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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWitnessing a ‘Complete Collapse of Society’ in Venezuela
Once an example for the continent, Venezuela is now a country in freefall. Its hard to find food, theres no medicine, said Ybarra Zavala. If you have to have surgery, you need to bring everything with you: the bandages, the gloves, everything. There are no anesthetics.
Security has also become an issue. Theres now a very strong element of luck, he said. Access is a real nightmare. Not only do you need to be careful of the government, but also from the colectivos [militant groups] and the local militias. Youre limited on time, youre limited in access. Its a continuous fight.
In fact, says the photographerwhos worked in Iraq, Afghanistan and ColombiaVenezuela is the hardest place Ive worked in, he said.
http://time.com/4419186/photographing-venezuela-collapse/
There are few places in the world more violent than Venezuela.
orwell
(7,773 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)reality is that we people in modern societies all depend for our lives on highly complex, highly interdependent structures that can fail. Even here in the country few grow enough food to even begin to sustain themselves.
Syria, Egypt, Venezuela, and so on. I am not more accustomed to working plumbing and supermarkets filled with abundance than urban residents there were.
JCMach1
(27,559 posts)downturns...
No government... capitalist, socialist, whateverist could survive the situation Venezuela is in due to lack of foresight.
In this case Chavez and the Chavistas are guilty of incompetence and mismanagement.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)As I said, it's lack of economic foresight to create a sovereign fund. For example, is Norway, or even Saudi Arabia experiencing huge economic dislocation right now.
No, because they invested in their future whichever type of government they have.
In fact, Norway is currently making a killing off of Pokemon Go:
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Pokmon-Go-Fuels-Norways-Oil-Fund.html
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)They just wanted to have toilet paper and food for a little while.