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   "Byker"  wrote in message   
   news:td6dnVWvqPVlhd_BnZ2dnUU7-VfNnZ2d@supernews.com...   
      
   > "saracene"  wrote in message   
   > news:6d84192f-4de7-4636-804b-080df1c9015a@googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > > Interesting bbc2 documentary last night about the disaster he brought to   
   > > Venezuela. However they seemed to want to blame it on populism rather   
   > > than socialism.   
      
   The actual blame goes to "incompetence".   
      
   Neither populism or socialism can knock over 99.99999% off the value of the   
   currency in 6.5 years ... incompetent idiots can.   
      
   > The Chinese can hardly wait to invest:   
   > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_D3sAWWdg   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Venezuela_relations   
   > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-03/venezuela-s   
   ys-china-investing-250-million-to-boost-oil-output   
      
   Lots of loans ... oil assets as collateral.   
      
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