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Despite having the world’s largest proven oil reserves, Venezuela has suffered for several years from high inflation, rampant crime and a shortage of basic goods. The protests taking place across the country were expected to be the biggest in three years, putting extra pressure on President Maduro to negotiate with the opposition and find a… Read more.
According to the February 13, 2014, edition of Business Insider, Venezuela sits on the world’s third largest energy reserves – valued at $34.9 trillion. This includes 297.6 billion barrels of oil – the most of any oil-producing country. Therefore, it speaks volumes that 25 percent of Venezuelans live below the poverty line. Even those who… Read more.
Alas, the oxymoronic pandemic of protesters fomenting democratic revolutions to overthrow democratic leaders has spread to Venezuela. For what began a few weeks ago in one area of the country as a demand for greater police protection has now become a national uprising aimed at overthrowing the president, Nicolas Maduro. The discrediting irony, however, is… Read more.
