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I met a couple of Venezualiens in Argentina, and said I'd like to go there one day...
They said "dont".
They said "dont".
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Seriously dont. Not even my parents want me to go there for a weekend.I met a couple of Venezualiens in Argentina, and said I'd like to go there one day...
They said "dont".
Seriously dont. Not even my parents want me to go there for a weekend.
They are attempting to keep them going with personnel that is barely qualified. Many of my friends parents are in charge of the keystone pipeline, also some of are managers in Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Papua Nueva Guinea or in my case Gazzprom/Rosfnet in the motherland. The personnel that was fully qualified is no longer there and the one that stayed if it has the qualifications its more about apeasing what the government says and does. The whole infrastructure is outdated.The oil company is paying off critical suppliers at the moment, clearly the oil refineries are about to go off line imminently. That means several months before they get them back online, maybe a lot more in Venezuela. So they're desperately attempting to keep them going.
I used to live a couple of hours away from those areas, majestic and imponent like nothing I have ever seen. Im from the island of Margarita, but mostly grew up in the andean region. It is a fantastic country with fantastic people and smart as few. Back in the 50s we were second on gold reserves after the US. 6 globally. Second most stable currency after the us and 9th in the world. Highest producer of oil. What can be done with the right leadership.I was there before Chavez. In the Gran Sabana up mount Roraima and Kukenan tepuis, into Yanomami territory. Truly a wilderness of outstanding beauty and ecotourism potential.
This is the hilarious part. People that got fired are being contracted for salaries several times what they used to make, they are like the US and Europe when it comes to foreign policy, narrow and short sighted.The oil company is paying off critical suppliers at the moment, clearly the oil refineries are about to go off line imminently. That means several months before they get them back online, maybe a lot more in Venezuela. So they're desperately attempting to keep them going.
I used to live a couple of hours away from those areas, majestic and imponent like nothing I have ever seen. Im from the island of Margarita, but mostly grew up in the andean region. It is a fantastic country with fantastic people and smart as few. Back in the 50s we were second on gold reserves after the US. 6 globally. Second most stable currency after the us and 9th in the world. Highest producer of oil. What can be done with the right leadership.
They are attempting to keep them going with personnel that is barely qualified. Many of my friends parents are in charge of the keystone pipeline, also some of are managers in Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Papua Nueva Guinea or in my case Gazzprom/Rosfnet in the motherland. The personnel that was fully qualified is no longer there and the one that stayed if it has the qualifications its more about apeasing what the government says and does. The whole infrastructure is outdated.
I used to live a couple of hours away from those areas, majestic and imponent like nothing I have ever seen. Im from the island of Margarita, but mostly grew up in the andean region. It is a fantastic country with fantastic people and smart as few. Back in the 50s we were second on gold reserves after the US. 6 globally. Second most stable currency after the us and 9th in the world. Highest producer of oil. What can be done with the right leadership.
This is the hilarious part. People that got fired are being contracted for salaries several times what they used to make, they are like the US and Europe when it comes to foreign policy, narrow and short sighted.
Very sad what's happened. It should serve as a warning for the world. Don't elect populists, or you'll end up like Venezuela.
I think you mean socialists, no?
Populism is the second most dangerous thing to ever grace the planet.
I think you mean socialists, no?
That's a mild stretch
Chavez was a populist first and foremost.
Populism just means you support the concerns of the common man.
Populism, ignorance, and cult of leader. Something akin to North Korea and the USSR. Among many other countries.
wait did you just agree with leit on something?Yessir.
Populism just means you support the concerns of the common man. Pretty benign stuff.
wait did you just agree with leit on something?
You will feel dirty whenever is it that I visit you.I know, I feel dirty.
And there in lies the horror to the liberal lying elite: from Merkel to Trudeau we see the love and rapture of the more energetic and colourful exotic which to them is the ideal. Any Fanfare to The Common Man to them is symbol of white privilege of the working/middle class male which must be replaced with a cloth cap and pauperised existence who will nod his head at his betters in the hope he gets some scraps. Open borders is euphemism for a globalised third world.
Beware those who are too keen to import third world immigrants as the answer to the declining western demographic.
From my perspective, but I am at least two or three drinks ahead of you, it makes sense and the connection is clear.
That is how my "ancestors" immigrated to Venezuela. Selective immigration. They needed farmers in the andean region and so they moved over there.You know it is possible to be in favour of moderating immigration without being a populist, right? Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
I see why you are confused.
Not confused at all. You're injecting all kinds of meaning into a word that's simply defined as supporting the concerns of the common man.
By adding all kinds of political doctrine, and all this implied danger is why folks like you are so crazed over Trump.
And frankly, name me a leader that doesn't invoke populism. I mean Obamer based his whole campaign on "hope", hope for who exactly? I'm going to take a wild guess that it's the common man.
Not confused at all. You're injecting all kinds of meaning into a word that's simply defined as supporting the concerns of the common man.
By adding all kinds of political doctrine, and all this implied danger is why folks like you are so crazed over Trump.
And frankly, name me a leader that doesn't invoke populism. I mean Obamer based his whole campaign on "hope", hope for who exactly? I'm going to take a wild guess that it's the common man.
doghouse OfficePants wouldnt that mean that in one way or the other any government is populist? At the end they win because they are popular and they gotta be popular with the common folk.
Well you gotta be popular or offer something to get those votes, hence why I said that. They have all got there because they offered something that they deem necesary such as hope.No, now you're giving in to the Russian "there is no truth or fact" propaganda. Of course a lot of governments have certain populist elements, especially these days and also back in the 1930s, but it doesn't mean every government is equally "bad" or populist.
doghouse OfficePants wouldnt that mean that in one way or the other any government is populist? At the end they win because they are popular and they gotta be popular with the common folk.