The country that was hailed by liberal economic writers like David Sirota as an "economic miracle" only three years ago now features its citizens "hunting dogs and cats in the streets, and pigeons in the plazas to eat," according to one of the district mayors in the capital of Caracas.
Just last year, British Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn praised the government of Venezuela, adding that what was needed was "solidarity" among Latin American governments and not "a dependence on the U.S.A." Corbyn also alluded to American "interference" in Venezuelan affairs as similar to the CIA-backed coup in Chile in 1973.
But the government of President Nicolas Maduro doesn't need any outside actors to bring his country to its knees, his own socialist policies and rampant corruption have wreaked arguably as much havoc as any foreign invader could.
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