Venezuela's president blames opposition for deep recession

[CC27]

Zorro (5,197 posts)

Venezuela's president blames opposition for deep recession


Source: AP

Venezuela's government on Tuesday confirmed that the economy is struggling to emerge from a deep recession but President Nicolas Maduro said the crisis engulfing the oil-rich nation could have been a lot worse.

In an almost three-hour long press conference, the socialist president blamed the severe slump on his government's opponents, who brought the economy to a standstill during deadly protests earlier this year and are now heartened by a recent plunge in oil prices that they hope will loosen Maduro's grip on power ahead of key congressional elections just months away.

"We've contained the economic war, but it's not yet been defeated," Maduro said, valuing the government's efforts to step in for private business and restrict smuggling.

Maduro's comments came hours after the central bank said gross domestic product shrank 4.8 percent on an annual basis in the first two quarters of 2014 and 2.3 percent in the July-September period. Inflation soared to 64 percent in November from 54 percent a year ago.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-confirms-economy-fell-recession-225540422.html


Don't blame my policies for this recession! It's the fault of those other guys! You know, the ones we keep throwing in jail!

StevePaulson (140 posts)
7. Yeah, It's The Opposition

Than can't even run their socialist farms to grow enough subsidized food
to feed their people.

Venezuela's leaders are too stupid to be called socialists.

A corrupt from top to bottom petro state is not a socialist country.

I have a relative that was a Chavista mayor. Every thing done in his
town he got a 10% cut.

My mother in law went down to help him count the money. There was a 3 foot
high stack of bills that needed counted from all the bribes he took.

This is not socialism.

This is raping and pillaging for the benefit of a few jerks while the country rots.

Venezuelans are so f-ing stupid, it may take years of starvation before they figure it out.

Please go F yourself. This thread is burning.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014977096

[Maxiest]

And when these idiots realize that Socialism and Communism always turn into... that will be the day I shit gold.

[Wineslob]

StevePaulson (140 posts)
7. Yeah, It's The Opposition

Than can't even run their socialist farms to grow enough subsidized food
to feed their people.

Venezuela's leaders are too stupid to be called socialists.

A corrupt from top to bottom petro state is not a socialist country.

I have a relative that was a Chavista mayor. Every thing done in his
town he got a 10% cut.

My mother in law went down to help him count the money. There was a 3 foot
high stack of bills that needed counted from all the bribes he took.

This is not socialism. <-----------------------------------really?

This is raping and pillaging for the benefit of a few jerks while the country rots.

Venezuelans are so f-ing stupid, it may take years of starvation before they figure it out.

Many thanks for showing the reason why Liberalism is composed of truly stupid people.

[CC27]

I'm hoping that Steve DUmmie is a mole.

[Carl]

Response to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 03:08 AM

Comrade Grumpy (9,994 posts)
9. Nice chorus of low post count detractors here, too. What's up with that?

Did someone send up the bat signal?

The truth...it BURNS!!!

Response to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 06:46 AM

DireStrike (6,451 posts)
10. I think there's some automated software that flags posts containing "Venezuela" to make the job

easier.

Or possibly they have no lives.

 

Response to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 07:33 AM

 madokie (41,659 posts)
12. The problem in Venezuela

is the corporate persons want their property back. In other words they'll do what ever it takes to get to that end. When Chavez nationalize the oil industry he insured that the oligarchs will be trying to over throw their government until they get that said property back. never mind that the oil belongs to the People and not to the international oil companies, never mind that. Our cia does not have a very good track record in protecting peoples rights whether they be here in the usa, Iran or Venezuela
IMHO

If anyone believes anything reported in our press concerning Venezuela you are grossly mislead. again IMO

Bet you will scream to the hills if you got a bill for every dry well that is dug.

Response to hack89 (Reply #17)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 08:08 AM

 madokie (41,659 posts)
18. How about you look at the big picture

of whats happening in Venezuela today and since Chavez came to the Presidency and what he did to piss off the big moneyed interest.
You can take to the bank that not much you will read or hear in our press is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth when it comes to any of our southern neighbors

You believe what you want, I'm out of here

 

[J P Sousa]

 "it's all Bush's fault".

[98ZJUSMC]

StevePaulson (140 posts)
7. Yeah, It's The Opposition

Than can't even run their socialist farms to grow enough subsidized food
to feed their people. Venezuela's leaders are too stupid to be called socialists.

A corrupt from top to bottom petro state is not a socialist country.  I have a relative that was a Chavista mayor. Every thing done in his town he got a 10% cut. 

My mother in law went down to help him count the money. There was a 3 foot
high stack of bills that needed counted from all the bribes he took.

This is not socialism. Oh yes it is, little snowflake. Both barrels in your face, Socialism.

This is raping and pillaging for the benefit of a few jerks while the country rots.  Venezuelans are so f-ing stupid, it may take years of starvation before they figure it out.

Almost like you're all disappointed in the people.  Where, oh where, have we heard this, lately?   

 

And when these idiots realize that Socialism and Communism always turn into... that will be the day I shit gold.

It's prebuilt into the system, I guess. 

1. Enthusiasm.
2. Panic.
3. Search for the guilty among the people.
4. Awards and promotions for the elite.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat ...... only this time, we'll do it right.  You simply cannot explain wrong to these idiots.  They are incapable of understanding it.   Their repeated failures seem to only increase their belief that Socialism will work, if..........

Broken, stupid people who cannot wrap their little brain goo around the simple truism that Socialism can only exist where there is one of two things:
 
1. Sufficient indigenous free market revenue generation to support it.

2. Somebody else foots the bill (re: Europe - US Defense spending).

.

[98ZJUSMC]

You believe what you want, I'm out of here

IOW....

 

[Ptarmigan]

Venezuela is in that state because of Hugo Chavez and his implementation of Socialism and Communism. It is not that hard to understand.

[thundley4]

Venezuela is in that state because of Hugo Chavez and his implementation of Socialism and Communism. It is not that hard to understand.

For normal people, no, but for DUmmies, it's incomprehensible.

[wasp69]

The day "the people" of Venezuela burn the collectivist scum in the city squares will be a glorius day indeed.  I know a lot of DUmbasses will cry when Chavez's utopia finally crashes and burns...

[USA4ME]

 :censored:This is beyond the ability of the primitives to grasp.

The Saudi's, working along with the USA, have purposely lowered the price of oil in order to put an economic pinch on Russia and Iran. Usually the House of Saud just wants to kill Wahhabis, but they'll forgo a little income for a while in order to bury Russia so as to gain more of the European gas market, and the Iranians because.... well, they're nuts. The old guard in Iran have already made their money, they don't want a holy war, and the young people there just want to vote.

Venezuela is a side issue, but they've been uncooperative, so they get punished, too. The Venezuelan economy is going to collapse, the people will rise up and burn a few leaders, and they'll go back to being a good little banana republic like they should have stayed. That's just how these petro wars go.

But try and explain that to the primitives and WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!, right over their heads.

.

[obumazombie]

There are myriad forces at work far beyond a lib's comprehension.

[Skul]

Blaming the opposing party seems to be common.
I wonder what Maduro's golf handicap is?   

[J P Sousa]

:censored:This is beyond the ability of the primitives to grasp.

The Saudi's, working along with the USA, have purposely lowered the price of oil in order to put an economic pinch on Russia and Iran. Usually the House of Saud just wants to kill Wahhabis, but they'll forgo a little income for a while in order to bury Russia so as to gain more of the European gas market, and the Iranians because.... well, they're nuts. The old guard in Iran have already made their money, they don't want a holy war, and the young people there just want to vote.

Venezuela is a side issue, but they've been uncooperative, so they get punished, too. The Venezuelan economy is going to collapse, the people will rise up and burn a few leaders, and they'll go back to being a good little banana republic like they should have stayed. That's just how these petro wars go.

But try and explain that to the primitives and WHOOOOOOOOOSH!!, right over their heads..

And that is how we got Obama, reality bites and Obama is biting everybody...........even the DUmmies.
.

[Wineslob]

Wait, it just didn't work, this time.