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Latin America

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts) Sat Feb 3, 2018, 02:54 PM Feb 2018

Venezuela: A video primer

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Venezuela: A video primer (Original Post) GatoGordo Feb 2018 OP

Quaint... 12,000 Bolivars to the dollar last summer @4:45 GatoGordo Feb 2018 #1

I am reading and watching and feeling so helpless - how devastating for so many people.. asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #2

These reports from ABC News were from a year ago. FAR WORSE now. GatoGordo Feb 2018 #3

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)

1. Quaint... 12,000 Bolivars to the dollar last summer @4:45

Reply to GatoGordo (Original post)

Sat Feb 3, 2018, 03:04 PM

Feb 2018

Approaching 250,000 BsF to the dollar now.

The Bolivar has devalued 39,893,617% since Chavismo in February 1999.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)

2. I am reading and watching and feeling so helpless - how devastating for so many people..

Reply to GatoGordo (Original post)

Sat Feb 3, 2018, 03:19 PM

Feb 2018

Pure evil Maduro, and so many that do his bidding (their own survival?)..deplorable.. NOT being able to get in there now without military intervention by the UN it seems..- the killing of Oscar Perez...the attack on the marketplaces..the theft of what was once a prosperous economy...to think there are many smart people with much wealth unwilling (too harsh?) to make a difference..that is a broad stroke, I know...

Thank you for all your reporting..I really need to tune into Vox..