tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post4112857685367335620..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The fiscal problem in VenezuelaDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-87451709447403737162015-01-26T10:49:27.042+01:002015-01-26T10:49:27.042+01:00Like one american diplomat said:
"Brasil is ...Like one american diplomat said:<br /><br />"Brasil is becoming Argentina, Argentina is turning into Venezuela and Venezuela is the new Zimbabwe"Sungilamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645802866628328350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47754450180557131512015-01-18T16:47:04.179+01:002015-01-18T16:47:04.179+01:00Venezuela QEPDVenezuela QEPDPedro Hidalgo Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571644204497392549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-86382833460287725302015-01-18T15:03:49.979+01:002015-01-18T15:03:49.979+01:00It just proves once again that communists can ruin...It just proves once again that communists can ruin anything if given total control and enough time. Cuba, Zimbabwe, and now Venezuela. Who's next? Ecuador? Argentina? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-74161331407599554632015-01-17T09:08:58.388+01:002015-01-17T09:08:58.388+01:00I feel only sorrow. The Venezuela I remember (abo...I feel only sorrow. The Venezuela I remember (about 25 years ago) was a vibrant place with a great economy. How do you manage to screw up something this bad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-28589170141937391682015-01-16T23:34:23.683+01:002015-01-16T23:34:23.683+01:00The Saudis won't have the production capacity ...The Saudis won't have the production capacity to stop oil prices from rising above $100 per barrel in the future. We know prices will be increasing by year end to around $65 WTI. But that's going to be too late for venezuela to avoid taking a monster hit. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-53886920062347143902015-01-16T23:30:36.483+01:002015-01-16T23:30:36.483+01:00And I will add to this.
The government wants to d...And I will add to this.<br /><br />The government wants to do one thing and only one thing. Destroy anything that is private and put more money in the pockets of their gentlemens club. They don't care about the private sector. How many times has Maduro (or some other clown) referred to the private sector as bourgeoisie scum.<br /><br />Think about this, the government has intentionally destroyed the airline industry making it difficult to leave the country. They have also eliminated the amount of Cadivi to Florida where the majority of Venezuelans who visit the US travel.<br /><br />The government is good at doing one thing and one thing only. Destroying the private sector and filling the pockets of those who are part of the corrupt club. They will fight to the death as long as they have food on their own tables.<br /><br />The only HOPE is that what is taking place now starts hitting the families of military personel hard enough that the few good neurons they have remaining in their chavista brains have them question the idiotic organization they support.<br /><br />End rant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47033317432222124652015-01-16T23:20:57.532+01:002015-01-16T23:20:57.532+01:00You talk about capital in Venezuela like it can gr...You talk about capital in Venezuela like it can grow. Capital goes to Venezuela to do one thing and one thing only. DIE.<br /><br />The bird brain president of Venezuela and his bird brain ministers do not have the mental capacity to build an economy. The outside world wants absolutely nothing to do with Venezuela.<br /><br />Nothing can be done, especially as long as these idiotic chavistas are around. They are too stupid and too corrupt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-62616213218143493172015-01-16T22:54:41.845+01:002015-01-16T22:54:41.845+01:00just a thought, is the real reason that maduro too...just a thought, is the real reason that maduro took his family with him was not for vacation but to pick out where they want to live?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77671238188119158172015-01-16T22:13:55.030+01:002015-01-16T22:13:55.030+01:00Venezuelan oil closed at under $40 a barrel today....Venezuelan oil closed at under $40 a barrel today. <br /><br />I had to laugh when I heard some Venezuelan Vice President last night on the news here in Colombia say that fall in oil prices was part of US fracking conspiracy. Laughable. Here's the reality, fracking is only profitable when the price of oil is above $50. Ninety percent of the fracking industry is losing money at the money.<br /><br />One quibble, the IMF is not going to come to Venezuela's rescue. No one in the West is until there is a regime change. You're stuck with China, Russia & Iran. <br /><br />The revolution is morbid but not dead. Venezuela, however, is dead. It is on its way to becoming the North Korea of Latin America. Seriously, when does the regime announce it needs nuclear weapons? They will do anything to stay in power. I put nothing past them.<br /><br />You have my sincere condolences.<br /><br />Charles Lemosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-83527313396587610392015-01-16T15:41:42.802+01:002015-01-16T15:41:42.802+01:00That graph says so much. As for Chavistas hoping o...That graph says so much. As for Chavistas hoping oil will go back up, the Saudis say never again at $100. And analysts predict at least a year for below $50. They will have to go to the IMF or face collapse. jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91907655865694266682015-01-16T15:19:29.005+01:002015-01-16T15:19:29.005+01:00The government spent the last 12 years systematica...The government spent the last 12 years systematically destroying the private sector to create the complete dependence on government handouts for control. Only real holdout left standing has been Polar, because they are needed to both stock the shelves and also take the blame for shortages. I am not sure the government would reverse course and allow the private sector (enemy) to save the day. Even if they did, it would be risky to invest in the amount needed to restore damages knowing that "this" government will only take or break them again at first opportunity.<br /><br />The price of crude is simply supply and demand. The supply currently exceeds the demand, and the only way to increase prices again would be for someone to cut production, which is not going to happen any time soon as Saudi is content at as low as $30/bl. Everyone else capable of cutting would cut their own throat by reducing output. Good luck with maduro getting any sympathy or support. The sad fact is that pdvsa can't squeeze out another drop to offset, or improve the qualities of their crude to sell at a higher price on the market due to the lack of investment in the fields and facilities, corruption and politically sided incompetence within the company/country. The lower market priced synthetic crudes yield even less when they are off spec, and that has been the case for years. <br /><br />With the three year crude forcasts settling in around the $50's and Venezuela's falling into the mid $30's for the duration, along with the international climate and lack of sympathy for this government, it's days are truly numbered. The question is how long do you want to drag it out?<br /><br />If maduro and this failed cuban modeled government experiment were removed, investment would return and Venezuela could pull out of this regardless of the crude market due to the unlimited opportunities for other production. Easier said than done, but nothing good comes easy.<br /><br />concerned<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-82906843849121753832015-01-16T14:57:38.816+01:002015-01-16T14:57:38.816+01:00Sure, and Nicmer Evan is still a hardcore chavista...Sure, and Nicmer Evan is still a hardcore chavista, i.e one who thinks wisdom is shinning through Chavez's sphincter, forgetting he is the One who created that mess to start with. The current incumbent is just but a "pagapeos".Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33383627227681851532015-01-16T13:26:41.039+01:002015-01-16T13:26:41.039+01:00
Ahora que el gobierno ha reconocido su existenci...<br /><br />Ahora que el gobierno ha reconocido su existencia: Para salir de la crisis (N. Evans)<br />http://www.aporrea.org/ideologia/a200736.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952273816595239919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-39452249835397976942015-01-16T11:29:24.490+01:002015-01-16T11:29:24.490+01:00The Bolivarian Revolution is forever committed to ...The Bolivarian Revolution is forever committed to Chavez-thought. It's imperative to keep the price of gasoline as it is, and the Misiones budget is sacred. This means the best solution is for Maduro to keep flying around trying to organize a new oil producers cartel. Meanwhile CompaƱero Cabello should keep organizing the remaining PSUV cadres to participate in the fall elections, and Vice President Arreaza can give occasional speeches reminding the population that everything is fine. They can print money and hand it out to the military, and cut venezuelan diplomats' salaries. That should take care of things until Maduro returns and gives himself a triumphant parade. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-884314684856918382015-01-16T09:56:40.173+01:002015-01-16T09:56:40.173+01:00Ridiculous to babble about Venezuela's preciou...Ridiculous to babble about Venezuela's precious sovereignty as some sort of great accomplishment (getting rid of the gringos?) and then get the country in hock for the next 100 years to China. The Chinese aren't foreigners? The Cubans aren't foreigners? The private sector is finished and the smart entrepreneurs have fled to other countries at this point. At any rate, Chavismo will never admit to any failures of their own making. The smartest thing for Maduro to do would be to seize all the hidden assets of the rich chavistas. It is stolen money anyway and probably amounts to $100 billion by now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-82814121795942419122015-01-16T06:55:29.849+01:002015-01-16T06:55:29.849+01:00I assume that there is no food and that the regime...I assume that there is no food and that the regime knows that the end has arrived. This is not about helping the private sector, this is about trying to see if the private sector can used for power preservation. Or something like that.<br /><br />At any rate, through these two posts I have said at least once in each that my proposals ain't going to happen. It is just a proposal of the very least the regime could do to avoid falling into an outright repressive tyranny, <br /><br />Then again some inside are willing to go for it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4325981196106271512015-01-16T05:58:33.913+01:002015-01-16T05:58:33.913+01:00You assume that the government wants to help the p...You assume that the government wants to help the private sector. What if the goal has been all along to kill the private sector? You must agree that the government is doing a pretty good job if the goal is to kill the private sector.m shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796206762005199294noreply@blogger.com