Good news from Venezuela

Generali

What Venezuelans think of Chavez (or rather what a Venezuelan thinks Venezuelans think of Chavez)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/opinion/sunday/in-venezuela-god-does-not-provide.html?utm_term=nytimesvzla&utm_content=nytimesvzla&utm_source=nytimesvzla&utm_medium=nytimesvzla&utm_campaign=nytimesvzla&_r=0

Venezuelans of my generation, born in the 1980s and 1990s, were raised to believe some important things: that we are a rich nation, that we had the most stable democracy in South America. Hugo Ch!vez, the president from 1999 until his death in 2013, made his followers believe that his brand of Bolivarian socialism was the road to dignity. He channeled billions of dollars in oil revenues to the poor, creating — for a while, at least — an illusion of growth and inclusion. Five years ago, none of us would have believed that hunger would become a part of daily life for most Venezuelans. Today, all it takes to confirm this hunger is looking out my window.

vivatifosi

Organisation for American States looking at suspending Venezuela for violating basic democratic principles:

http://www.dw.com/en/organization-of-american-states-calls-for-emergency-meeting-on-venezuela/a-19296948

Generali

vivatifosi wrote: »

Organisation for American States looking at suspending Venezuela for violating basic democratic principles:

http://www.dw.com/en/organization-of-american-states-calls-for-emergency-meeting-on-venezuela/a-19296948

It's terrible what is happening in Venezuela. It's very hard to see a good ending to this.

https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/309065744954580992?lang=en

vivatifosi

Doesn't bode well at all Gen (and that Corbyn bloke is an idiot)...

More updates from today's papers:

Yet more US companies scaling back or pulling out:
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/06/01/us-companies-fleeing-venezuela-to-escape-country-collapsing-economy/

Biggest south American airline stops flying there, joining Lufthansa and American Airlines in keaving:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/flights/todayinthesky/2016/06/01/latam-latest-airline-bolt-venezuela/85231560/

And if all of that isn't concerning enough, it also has the Zika virus:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36426947