Re: Venezuela hit by new nationwide powercut for more than three days

Quote from: stompix on April 02, 2019, 09:35:39 AM

Quote from: Netnox on April 01, 2019, 04:34:51 PM

When Chavez was the president of Venezuela, they were actually doing quite well. Medicare was free and gasoline was available at $0.1 per gallon. But Maduro proved to be really incompetent. He should just step down and take a flight to Cuba.

Maduro can go away and nothing will be fixed.
Without an increase in oil prices, Venezuela is the same as sub-saharian Africa.
There is no magic cure other than oil, the others are painful and will require years after years of reconstruction.

This is debatable. If Maduro leaves and there's a change in the govt, it's very likely that the new govt (if it isn't pro-chavez/maduro) will receive external help -financially- from the World Bank^[1], the IMF, and I wouldn't discard foreign investors. Also, there's no doubt that humanitarian help will finally enter the country.

So, I do think that if Maduro resigns (along with his cabinet), things can change for the better. Sure, things won't get fixed overnight, but it'll help stop the economic collapse and the deteriorating lifestyle of venezuelans, at least in a year or two.

1. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-imf-g20-worldbank-venezuela-idUSKBN17L1IG

Quote from: RodeoX on April 02, 2019, 01:11:20 PM

Three letters, CIA. Wink

I'm 99% sure that this is bait. Let's see who falls for it.