Yes, a tragedy of mismanagement, John, which began long before the Chávez/Maduro regime. When I was there, Chávez had only just been released from jail and was starting up his political movement. The government that ballsed things up in the 1990s was a standard centre-right party working to the IMF playbook.

Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham

Written by Matthew Clapham

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.

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