Facing the first hard question from a reporter he has received during this campaign, Bernie Sanders clammed up and refused to talk about it. Perhaps the fact that the question came from Leon Krauze of Spanish-language network Univision spooked him with the knowledge that the audience has access to Spanish-language media from Venezuela. Edgar Portela […]
SOCIALIST VENEZUELA IN CRISIS – SPECIAL REPORT
May 24, 2016 by
Polls show some 70 percent of Venezuelans want Maduro to step down. “Recall! Recall! Maduro Out!” the crowd yelled, holding aloft anti-government placards and Venezuelan flags. However, the Supreme Court ruled in February that National Assembly rejection of decrees declaring states of emergency does not “affect the [ir] legitimacy, validity, and juridical efficacy”. “Until recently, […]
The Fall of Venezuela: Prepare Yourself Accordingly – VIDEO
May 20, 2016 by
Under the crippling weight of massive currency inflation, food shortages, power outages, increasing disease prevalence, a fall in oil prices, drought and political mismanagement – Venezuela has essentially become a failed state. What did the late President Hugo Chávez and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela do to lead the country down this path? What […]
Venezuela Is On The Brink Of Social Collapse, Because Of Socialism – VIDEO
May 16, 2016 by
In recent months, Venezuelan citizens have taken to the streets to demand solutions to the current economic crisis from the government. Many have even requested President Nicolás Maduro’s resignation. The Venezuelan state has responded to these protests with repression. Certain office holders have been accused of committing human rights violations. As a result, political leaders […]
Venezuela Running Out of Food as U.S. Says Total Meltdown Imminent – VIDEO
May 16, 2016 by
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro extended a state of emergency another 60 days as several riots broke out in grocery stores this past week. The country is running out of food, the workweek has been reduced to two days, there is a water shortage and — soon — a gasoline shortage in a country with more […]
21st Century Socialism Brings No Toilet Paper, TV, Or Long Distance Phone Service To Venezuela
April 27, 2016 by
In 2005, the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moved quickly to remodel his nation by weaving “21st Century Socialism” into its socioeconomic fabric. Chavez was known for being an unabashed leftist, who chided the Bush administration pervasively–remember when he said the podium at the United Nations smelled of sulfur? Then-President George W. Bush addressed the […]
VENEZUELA AFTER THE ELECTIONS
April 3, 2016 by
Role of the Catholic Church – In January 2015, Venezuela’s Catholic bishops told Pope Francis that Marxist socialism and communism are responsible for the disaster that has befallen their country. These ideas produce breadlines and destroy freedom and individual rights. The bishops went on to say that free enterprise is critically important and a new […]
Venezuela After the Elections
March 22, 2016 by
– Militarization: End-Stage ‘Socialism of the 21st Century’ The progression of socialism in Venezuela won’t be what Marx predicted, with the state withering away. Instead, criminal gangs and the military have joined hands with the Maduro government to keep the Chavistas in power and the people in chains. The rise of gangs may […]
THE TRUE STORY OF VENEZUELA AND THE 21ST. CENTURY SOCIALISM
February 26, 2016 by
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has devalued the country’s currency and raised fuel prices. It’s all part of the ruling Socialist party’s efforts to turnaround one of the world’s worst performing economies. Maduro’s reforms that risk fueling triple-digit inflation, come just two months after the ruling socialist party were heavily beaten in parliamentary elections. With no […]
Why Won’t the Media Ask Bernie Sanders About Venezuela?
February 13, 2016 by
Here’s a simple question the media has managed to avoid asking Bernie Sanders: For nearly two decades, socialism has been implemented in a variety of ways in Venezuela. Have the results been good? If not, how would you, as a socialist president, avoid those same results here in the U.S.A.? In case you haven’t heard, […]
Why Won’t the Media Ask Bernie Sanders About Venezuela?
February 10, 2016 by
Here’s a simple question the media has managed to avoid asking Bernie Sanders: For nearly two decades, socialism has been implemented in a variety of ways in Venezuela. Have the results been good? If not, how would you, as a socialist president, avoid those same results here in the U.S.A.? In case you haven’t heard, […]
Friends at last? Castro and Obama enjoy historic meeting
April 11, 2015 by
‘Honest man’: The communist leader paid tribute to the President after acknowledging that he hadn’t even been born by the time the sanctions began Pair sat side-by-side in a small conference room in Panama City Obama said he wanted to ‘turn the page’ on divisions between the nations But he acknowledged there were still significant […]
Venezuela Reaches the Final Stage of Socialism: No Toilet Paper
April 5, 2015 by
In 1990 I went to a Cato Institute conference in what was then still the Soviet Union. We were told to bring our own toilet paper, which was in fact useful advice. Now, after only 16 years of Chavista rule, Venezuela has demonstrated that “Socialism of the 21st Century” is pretty much like socialism in […]