CNN on Venezuela's Oil Industry Collapse: No Mention of Socialism or Maduro
By Tom Blumer | May 12, 2018 10:30 PM EDT
Wednesday, CNN presented yet another story about Venezuela's implosion which did a fine job of portraying that country's human misery, this time in the oil industry. Unfortunately, it was yet another example of a story failing to mention its socialist form of government or even its leader, President Nicolas Maduro.
Though such omissions have long been routine in establishment press reports, reporter Stefano Pozzebon's were particularly galling, given that the governments of Maduro and especially Hugo Chavez, his Bolivarian socialist predecessor, are entirely responsible for Venezuela's oil collapse, the final stage of its disintegration. ...
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NewsbustersThat article mentions how oil workers now are having to sell the clothes off their backs to be able to feed their families. For some reason, this reminds me of post-WWI Germany, and how they ultimately fell for a new strong leader who promised to restore prosperity.