Situation in Venezuela

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Rasputin_Vol said:
Again, since 1953... I wonder why they hate us?

We have far bigger fish to fry than Iran.
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I do agree that we shouldn't have been meddling with them 60 years ago. But a theocracy that's developing nukes sounds like a problem that will eventually have to be addressed.
 
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lukeneyland said:
I do agree that we shouldn't have been meddling with them 60 years ago. But a theocracy that's developing nukes sounds like a problem that will eventually have to be addressed.
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They are developing nukes to be as a deterrent from the US or Israel attacking them.

I guess you have no problem with Pakistan having nukes?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
They are developing nukes to be as a deterrent from the US or Israel attacking them.

I guess you have no problem with Pakistan having nukes?
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Nukes in general are pretty unsettling. But yes I have more of a problem with Iran having them than Pakistan or most any other country. Being ruled by a Jhadist theocracy is the main reason
 
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Caruzo: Buying Gasoline in Socialist Venezuela? We’re Going to Need Your Biometric Data

Imagine having to submit your biometric data at a gas station, which is then cross-referenced with your nation’s socialist system database, to receive a monthly ration of fuel. Such a dystopian concept is now a reality in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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Having the world’s cheapest gasoline was the nation’s last remaining selling point, even though acquiring a modest vehicle is an impossible dream for most. For as long as anyone can remember, gasoline was virtually free here. Until recently, completely filling up a vehicle’s tank would cost you less than 100.00 Bolivars, or roughly less than $0.0005.

That reality is no more as of this month.

Maduro’s socialist regime has implemented a new system for the control and distribution of gasoline in Venezuela. Refueling a vehicle is no longer as simple as driving to a station and doing the deed. Now, you are only allowed to do so on specific assigned days according to the last number of your vehicle’s license plate.

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This new system has two modes: The first one, a subsidized one, involves signing up to the regime’s Fatherland System and obtaining your “Fatherland Card.” This system was created with the aid of China and contains all sorts of information, including your vehicle and your biometric data. It is through this system that you will receive a monthly allotment of subsidized gasoline: 120 liters if you have a regular vehicle, or 60 liters if you have a motorbike.

The subsidized price might seem generous. After all, it is only 5,000 Bolivars per liter, which roughly translates to $0.025 per liter. But for those who earn minimum wage (which as of the time of writing this is 800,000 Bolivars per month), 40 liters of fuel represent 25 percent of your income.

If you exceed your monthly quota, or you simply refuse to sign up for the Socialist Fatherland system, then fuel will be sold to you at a rate of $0.50 per liter — twenty times more expensive than the subsidized price.

This tier can be paid with our local currency, the regime’s “Petro” scam cryptocurrency, and even with the once demonized and capitalist U.S. dollar — the one that the regime wishes you to pay them with, and the only form of payment that’s being accepted in some gas stations.

Buying Gasoline in Venezuela? We’re Going to Need Your Biometric Data
 
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More people fighting authoritarian socialist jerks. Good for them.

All this good news coming out of South and Central America really is great for the soul.
 
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Venezuela Slashes SIX ZEROES from its inflation-battered currency to make it easier to use amid the country's worst economic crisis in its modern history

  • 'All monetary amounts expressed in national currency will be divided by one million,' the central bank said in a statement on Thursday
Venezuela will slash six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency the bolivar to make it easier to use, the central bank said Thursday.

'All monetary amounts expressed in national currency will be divided by one million,' the bank of President Nicolas Maduro's beleaguered leftist government said.

Maduro's socialism has bankrupted a once prosperous oil-rich nation. Crumbling infrastructure, lack of water and healthcare has forced 5 million people to emigrate.

The twin effects of the pandemic and failed oil industry mean Venezuela is enduring its fourth year of hyperinflation and its eighth year of recession.

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Venezuela will slash six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency the bolivar to make it easier to use, the central bank said Thursday (pictured: file photo of a new 10,000 Bolivar note first issued in June, 2019, to cope with continued devaluation of the currency)

Venezuela slashes SIX ZEROES from its inflation-battered currency to make it easier to use | Daily Mail Online
 
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This is how you do an insurrection, folks. J6 looks like kindergarten in comparison.

I wonder what the 2A people here are going to do 11/09...
 
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What happened to make them believe the election was fraudulent? More votes cast than citizens? Big changes in the tally? The government just refusing to count some votes?
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Assuming the midterm elections on 11/08 don't go as is expected and you see widespread irregularities... what will the "patriots" here do
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Expected by whom?

Right leaning pollsters?

Just because the pollsters get it wrong doesnt mean the election is flawed.

The talking heads? Yeah I believe them as much as I do the politicians. Doesnt make it foul play.

The R's havent done themselves many favors this election run up.
 
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