are u a white liberal? lol

Same happening to my country Sri-Lanka 😔😭

@@jgngoy3019 qqqqq1qqqqq1

Well look at most Socialist countries...funny how socialism is closer to fascism than any other ideology, but the left vs right political notion is masking the truth

@@dominic6055 So true

'public servants' mean something totally different in a COMMie / SOCIAList state...!?!?......lol (CUBA situation was/is very similar, if you know its 1950's history)

True... Jimmy Carter didn't take a limo to the Inauguration.. he walked. He said the President is a servant

The standard of living has improved for the majority of people in Venezuela since Chavez was elected. Don't believe the lies put out by western media.

Venezuela has NO chance to improve its economy as long as the sanctions are in effect. Monitored elections by UN election control is what is needed to do this. Maybe France 24 can do a report on the political situation in Venezuela?

@@oddvardmyrnes9040 Educate yourself. Venezuela has a better election process than nearly every other country in the world. Check the reports from observers.

BTW: Venezuela is expected to do better than nearly all other countries in S. America this year. Check it.

@@freedomofpress5605 .. Absolutely I will. Why are they sanctioned then?

Well said.

Your not understanding, this is what The radical progressive leftist want to do to America, wake up... Talk to any Cuban, Venezuela people that left and is now living in America 🇺🇸 They will tell you it's the same way their Country started going down... Control the food control the people...Sensor your words, content, anything you say or do....

America is going to look worst than Venezuela in a few years.. pay attention

Yeah they might be able to be successful if the United States government didn't sanctionum them so bad like they did Cuba

True many Americans complain. But Americans must pay for Europe’s freedom in blood and money.

thats the same in the states, you are fed with the notion that you have freedoms but are you really free?

@@ggonterriquez213 What was the min wage and a cup of coffee price in Ven again?

@@apaadadisana9870 I dont know, ask bill gates the waltons, because while you and I are paying more for everything the ceo of raytheon and lockheed martin are making a killing, killing people.

@@ggonterriquez213 Oh... come on. That simple question you cant answer while you blame the rest?

@@ggonterriquez213 Ask the illegals in southern border why they come to the US illegally and sacrifice their lives paying the cartels?

fr

Never underestimate grandmas!

And what does it tell you? Think about it. It’s not just comical but looks like she knows something. Grow up!

vvhitch ^ ^

@@jikamos she sure knows what hunger is. She's probably ignorant in just about every other topic you could think of.

@@hkloss11 Why does the rest of the world think Poland is doing well?

As a latin american I believe that you can't compare Poland's situation with Venezuela's... Even though I'm ignorant about Poland's history I'm pretty sure that the worst thing Polish people experienced under communism was poverty...and I wonder if it was extreme poverty as is the case of venezuelans... but anyways, venezuelans don't just experience poverty.... but also violence.. this is a consequence of venezuelans' and other latin americans' way of behaving... In latin america whenever there's poverty you will find some people resorting to violence ... Now I have a hard time imagining polish people behaving like that. I think this can be a consequence of polish people taking their faith way more seriously than many latin americans do... In latin america most people claim to be "catholic" yet most latin american nations have extremely high rates of aborted kids.

@@Dah42 you are right , nothing to compare, totally different situation. In Venezuela is still different thinking as for example if you can’t afford to fuel gasoline they will dual for you ,you just give them some little money on the side , people isn’t eagle to work as much ,etc . Nope ! Will disagree that Poland was in poverty !!! Wstydz sue czlowieku opowiadac o Niedzielskimi ,ktorej za Tak Nie bylo

And Poland never seen a poverty that way !!! People have and had beautiful homes interior / exterior , well cleaned and organized, most Latinos is disorganized, won’t clean around homes or inside their homes , it bugs me

different times and different cercumstances same culprit... greed

Educate yourself instead of believing propaganda.

That's called Socialism. Hahaha. But they've been taught that American sanctions have ruined them. Hahaha. Socialism in America is ruining the USA and the USA citizens can't blame sanctions for it's damages!

I bet you believed that the twin towers were really blown up by some planes....🤣🤣🤣

Have you heard about Nigeria?

@@markc5025 No.

America is right behind them - same spirit bring it down

Command economies always fail.

Venezuela ha sido saqueada para financiar la expansión del castrocomunismo a nivel mundial

@@Patriot11111 Due to welfare.

The Progressives are trying to do the same to the US.

Wrong. Educate yourself rather than make comments that support lies.

Socialism is dead

We’re all enslaved the whole planet

And also have a say on who they want leading them, instead of no choice.

@@mixit247 Exactly.

@@mixit247 Also, another difference is that a capitalist economy is better-managed, because there a person's wealth is proportional to how much value they produce. In socialism, a person's wealth is proportional to how much political favor they are able to garner. I am all for mixed economies, but heavily capitalist or heavily socialist economies cannot work, since they are are not in line with how humans behave.

Die fleißigen die drei Jobs brauchen um zu überleben,und nicht Mal eine Krankenversicherung haben. .Was interessiert das Biden und seine Regierung.was ist mit der permanenten Gewalt in Amerika,freier ne Waffen Besitz, friedliebend e Gesellschaft?!??

nothing is perfect, but they would still be better off in a capitalist economy.

ok dupe

Why call him that for speaking the truth?

@@carolynolsen132 The "poor" do not use the "opportunities"

Huh

@@noneoftheabove5816 you heard him.

Your talking nonsense, they refused to be controlled by the imperialist.

@@davet9708 well if this is what independent’s from imperialism looks like…

@@twomp5613 They imperialist couldn't survive without the developing countries, robbing their resources, and their horrible murderous adventure.

I'm guessing it's to so with America's political relationship with Venezuela. News networks don't want complicate matters by pursuing this story.

@@zeppelin0110 Venezuela's fall from one of the richest Latin American countries to an economic disaster was due to Chavez's (and Maduro's) insane fiscal policies. It's not in the news now because it's an old story.

It's never been covered because it does not promote the msm political agenda.

What country in America?

Also you can clearly see that they have it against the U.S.. They don't even want to talk in U.S. currency and they call the U.S. and empire. The economic sanctions really messed them up. It is a dangerous weapon those things. They hurt the population not just the govt.

Well said friend

Socialists, progressivists, communists, just different sides of the same misery coin. Enslave the bottom 98% of the populace in order to support the top 2% of beauracrats that claim they are for "the people". All LIES

True. The video is biased in favor of Chavez, and willfully skims the truth.

Further to my comment while Chavez was telling the Hilton to change its name beacuse he ahated the Gringo name, his people on the beaches were begging gringos like me for loans or anything to ease their poverty

From what I see he lived in the moment and ran the country like a bad business that never had a shot

...examples you could ever want.

Oh...

Yes , and not all of their oil is easily tapped . Their oil is expensive to produce . Middle Eastern oil cuts them off at the knees

Having oil is better than not having oil. It is mismanagement.

Chavez’s daughter stole a billion dollars from the poor.

Did you even watch the video?! These volunteers wore military uniforms and berets, formed local militias and proudly said again and again that they're to do battle with the perceived enemies--internal or external--who want to destroy their Chavista socialist paradise of extreme poverty, perpetual unemployment and endless violence!

We spent 8 years in Caracas. We were lucky to immigrate to the US.

Venezuela didn't knew how to handle an economy. Social democracy is sustainable like it is done in Scandinavian countries and countries like Costa Rica. But Venezuela place people with no knowledge of businesses managing to manage national institutions and they obviously ruined them. Also Venezuela is a communist dictatorship not a social democracy.

That is exactly what the Democrats want to turn the USA into!!

The true face of socialism I hope anyone that advocates for it visits Venezuela and see the reality

@@KuromiDarklord Social democracy is not sustainable. See Western Europe.

I absolutely cracked up what I saw that!! 😂😂😂

I was wondering about that. In 2016, spent some time in Ecuador, mostly in Loja, because I wanted to get away from large cities and expat concentrations. Loved my stay, and since the Venezuela collapse, I assumed refugees would have a huge impact on Ecuador. Would you say its throughout the country or just certain areas?

@@broadcasttttable more the bigger cities...Here in Cuenca they beg night and day and sit on streets w littlr babies ..We have several Help agencies here ..the Venezolanos I have personally helped have refused to go there..They also refused offers of paying work ..Too many of the Young men go around in Cuenca stealing cell phones from Expats and tourists..They even go so far as to Attacking people physically by Throwing them to the ground as it just happened to a friend of mine..It is shameful how some of them behave ..

Same story in most of latin america, bands of venezuelan teens assaulting and hurting people .

Exactly! Same in Peru

WOW didnt realize that was happening in Ecuador Sad

Exactly. Don't forget theft. It's not like socialists were known for fiscal responsibility.

Not luck. They got what they voted for.

@@fillthefeeder ok i get it......but come on dude! NO one wants that

@@faygo12 nope ,this is the truest form of socialism. just lovely.

@@faygo12 Well, lets us all learn and never repeat their mistake or else our children's and our children's children will have to pay a dear price then suffer in our place for the next 500 YEARS. IF only venezuelan people realize that they are the true owners of venezuela, NOT the government. The Government ought to belong under the people's feet....but it is not so....

no this is just socialism

It is sad but I am thinking the Philippine will just become a Chinese province before it is over. Chinese corporations can now be 100% Chinese owned. Be it flexible currency or the standard dept trap via infrastructure projects like what we have seen in Africa and parts of Asia, the CCP will end up running the PI. They don't stand a chance economically, militarily or strategically. I don't really see ASEAN being able to stop it. China gets the S.China Sea and the Philippines gets to learn Mandarin. I honestly hope i am wrong.

Yes I believe in you Philippines is turning to be the new Venezuela 2.0 currently I'm hoping to move to Spain soon.

PHILLIPINES work s 15million people are in The whole continental sending 100billon dollars back to the Philippines people is Richer than the government agriculture food security we are engineers doctor nurse's merchant business manager AND worker's.we don't have OIL but we have brain.our economy is at 8.5 biggest in Asia we got hydroelectric power nuclear power geothermal energy Sun energy nickel for battery packs. Brain is reacher than oils.we want MARCOS FOR HIS MONEY AMOUNTING TO 247BILLION DOLLARS FOR BATTERY PLANTS.....

Hahahha maghuhula yarn?🤣🤣🤣😹

@@paolosantiago3163 hahahaha🤣🤣

America will love to control Venezuela resources, soon their sanctions will mean nothing, stay strong Venezuela.

Their oil is not available in the market openly because of sanctions.

Oil prices are so high because Venezuela is basically out of commission they're operating like a 5 to 10% of their capacity. If Venezuela was at full power and oil production the price of oil would collapse because they could simply out produce everybody.

Si American dollars and capitalism is saving venezuelan socialism from complete oblivion .

@@Glidescube Your talking nonsense, American dollars will soon be worthless, Chinese currency taking over, most of the world will dump the dollar.

Educate yourself.

But it satisfied his ego.

Exactly.

They're sending their kids and themselves to poverty. If they refuse to stop this, their last stop is at death's door.

So true !!

Because they like to do the wild thing

Well said friend

no- the crippling sanctions have killed their economy. We see how sanctions destroy economies

@@poncedeoly469 No. Socialism killed the economy. The sanctions are of little consequence.

@@poncedeoly469 sorry ,they don't have the right to trade with capitalist countries .they ca trade with cuba and china or north korea.

It's sickening socialism is still alive! Makes me GAG!

Socialist agriculture is singularly vulnerable to, well, anything. That's its nature.

Mauro go.away!

Pretty.

Mauro go away immediately

Maduro,sorry

US made this

This is the real explaination of the problem. Having reliant on a single income always spell disaster no matter what type of ideology the country do practice.

@@greenleafyman1028 Terrible logic. The Saudis rely 99% on Oil exporting Income. They just MANGED the money they had differently so then when crude oil prices dropped, the were not overleveraged and had piles of USD cash. Venezueala had no USD cash and were OVER leveraged.

Well said friend and it looks like socialism for a while

Not really as they happily voted for it.

They chose to be socialist and now they have no saying in it ! That’s how socialist works

I remember in History class they were talking about future power countries and that Venezuela could be one because the amount of natural resources. It's sad to see a country with so much potential is doing so terrible and it's people are suffering and putting up with these leaders

Back then a lot of poor families saved money to invest in one of the young women hoping they could marry someone with money. That was pathetic and desperate. Maybe it is important to understand why so many people felt so desperate back in that time. Now, poor kids can get an education unlike before. Educate yourself.

USA put sanctions on them and stoped them trading oil lol

Well said friend

No one is allowed to ask any questions for you’ll be imprisoned or disappeared

They're not actually realizing much revenue from their oil since they nationalized it. Maintenance, upgrades, and efficiency all collapsed and the whole industry fell to bits; production is way down, not way up.

@@josezapata1878 It has always been so. Back in Marcos Perez Jimenez time, it was worse.

Venezuela gov banned guns, so now only the Maduro loyalists (and criminals) have them. Why you think dems in the US want to ban guns so much...🤔

Works great in Europe..I think you're confusing socialism with communism, even the United States has socal programs.

It works just as intended.

You hit the nail on the head

Take AOC with them on there vacation trip see how long they last?

They wouldn't last 1 week, they'll be crying for capitalism in no time.

@@mikenogozones No question.

Bernie Sanders is not a trie socialist. He's a lite capitalist at best. Not even close to believing in this fuckery.

They have to say that, otherwise what is going to happen?

sounds like the USA

Most people are completely against this disgusting government though, but I agree there are still people too poor and still support this government

Because they're dependent on them for their day-to-day survival.

@@danirezaeva3934 Really? Your name says a lot for you to say this :/

At least in venezuela they don’t have a million tents on every street and human waste everywhere 🤯🤯

@@josezapata1878 US is a total basket case

Yes most of them don’t want to work! They want everything given to them

Yes, that coffee shop is for wealthy or tourists

Yes you heard right

that sounds like American capitalism lol. US embargo is the main reason since the US not only stop trading with them, but also force and threatened other countries who want to do business with Venezuelan

Well explained my friend you hit the nail on the head

@@josezapata1878 Thank you 👍😉

Exactly.

Exactly!

The way of Trumpism.

Well that kind of 'spin' should be expected from france24.

But his country isn't socialist. Socialism doesn't work like this. You don't have a dictator in a socialist government.

@@machsimillian14 Whaaaaat?

@@nwachinemere7759 socialism implies that the means of production are controlled by the people. In this case, if the government is intended to be representative of the will of the people, the elections need to be fair...Venezuela hasn't had fair elections in ages. A dictator doesn't represent the will of the people, it's an oxymoron to say that you have a socialist dictator. Also a socialist government provides the basic needs of the people, they don't do that here and there is a huge chasm between the rich and the poor, of which 95% fall into the latter category. If it were truly socialist, the separation would be far smaller, that's not the case. Venezuela is more communist right now than anything else, democracy doesn't exist here.

@@machsimillian14 That means socialism isn't real, it's just an idea that can only be a form of government that exist only in theory. Socialism therefore is an illusion. Whenever or wherever socialism fails advocates for socialism always say it wasn't real socialism. Where then has real socialism ever succeeded. effectively in tjer

@@nforkongnyu6487 that's not what that means. But if that's how you wish to understand it, feel free.

Wrong.

@@freedomofpress5605 Which part of this is wrong?!? You speak of "freedom of the press" then you don't respect democracy... and back up what you are saying with research? Just sheer hypocrisy!

@@freedomofpress5605 Someone else 'immaturely' believing what they 'want' to believe, when there are people "dying" over there because of this Government's abuses!

@@sebastianwrites So where do you get your information about Venezuela? You write as if you are an expert on the place. You are simply parroting CIA disinfo.

@@freedomofpress5605 No, I just do my 'research' clearly you have not "bothered" to do... which shows how little you really care about the people of Venezuela?

Exactly.

Some families are doing great now especially when covid started. I've seen alot of families opening businesses etc. However there are many who still suffer and the prices have changed drastically. Most things are highly expensive compared to years ago. It's crazy. The government do distribute things cheaper and for free but it isn't much.

Have you seen the market in the video? Plenty of food. There is no money to buy it with.

we need to bring back exilement.

Well said friend! Are you a California resident?

Great question! It should be though specially in states like California where socialism is the way

Well that's the fundamental problem with socialism...eventually you run out of other people's money to spend. Once the state coffers ran dry there was nothing else to replenish it because all free market competition had been obliterated (over regulated and taxed out of existence). Eventually Venezuela will either accept free markets or go full on communist like North Korea, where they enslave the population for labor and everyone continues to suffer.

Because the oil price collapsed and Maduro was no longer able to keep up the facade.

also Chavez had the chance to diversity the economy and turn Caracas into Dubai...he failed to do so

@@mikenogozones And as a matter of fact, Chavez was busy destroying whatever diversified economy Venezuela had.

It's because of sanctions by the US and it's allies...

You hit the nail on the head

Thats why it amazes me how people im the USA push for socialism so badly. Im shocked when I come across these youtube channels of these young people who leading the charge for a socialist society. Dont they see what has happened to these countries that take this stance? Everyone is temporarily taken care of then it all goes crashing down. Obviously Chavez lived in the momemt and ran the country like a bad business. It didnt take long to reverse it all.

​@@JoeKyser Many young people are naive. Some of these communist ytbers are malicious people who have nothing to lose. No job, no stable family,and very jealous of the middle class. Communism doesn't destroy the rich, it destroys the middle class

@@DivestedChristian Some of these discussions I come across are absolutely crazy to me. Thats all it seems like, they are out for destruction. They seem to have this woe is me typenof mentality. Hard work holds no agenda in their lives.

Korrekt, pal. This BS gets annoying after a while.

@@matthewjohnathanwarburton8342 Yes and I did not want to mention how many resources they have. Imagine how rich this country would be if Jews lived there.

Venezuela was like this long before Covid unfortunately.

@@YeezyFly 🙁

People get hornier when stressed 😄

We Californians take great pride in supporting the people who don’t want or feel like working 💪💪

But that's not socialism.

@@machsimillian14 Are you kidding me ? You are dumber than dirt, boy.

@@machsimillian14 Typical socialist response. I bet you weren't saying that back in 2012 when Chavez was alive and Venezuela prospered from the high oil prices.

@@shauncameron8390 make it make sense. I said that it wasn't socialism, and then you accuse me of being a socialist? Haha. When Chavez was in power, the economy and government was more socialist, as the leaders were mostly elected by the people. Chavez took power illegitimately initially but held an election subsequently that can mostly be seen as legitimate. Venezuela was providing for its society when necessary and the chasm between the socioeconomic classes wasn't nearly as large. Poverty had been reduced by extreme metrics. The economy was more than sufficient. Unfortunately they weren't diversified, so when oil plummeted, their dollar plummeted, and the downward spiral just never stopped. That coupled with sanctions by the US, and Venezuela just hasn't been able to right the ship. The government has been going further and further authoritarian since Maduro has taken control, and its ostensibly a dictatorship. You cannot have socialist dictators, that takes the power from the people to be able to decide how the government/economy functions. The people having ownership in these decisions either directly or through representatives is the basis of socialism. Venezuela isn't socialist.

@@machsimillian14 Only by Chavez throwing money at the problem while decimating whatever diversified economy it had upon making Venezuela oil-dependent. LOL They weren't imposed until 3 years after the collapse. And also if anything, Venezuela didn't do itself any favors bad-mouthing the very same US that bought its oil and becoming reliant on imports as it no longer had the capacity to produce anything locally.

The government would destroy it.

Currently there's no socialist country in Europe

Neoliberalism is not "Socialism."

European countries provide social programs for the poor, but their economies are capitalistic. The only truly socialist countries remaining in the world are North Korea and to some extent China.

@@davidtrindle6473 I just read a document from Cuba 🇨🇺 titled 499 and almost forgot. That the whites have nothing in their soil and they r robbing the rest of us. While using psychological operations and divide and conquer to terrorize us as we are robbed of our wealth dignity and respect.

Socialist programs are about controlling people under the guise of helping them further perpetuating poverty.