tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post1314874230008190083..comments2024-03-18T19:50:24.376+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Tales from the breadlinesDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89487474104219833612016-09-04T20:26:22.631+02:002016-09-04T20:26:22.631+02:00It seems Maduro has aligned himself with Iran as o...It seems Maduro has aligned himself with Iran as of late. He feels he can get plenty of support from overseas countries as those around him fail to do so. Mainly money and weapons plus trying to raise oil prices world wide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57215953396638954602016-08-18T19:27:03.591+02:002016-08-18T19:27:03.591+02:00Times are a changing. Brazil, Argentina, and Peru,...Times are a changing. Brazil, Argentina, and Peru, with more to come, do not support Chavismo anymore. Hopefully, this outside pressure will isolate Maduro's dictatorship enough, forcing some serious changes. Yes, patience is a tough characteristic to endure with, but it can sometimes be an effective weapon. The French did triumph after their defeat and subjugation by the Nazi's. So will Venezuela survive the depredations of Charisma.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698270745774898965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-7910053804361042092016-08-18T16:54:08.004+02:002016-08-18T16:54:08.004+02:00This is how the infamous "Boiling Frog effect...This is how the infamous "Boiling Frog effect" works.. Over time, people start getting used to anything. Long lines, lack of food and medicine, bad public services, crime, murders, drugs, massive corruption, horrible politicians, and even begging for stuff to the criminal regime. <br /><br />The situation gets progressively worse and people adjust. If they don't leave the country, they have no option, since there is repression, and a crooked police, guardia and corrupt military. If they complain too much, they may end up in jail, like Leopoldo. And when they go to the streets, nothing changes. So they are discouraged, afraid, and not many go out to protest. <br /><br />Next day, they are back in line, begging for some bread or whatever is still available, dealing with vicious bachaqueros, and heading home early before it gets dark, scared of criminals and thieves. <br /><br />Next month, next year, it's all the same, or worse. But people are creatures of habit. They adapt, and they even start to think such horrible living conditions are somewhat "normal" <br /><br />"No hay pan, no hay leche ni atun,ni huevos, pero si hay harina pan! que chevere! bueno vengo mañana por lo demas" And they sometimes even joke about it with their newly-found friends in the long waiting lines. It becomes a way of life, after years in the same crap. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-26696253259769311042016-08-18T13:48:41.778+02:002016-08-18T13:48:41.778+02:00The FAO rep in Caracas has been paid off. The UN i...The FAO rep in Caracas has been paid off. The UN isn't exactly known for having a rational bureaucracy. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-60530068771015311612016-08-18T06:34:46.845+02:002016-08-18T06:34:46.845+02:00Apparently the FAO agency in Caracas gets its CLAP...Apparently the FAO agency in Caracas gets its CLAP bags home delivered.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-36395591974982389512016-08-18T06:33:07.927+02:002016-08-18T06:33:07.927+02:00Poor Bernie. Leave him alone. He has suffered enou...Poor Bernie. Leave him alone. He has suffered enough.<br /><br />Not.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-7570530313569677432016-08-18T04:47:29.515+02:002016-08-18T04:47:29.515+02:00Back to the future, or a flash from the past: Bern...Back to the future, or a flash from the past: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJBjjP8WSbc" rel="nofollow">Bernie Sanders tells us that food lines in Sandinista Nicaragua are a good thing.</a> <br /><i> Bernie Sanders: “It’s funny, sometimes American journalists talk about how bad a country is, that people are lining up for food. That is a good thing! In other countries people don’t line up for food: the rich get the food and the poor starve to death.”</i><br /><br />Couldn’t you just hear a Chavista honcho informing the public that long food lines are Chavismo’s guarantee that the rich won’t get all the food and that the poor won’t starve to death? Funny thing, the longer the lines, the less food there is. <br /><br />In the Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics Department, here we have <a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ess/foodsecurity/Food_Security_Indicators.xlsx" rel="nofollow"> FAO Food Security Indicators: V_1.1 - Average dietary energy supply adequacy </a>: Venezuela.[100= minimum]<br />2009-11 124% <br />2010-12 124% <br />2011-13 125% <br />2012-14* 127% <br />2013-15* 128% <br />2014-16* 129 <br /><br />Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.com