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It's always refreshing to see the truth about Cuba and Venezuela in the U.S. media. We've had our share of great "health care" stories about Cuba or movie stars embracing Hugo Chvez.

Let's thankIoan Grillo for pulling the curtain and exposing the truth about Venezuela:

In Venezuela the food lines are only the most visible evidence of a nation in free fall. Known aslas colas, the lines form before dawn and last until nightfall, several bodies thick and zigzagging for miles in leafy middle-class neighborhoods and ragged slums alike. In a country that sits atop the world's largest known petroleum reserves, hungry citizens wait on their assigned day for whatever the stores might stock: with luck, corn flour to make arepas, and on a really good day, shampoo.

"I never dreamed it would come to this," says Yajaira Gutierrez, a 41-year-old accountant, waiting her turn in downtown Caracas."That in Venezuela, with all our petroleum, we would be struggling to get corn cakes."

This is insane and makes you want to scream. It is a such a shock for those of us who knew pre-Chvez Venezuela. As I recall, it was a nation with a large middle class who loved life, talking baseball and beauty pageants. Yes, in Venezuela, they love their baseball players and all of those beautiful women who appear in the Miss Universe pageants.

For Cubans like my parents, as well as those of us who grew up here, it is like watching a horrible movie remake.

The article talks about "las colas," or the lines outside stores to buy the basic items. Or the people who cross the Colombia border to buy anything for their families. Or the repressive nature of the state. It is Cuba all over again!

President Trump has a great opportunity to put the U.S. on the side of the Venezuela people, especially all of those marchers calling for change.

I'm not talking about a military invasion. I am talking about an invasion of "ideas" and "messages" that change must come and that the U.S. does not stand with the corrupt dictatorship. It may be just what the opposition needs to bring down the Maduro regime.

In the meantime, share this article with the next clown that you see wearing a Che T-shirt.

P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow meon Twitter.

It's always refreshing to see the truth about Cuba and Venezuela in the U.S. media. We've had our share of great "health care" stories about Cuba or movie stars embracing Hugo Chvez.

Let's thankIoan Grillo for pulling the curtain and exposing the truth about Venezuela:

In Venezuela the food lines are only the most visible evidence of a nation in free fall. Known aslas colas, the lines form before dawn and last until nightfall, several bodies thick and zigzagging for miles in leafy middle-class neighborhoods and ragged slums alike. In a country that sits atop the world's largest known petroleum reserves, hungry citizens wait on their assigned day for whatever the stores might stock: with luck, corn flour to make arepas, and on a really good day, shampoo.

"I never dreamed it would come to this," says Yajaira Gutierrez, a 41-year-old accountant, waiting her turn in downtown Caracas."That in Venezuela, with all our petroleum, we would be struggling to get corn cakes."

This is insane and makes you want to scream. It is a such a shock for those of us who knew pre-Chvez Venezuela. As I recall, it was a nation with a large middle class who loved life, talking baseball and beauty pageants. Yes, in Venezuela, they love their baseball players and all of those beautiful women who appear in the Miss Universe pageants.

For Cubans like my parents, as well as those of us who grew up here, it is like watching a horrible movie remake.

The article talks about "las colas," or the lines outside stores to buy the basic items. Or the people who cross the Colombia border to buy anything for their families. Or the repressive nature of the state. It is Cuba all over again!

President Trump has a great opportunity to put the U.S. on the side of the Venezuela people, especially all of those marchers calling for change.

I'm not talking about a military invasion. I am talking about an invasion of "ideas" and "messages" that change must come and that the U.S. does not stand with the corrupt dictatorship. It may be just what the opposition needs to bring down the Maduro regime.

In the meantime, share this article with the next clown that you see wearing a Che T-shirt.

P.S. You can listen to my show (Canto Talk) and follow meon Twitter.

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Socialism is killing Venezuela - American Thinker (blog)

Michela Martinazzi of FRSO (Fight Back! News/staff)

West Chester, PA - On March 4, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a workshop titled Socialism 101: Students, Socialism & The Revolution at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The workshop included an introduction to socialist theory, followed by discussion on applying socialist theory to the student movement.

In the Trump era of declining capitalism and overt oppression, student organizing becomes more important than ever. Students are in the unique position where they have the ability and time to learn socialist theories while directly putting them into practice through a campus-based campaign. Plus, the world that Trump is creating is going to be left behind to the youth to fix. Students are perfectly positioned to affect expansive and rapid change, which we need now more than ever, Michela Martinazzi of FRSO said about the students role in organizing for socialism and against Trumps agenda.

The workshop reviewed socialism, Marxism-Leninism, capitalism, imperialism, national liberation of oppressed nationalities, working class struggle, organizing in the anti-war movement and organizing in the student movement.

There was much discussion on the material reality of what socialism has looked like from the past to present, analyzing anti-communist propaganda and addressing misconceptions about socialism.

While they are in school, students and youth must become anti-imperialists, and take up the struggles of the multinational working class and oppressed nationalities and put those demands in the forefront, working to advance the interests of the people and land blows against the ruling class and their cronies. said Ian Gallagher of FRSO, highlighting the importance of organizing in the student movement.

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FRSO hosts Socialism 101 workshop at West Chester University of PA - Fight Back! Newspaper

The Robot Tax Is Just Capitalism Vs Socialism All Over Again - The Cure Is The Same Too, Competition Forbes We have a piece in The Guardian telling us all about the economics of the robot tax--it's about economics in The Guardian so of course it is actually wrong but our task is to work out why it is wrong. The problem here is that the writer doesn't ...

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The Robot Tax Is Just Capitalism Vs Socialism All Over Again - The Cure Is The Same Too, Competition - Forbes

Disgruntled customers, empty store shelves, long supermarket lines. These are the images that mainstream U.S. media typically feature in their coverage of Venezuelas ongoing food crisis.

U.S. media outlets publish stories blaming Venezuelas food crisis on the socialist government almost daily. Today isnt any different.These images are usually accompanied by sarcastic headlines like Forbes Venezuela Discovers the Perfect Weight Loss Diet and the Cato Institutes Hunger Is in Retreat, But Not in Socialist Venezuela.

A new study released by researchers from three Venezuelan universities reported that nearly 75 percent of the population lost an average of 19 pounds in 2016 for lack of food. The report, titled, 2016 Living Conditions Survey, added that about 32.5 percent of Venezuelans eat only once or twice a day, compared to 11.3 percent last year.

Moreover, 93.3 percent told the researchers that their income was not enough to cover their food needs.

The facts are clear Venezuela does have a food crisis. Mainstream U.S. media, however, blames the socialist government that has radically improved the countrys standard of living instead of right-wing U.S.-backed opposition forces intentionally sabotaging the economy.

Since the early 2000s, supermarket owners affiliated with Venezuelas opposition have been purposefully hoarding food products so they can resell them at higher prices and make large profits. Food importing companies owned by the countrys wealthy right-wing elite are also manipulating import figures to raise prices.

In 2013, former Venezuelan Central Bank chief Edmee Betancourt reported that the country lost between US$15 and $20 billion dollars the previous year through such fraudulent import deals.

It doesnt stop there.

Last year, over 750 opposition-controlled offshore companies linked to the Panama Papers scandal were accused of purposely redirecting Venezuelan imports of raw food materials from the government to the private sector. Many of these companies sell their products to private companies in Colombia, which resell them to Venezuelans living close to Colombia.

Reuters admitted in 2014 that Venezuelan opposition members living in border states are shipping low-cost foodstuffs provided by the Venezuelan government into Colombia for profit.Selling contraband is a serious problem. People here are taking large quantities of products meant for Venezuelans and selling them in Colombia, Valencia resident Francisco Luzon told Al Jazeera in a 2014 interview.

Overall, Venezuelas millionaire opposition are profiting handsomely from the countrys food crisis while blaming it on the socialist government thats trying to eliminate it.

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Blaming Socialism, US Media Distorts Venezuela's Food Crisis - Venezuelanalysis.com

Forbes

Congratulations To Bolivarian Socialism - Venezuela's Breakfast Now Costs More Than A Day's Work Forbes Again, we should extend our congratulations to President Maduro and the Chavistas who have done so much to improve Venezuela's economy in recent years. They've managed to get the cost of a day's breakfast up over the amount earned by a full day's ...

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Congratulations To Bolivarian Socialism - Venezuela's Breakfast Now Costs More Than A Day's Work - Forbes