% in 2008, placing national deficit as one of lowest in the world.

Easy to do when you've just stolen everything that somebody else paid to create and construct and therefore have no capital expenses for development. Hand me an oil exploration, extraction and distribution system on a national scale that you've expropriated from the rightful owners for nothing and I can make a tidy profit too...while ignoring the fact that I'm profiting off of stolen goods.

Compare that to the oh so wonderful neoliberal UK.
20K homeless have been attended through a special program; and there are practically no children living on streets

Yup, rounding up those street kids, shooting them in the head and burying them is a surefire way of reducing the number of children living on the street.

Quit drinking the Marxist Kool-Aid. Nothing that comes out of Venezuela from any government source is in the least bit reliable, just as was the case with the Soviet Union. Disinformation, nothing but disinformation.

[Svartalf]

YOu forget fun facts like

Chavez had a $2bn nest egg accumulated during his stint as head of state.

[sandinista]

Still, Marxist. So, eeeeeevil

YOu forget fun facts like

Chavez had a $2bn nest egg accumulated during his stint as head of state.

verification?

[JimC]

YOu forget fun facts like

Chavez had a $2bn nest egg accumulated during his stint as head of state.

That would not surprise me, but it doesn't change the fact that Venezuela is not a poverty stricken hell-hole like the majority of other South American countries. One can admire the consequences of many of his policies while still being cynical about their motivation...

Some will argue it's simply due to the fortunate possession of oil, but under another style of government, little oil revenues would have escaped the hands of overseas companies and local neo-aristocrats...

[pErvinalia]

If only he was an Engelist, everything would have been better..

[Clinton Huxley]

YOu forget fun facts like

Chavez had a $2bn nest egg accumulated during his stint as head of state.

That would not surprise me, but it doesn't change the fact that Venezuela is not a poverty stricken hell-hole like the majority of other South American countries. One can admire the consequences of many of his policies while still being cynical about their motivation...

Some will argue it's simply due to the fortunate possession of oil, but under another style of government, little oil revenues would have escaped the hands of overseas companies and local neo-aristocrats...

Once Australia is part of the Empire of Brazil, you will have to stop that kind of talk!

[pErvinalia]

I believe our nearest socializt neighbour is New Zealand. They are the REAL threat.

[Clinton Huxley]

I believe our nearest socializt neighbour is New Zealand. They are the REAL threat.

They'll make you eat fush and chups.

[Clinton Huxley]

If the Scotch Separatists get their own way, Scotland could be the Venezuela of the north Atlantic and Salmond the new Chavez.

[pErvinalia]

I hope they get their way. Whatever it takes to piss off the Tories.

[Tyrannical]

Oil prices sky rocketed, that's all that kept him afloat.

[Seth]

YOu forget fun facts like

Chavez had a $2bn nest egg accumulated during his stint as head of state.

That would not surprise me, but it doesn't change the fact that Venezuela is not a poverty stricken hell-hole like the majority of other South American countries.

It didn't used to be, but it is now. Take a trip to Caracas and the rural environs why don't you and then tell us how "happy" and "not poverty stricken" Venezuela?

You can't believe anything the Venezuelan government...or controlled media...put out. It's all Marxist propaganda.