Monday, April 7, 2014

How Oil-Rich Venezuela Descended Into Chaos



Caracas Chaos: Venezuelan General On The Run -- The Telegraph

Death in the streets, rationing by fingerprints and a general on the run: how oil-rich Venezuela has descended into chaos

The instructions were straight from the pages of a thriller. We were to park our vehicle in an underground car park, leave behind our mobile phones to avoid tracking, walk through a shopping mall and make our way to another garage in the basement.

We followed the directions and were duly greeted by a flash of headlights.

The driver then screeched off a one-hour night-time dash through the protest-filled streets of Caracas, frequently doubling back and stopping to ensure that there was no tail, until we pulled up on a dimly lit suburban road.

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My Comment: As bad as it is now .... all trends are indicating even harder times ahead.

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