Rather sooner than later this regime will end. Country has plenty of oil, but people are starving. The same as 30 years ago in the Soviet Union. We all know the destiny of the soviets.
Venezuela can't be compared to the Soviet Union. The USSR got involved in too many third world nations far beyond their boundaries and the financial burden arising out of such interventions finally resulted in the federal debt creeping up and thereby destroying the economy and the national currency. The situation in Venezuela is quite different.