Going Undercover In Venezuela | Foreign Correspondent
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Published 2017-03-20
Defying a media ban, we go undercover in the one-time socialist idyll of Venezuela.
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All Comments (21)
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That is so sad. Venezuela used to be one of the best countries to visit.
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Revolution is truly creating a more equal society - in which everyone is poor. Nicely said.
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My cousin who lives there said it costs him his ENTIRE monthly salary to pay for an oil change... I used to go to Venezuela all the time; Caracas, Punto Fijo, Maracaibo, etc. We used to go buy Italian leather shoes, belts, purses, clothes - beautiful! Not any more!!!
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What a great documentary, so well done, excellently produced and filmed and written/presented. Thank you.
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a country led by a bus driver that says it all..🤣🤣🤣
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"socialism works until you run out of other peoples money"!
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Thank you for shining light on this. You are appreciated.
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Is this the socialist/ communist paradise everyone talks about? Almost everyone here is equal! Equally poor lol.
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This is what happens when you depend on a government to take care of you.
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These people say that chavis is good.but look how they live no water no food no jobs.wakeup
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Poor Venezuela... I would have liked to go there before this
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14:45 "Hunkered down behind tight securities" ... Bruh he didn't even lock the gate
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I'm a youngish retiree living in the US. I live alone, & have enough food in my kitchen to feed 5 others for a week, and within 2 miles of my home, there are literally dozens of huge supermarkets, restaurants, & food stores of all kinds. I can also get food delivered online, should I so desire I watch this and I wish I could help, but I can't, not globally anyway, which saddens me. I do contribute to local food banks, and I buy the occasional meal for those in need, and for first responders. I can only hope that things get better there, quickly.
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Okay very simplified explanation for why this happened which was not really addressed in the video. Note that this is simplified and you could write a paper on each point. 1. Over 90% of monies coming into Venezuela year over year was from oil. 2. Venezuelan crude is heavy crude which costs a lot more to produce 1 finished barrel than other OPEC nations (Yes people not all oil is equal). 3. Oil prices crashed below the point where it was profitable to produce oil for Venezuela who has propped up their entire nation on oil profits. 4. Venezuela did not diversify their countries income and spent all the oil proceeds on immediate gratification instead of building other industry and higher education. It comes down to poor long-term government management.
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"A model of socialist sucess"
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I love how the lady tried to compare Trump to Chavez! What a joke. 😂
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3:32 One of the VERY few reasons to want to visit Venezuela.
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Interviewing people who supported the 2002 coup, nice.
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This could be USA soon if we don’t wake up.
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Such a beautiful and rich country, but in the same time, peoples are starving because of the government corruption... SAD!
