Quote from: alemacgo on February 26, 2018, 09:36:46 PM

Saying "I don't like" the government is an understatement. The government tore my family apart by making us all emigrate. The government has made people I care about go hungry, some of them I'm afraid to research if they're still alive.

You have an outsider perspective on Venezuela, and Russia Today/Venezuela State Propaganda is very, incredibly removed from the truth. I work with a team of independent journalists, with real Venezuelans who are actually living there and chronicle what happens.

The petro isn't just a project I don't like, it is a project that will continue to fund government corruption. I notice you didn't say anything about the Swiss Leaks, if the Venezuelan government is as virtuous as you claim, that leak wouldn't exist. And there's many, many more billions that are unaccounted for. This is what the petro will fund. If, after they steal the money, there's anything at all left for the good people of Venezuela, they'll throw us a bone or two.

Sorry i don't buy it. I was born in Argentina and have met many Venezuelans (and many economic crisis). I know what a dictatorship is (I was born in one) and Venezuela is obviously not one.
It's easy to know where a Venezuelan stands politically: see their bank accounts, their house and their skin colour. If they're white and middle-upper-class, 90% of chances are they're opposition supporters, hysterical about the socialist government and live a surrogate of the US culture. I'm not saying all whites are right wing, but most are. It's the same in all Latin America. It's a legacy of a continent that is still a colony.

I hope the Petro will work. You can hope it won't, your country and its people will suffer even more, so you can satisfy your hatred. You are free.