Well the first scene with the guy called Victor. He works in the biggest compañy of our country and the one with more corruption, PDVSA so im sure he is implicated in some corruption as well.
You're right. If you go to Rio you're gonna see that most people are poor and the upper class has an entire neighborhood for them full of malls, supermarkets and all sorts of things to please them as they wish. They all live in a bubble pretending that the problems don't exist. What is an also a coincidence is that people who live in this neighborhood are also television personnel (actors, actresses etc). The place is called Barra da Tijuca (Rio) Brazil.
ericj305 jeez, don’t get so angry. I am simply pointing out the fact that there is a big difference between blaming Spain and blaming your fellow countryman of European decent. Not the same thing. If you can’t understand the difference then, respectfully, who’s being obtuse?
ericj305 and yes, I knew Emir was talking about Colonial Spain. The original comment was referring to POST Colonial time (read it again). So you do agree?
The more expensive the t-shirt, the more people will buy it. It's called prestige :"Look. I can afford to throw away $45 on a plain t-shirt". Pathetic.
The interview does not explain where these rich Venezuelans get their income from I suspect they are “enchufados” ( people who have goberment contracts)
Well, still 80% of the Venezuelan means of production belongs to the private sector. And let's not forget, the entire opposition is funded by these guys and international coorporations
Military coups ,Left wing & right wing dictators came & went..But a few Venezuelan families with names going back to the Spanish colonial era stay in business, no matter who rules. .
**@@corvuscrow5485 I think things are 'crappy', because the same people cling on their wealth & power no matter who is elected, There is only so much to go around. & when these few take most of it, the rest keeps fighting with each other for the scraps.
Evo Morales its elected by his people, he is not a DICTATORSHIP OH PLEASE STOP SPREADING LIES. BOLIVIA TODAY 3.5% GROWTH ON PB.!!!!! SINCES THEY NACIONALIZED THEIR NATIONAL SOURCES. GREAT JOB FOR THEM AND WILL BE FOR 2020 GROWN UP TO 5% WOWWWWWW.
Growing up being from Venezuela was prestigious. I had a couple of Venezuelan friends and what we knew of the country was prosperity, economic freedom, and a beautiful culture. So sad to see how these tyrants took over this once great westernized Latin country.
@@alew1133 either they earn more than 1000 $ a month abroad, or they work for Maduro's government as part of a gang of corrupted politicians who embezzle millions of dollars from the government's treasury
I have wealthy Venezuelan friends on my social media & I was shocked to see how they live compared to what we see on the news. They’re still flying on private jets & their businesses seem successful as ever
I'm Venezuelan and live in Venezuela. According to you guys commenting nonsense here, apparently super smart people who know how life should be lived, what should they do then?? Stay in their homes and cry for the country's situation?? Stop working and stop creating ideas to survive in this horrible economic crisis?? It's really easy to see the situation from the outside and start judging people who are doing what they can do in order not to leave their country. People here are trying as hard as possible to see what they can do to survive in this mess. Just because they're having a party it doesn't mean that they don't have to deal with crime, poverty, dirt, violence, and all the problems that we have here. Living in this country is hard for EVERYONE and it's actually very sensible to try to create businesses to survive. It's really stupid to expect that everyone here get depressed and feel sad because of what we're experiencing. It's stupid to expect people to not do anything to improve their personal finances. It's stupid to make harsh comments on people whose situation YOU DON'T KNOW and who live in a country YOU DON'T LIVE IN. I am personally neither rich nor poor, I am a person who loves his country and I'll do what I can to stay here and to get through the economic challenges I encounter everyday, and I'm not a criminal for that.
A little charity cooking and distributing food and you got a photo op that can bring in millions for your " charity" just shows you what the problem really is.
As many of you have noticed not brown or black people among the Venezuela's upper class. In fact when I came to Europa a lot of people thougth I was not Venezuelan because my skin is very dark, they had only watched Venezuelans on TV or like tourist (upper class tourist). But "white people" are less than 10% of population. Venezuela is a racist country when you talk about business, it's not a legal racism like it was in South Africa. But if you're black or brown, your economical future is as dark as your skin. People knows that, people see that everywhere, and major of people have accepted it. Like in India. Normally people look for getting whitewashed (to have children with a fairy skin man or woman). It's a problem that comes from colonial times, it's in the collective subconscious. I had to come to Europe to hear some white people saying I was handsome. In Venezuela it was impossible, if you're dark skinned you're "ugly" and surelly evil. Well I was lucky, my parents tought me it was not real. Not all the people in Venezuela are racist, lower class are more interested on how hard worker you are than the way you look.
@@rodra72 Oh, nice one of them is not white. It sounds like "I don't like colored people, but I'm not racist, I have a mestizo friend. And some times I let him to talk to my children"
TheRisingSalas I’m from Chicago north side, I’m not worried at all. Its not about the whole country or state or city that’s bad, it’s just a few parts. If you go to the wrong places, obviously it would be dangerous.
@@JohnDoe-nn3ib Its not ironic as Venezuela didn't confiscate the wealth of the oligarchy like what happened in the Soviet union, Cuba etc. but chose an incremental reform. The poor Mestizo and native American majority got for the first time political representation with Chávez in 99 with the countries resources used to improve the living standards of the majority instead of going to the US backed elites. The elites still exists, but they don't control the countries resources anymore which is why the US is waging an economic war against Venezuela. I personally think the state should have confiscated the wealth of the oligarchs, but that is for the Venezuelan majority to decide and they chose reform instead. Nothing ironical about that.
happy to see the comments on venezuela my fav (the darker you are ..the darker your future) ... PissMenn......people are really seeing whats happening in the world..
@Elvis Ameb as a South African I concur. I don't know why the whole world still perpetuates this way of thinking 2 generations after we all agreed to 'equal rights'. Even in SA when they report about white poverty, they make it seem like it shouldn't be happening, that poverty is inherently linked to your skin tone. It's really backwards
So, when countries in Africa, have black dictators, like Maduro, crush their black brothers into the ground, in extreme poverty, and you can't pull the race card, what card do you pull to describe that? curious
I’ve noticed that too. All the wealthy even in other Latin American countries usually are lighter skin. Maybe the wealthier choose to marry lighter skin people and they usually have money? Even their President’s are usually lighter skin too.
@@StevioGaming1 I'm aware that some charities take more than they dish out but saying charities steal from the poor is a broad assumption about all of them you can't prove. In this video I saw children being fed. It cost money to feed people and get the food to locations.
@Mysterious Stranger as an American I don't watch France 24 (this vid was recommended and I randomly clicked) but I did RUclips "France 24 yellow vest" and found plenty of videos on the subject. I'm sure they cover it, maybe not to a degree that pleases you but oh well
Every time, there is someone like you who does this thing. It is called whataboutism. Do you knoe why? (1) Because these matters here are worthy of attention, and (2), because France 24 does talk about the movement you are concerned about. All you need to do is search for "Yellow Vest Movement, France 24". Nothing comes up?
Considering the interest rates paid by the regime to the inescropulous dealers of Venezuela's blood bond I would say chavismo has made plenty of bankers very pleased with their earnings
Exactly! My ex is Venezuelan and his family were one of the few that fled to the US. I use to ask him about colorism and racism there and he would deny it saying Venezuela's were mixed and honor their African heritage. Yeah right! The poor but much of the upper class claim Spaniards and part native if anything else. Never met his parents nor spoke to them even though they lived 20 mins away and we lived together dating for over a year. They told him they didnt want to meet me. He denied a race and class issue smh. Think about that...he's was wealthy and now in America living poor after fleeing his country and is not a citizen yet still secretly see themselves as better than blacks in America. Even though I live well. Anyone else have thoughts on the color divide and or racism against blacks in Venezuela?
Im gonna tell you a secret. In Ecuador, there are a lot of Venezuelans begging on the streets, most of them are dark skinned, the ones who managed to get jobs look white and or attractive.
My grandparents live in Venezuela. Thankfully they are in the upper class. My grandpa owns a company and pays his workers generously unlike the government and my grandma works in a charity cooperation
We Venezuelans have the right to have fun and nobody should judge a situation you’re not living in real life. It is so sad to see that people have an opinion on every little thing.
@@nateman10 true, but the point is that where there's income and racial inequality, there's desperation. And desperation leads to desperate choices, whether it's communism or the far-right. History has a funny way of repeating itself no matter who's in charge...
@@pisceanboy13 Inequality is natural, if you stop trying to correct it these things would not happen. Are you equal to Eddie Hearn the white guy strongest man in the world? Are you equal to Usain Bolt, black runner fastest man in the world? Are you equal to Newton? Don't think so, equality is a lie stupid people tell themselves.
@@nateman10 I just googled her networth. Its about 4 billion dollars. Lets say she invested that money into dividend stocks in America and earned 4% yield. That would be 160 million dollars. Divide that by the total population in Venezual you would get about 6 dollars. The interest she makes from her money would be able to feed the whole country for maybe a couple of days
Venezuela looks pretty similar to the US without as big a middle class. Small amount of super rich, large amount of working poor. Big difference is our rich will not walk into our poorest and most dangerous areas.
It is difficult to pronounce certain words of other language and places.Also it's a proper noun you are allowed to have some error in the pronounciation.
@@forkrust9296 Yeah of course it is, that does not make it less cringy to hear and so many times. I find myself avoiding certain words in English I cannot pronounce clearly and find myself, practicing alone or with friends to get it right. And I don't make a living speaking to a microphone. go figure.
Where are these “jobs” they speak of? I know plenty of college graduates that still work retail because they can’t find a job in their field? Unless you’re in tech, you will find it very difficult to find a job in your field with the salary that will allow you to pay your rent and your outrageous student loans. This town they showed is an exception.
I went to Cancun twice last year, spent a couple of days in Mexico City even went shopping in Tepito and I didn’t feel any danger at all... and my spanish is a lot different than Mexican spanish
@@rgdssd Iam not even American. Warped bitter? That is pejorative and takes away from your point. Start with honesty. It is the best economy the US has had in a long time. Warped and bitter is clearly what you are representing. Politics is an emotional state and you are very emotional!
the pentagon will not distinquish between rich and poor but between useable and unuseable to it aims when it unleashes death and destruction in pursuit of oil
Thanks for reporting. I was curious as how the upper class was doing because I hadn't read anyone reporting on this. You read about how middle class people like teacher struggle to feed their country whilst I see Venezuelans on Instagram who seem to be doing just fine. I couldn't find this video in French.
Is anyone else getting this video???? First let me say Venezuela is a social/capitalist economy. Not socialist only. The grocery store and major food distributors among others th ings are privately owned. (Capitalism) That's why there is all the food and alcho you need in the rich parts of Venezuela. Who support Guido And there is no food in the poor parts. Who support Maduro Did anyone else pick up on that. How could the government give Guido supporters food but not maduro supporters. Doesn't make sence does it. The only food the poor get is thru the government funded CLAP program (socialism) which is funded thru the oil industry. Which is sanctioned by the USA who supports Guido. The rich guido supporters see that as a waste of money and think the oil profits should be capitalized, and the poor should fend for themselves.. Sounds a lot like America. Who wants to take care of everyone that takes too much money. So instead of helping maduro fix his mistakes the USA wants to capitalize on them and steal the natural resources of Venezuela for corporate America. That sounds a lot like the government subsidising corporate America. Anyone else also notice ""Only dollars work in in the rich stores". That's why the USA stopped credit card service in Venezuela so the poor can't buy!!!
*I think most people do not want 'to get it '. They made up their minds , and don't want nuance. I lived in Venezuela when Chavez ruled, for more then a years . I worked for a Dutch tourist firm.. I was young & did not care for politics, Nothing I saw made me notice any difference from surrounding countries, There where shops, malls, tourism, nightlife. poor people & few very rich ones, Until I needed to a doctor, and I did not had to pay.. . I was pleasantly surprised,
Only dollars work in rich stores because the local currency has no value and all of the people with money are connected with the oil industry which uses USD. Now that their oil tankers are being siezed for non-payment of debts even the rich oil class are poorer than America's poorest.
As much as I respect France 24, I have to confess that the portion about Venezuela seemed inaccurate, especially the part where the young man in charge of the supposed charity organization is filmed walking into an office that has the PDVSA logo at the entrance, that triggered my suspicion that somebody linked to the government was behind the material provided for the reporting, France 24 should do a more in depth analysis before airing content like this.
B M Stolen from who "people" ? The Venezuelan oil belongs to ALL Venezuelans not just the ruling elite. Thus the Venezuelan GOVERNMENT is the sole LEGITIMATE caretaker of those revenues. Who else could do that job ?
The downturn has been due to deep corruption and severe mismanagement from the Maduros regime. The sanctions are applied to those members of the regime who live lavishly from stolen funds
Maureen Murtagh The lower class was not white in Ireland? I don’t know much about Ireland’s past but you certainly don’t know anything about Venezuela. Such nonsense.
@@soniaalio8652 Yeah right. Who has how much at what bank ? And how come the IMF has NOT confiscated those accounts ? Instead of taking action against legitimate oil revenue for the PEOPLE of Venezuela. And what does the IMF have against corruption al of a sudden ? If there is one organization rife with that, they merely need to look in the mirror !
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Is this channel a french attempt to show people in france distractions from their own country's problems? Why yes, yes it is.
@@kikilu79 A continent is a continous mass of land. America is completely connected. And every place has a north and a south, northern Europe- southern Europe.
Jason Bellini So is Europe and Asia connected. What’s your point Jason? Yes they’re 2 different continents. There is North America and South America. Just deal with it. We all know what people mean when they say the America’s, they mean the 2 continents.
Great report, the first I've seen that compares the social classes in Venezuela and the difference ten years makes among the middle classes who serve themselves and the younger ones who use social media as an economic tool to contribute to society. Another great report was the one on the job fair and college graduates entering the workforce in Indiana; how the social changes of the past four decades of the workforce by capital pushed wages up and the next generation benefits from the rise.
normal to see an "upper" class which only earns 1000 dollars a month at the most, Vzla used to be the richest country in Latin America and back in the 1990's it was even expected to become the first developed country in Latin America by 2030.. then communism and Castro-Cuban invasion came along and destroyed everything
@@Quelmanteau I don't even know where you get the figure of "80%". when barely 15% had something to do with it. Chavez failed on a coup led by him and left extremist supported by the Cuba Castro regime
John Scanlan I’m sure the reporter tried his best. You should read about how accent forms in the brain and at what age so you can have more compassion for people they speak different languages and simply cannot pronounce Caracas the way a native can. It is important but for some people humanly/ orally impossible.
@@Ara-ni5xc Unfortunately I don't think that's correct. This is obviously a case of someone who simply wasn't properly educated. When I was 12 I thought the name of the largest city in Brazil was pronounced "Say-O Paulo." Fortunately I had a teacher who corrected me and explained that since Brazil is a Portuguese-speaking country, It's correctly pronounced "Sowm Paulo."
Um yeah. Because this guy opposes socialism and the devastation it has brought to his country. As the story states, Victor established a charity to try to feed his countrymen. He supports Guiado.
My ex is Venezuelan and his family were one of the few that fled to the US. I use to ask him about colorism and racism there and he would deny it saying Venezuela's were mixed and honor their African heritage. Yeah right! The poor but much of the upper class claim Spaniards and part native if anything else. Never met his parents nor spoke to them even though they lived 20 mins away and we lived together dating for over a year. They told him they didnt want to meet me. He denied a race and class issue smh. Think about that...he's was wealthy and now in America living poor after fleeing his country and is not a citizen yet still secretly see themselves as better than blacks in America. Even though I live well. Anyone else have thoughts on the color divide and or racism against blacks in Venezuela?
i cant believe how ignorant yall are, the majority of venezuelans are european, approximately 51.6% of the population are European; 43.6% of Venezuelans identify as mixed (white and indigenous* , 3.6% identify as being Afro-Venezuelan and 2.7% identify as being Amerindian, venezuela is the second country with most italian immigrants after argentina, venezuela is the third country with most germans, venezuela is the second country with most portuguese after brasil, while native and black are a minority not even %5 of the venezuelan population
I'm late to the party, but the reason these people don't leave the country is there's so much inflation, if they went to another country, they themselves would be significantly poorer.
@@rgdssd we venezuelans love trump, every person i know want him to come and overtrow maduro, in Venezuela Trump is seen as the best way to finally get out of this goverment
Great news update on Central America. It’s nice to find out what’s really going on in the world. Our US news media has been out to lunch for years. Very nice job. Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍
The indifference of Venezuela's wealthy towards the starving citizens is no surprise to me. Greed and selfishness is something all human being suffer from including those in the U.S. and Western Europe, home the wealthiest nations on earth.
Producing a Venezuela reportage denouncing just the symptom of a problem is pretty shabby. Not a single word about the sanctions that have been imposed since 2002 and then even more perverted in 2016 by the US. The CEPR report say only since 2016, 40,000 Venezuelans have died because of the sanctions. Not worth mentioning it France24 ? ?? Source: (CEPR) Center for Economic Policy Research
Feeding a few meals while making PR while supporting the sanctions that make it worse. While the reporter ignores the subsidised food programs the government runs.
Similar to the racist Caste system in India ( Which still exists) where the elites are usually the light-skinned Indians, while the poor are mostly the darker -skinned Indians living in the slums......
$45 for a t-shirt from a no known person? really? Of course there's no competition in Venezuela. You can get far superior clothing in the States for about $11.99 such as DKNY, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, etc...
Why cant they produce their own food? Why they need to import? This is what happen when gov starts to provide everything for free and people become lazy.
@@VishnuNayak92 It depends greatly on the quality of the land and the technology available to it so i am not sure they could considering all the mountain and forests. It could be done but costly. But i would stop here i am not qualified to give you a satisfying answer.
Producing food costs capital to start up. Capital that is difficult to find in Venezuela since their hard currency is depleting rapidly as is. Furthermore, the food that is produced can’t be sold at a price that can sustain operations. This is because the Venezuelan government has strict price controls on goods due to hyperinflation. Which is ironic because the reason why the hyperinflation exists is because of the government printing money to make up budgetary short falls. It’s important to note this is why many Agricultural Venezuelans (and other local Venezuelan suppliers) went out of business in the first place. Finally, private sustenance farming is illegal as well since you need expensive permits to grow food for private use. Food that is grown without license is confiscated. The reason for these licenses is publicly food safety, but since people are openly selling and eating food from the garbage, we can conclude that these permits are just a way for the local governments to make money.
It is about access to dollars or Euros. With foreign currency, the hyperinflation does not reach you. I lived in Buenos Aires aires in 1988-89 during their first hyperinflation. If you had dollars, life was pretty good.
Let me just say ; I bought my first WHITE SUPREME T-SHIRT for $22.00 bucks !!! I'm a NYer and I would never spent $45 bucks for a piece that says believe if you aren't willing to fight for what it stand for. The 1% are full of $hit.
The US sanctions are to blame. Venezuela sits on the largest oil reserves in the world. This entire crisis was manufactured by the US so that it can get big oil into the country and exploit its resources. Get rid of the sanctions and the country would be much better off. Under Chavez and Maduro the poverty rates, illiteracy rates, infant mortality, etc all plummeted and while there has been some sliding back in recent years it is because of the sanctions. Venezuela's oil belongs to all Venezuelans. All should see the benefits, not just the rich/oligarchs.
@@Will-vj5bc not true. The first sanctions took place in 2016. The Venezuelan collapse started in december 2012. Masive queues and starvation started in 2014. And most inportantly sanctions where against corrupt individuals! Maduro its giving away tons of Venezuelan resources to Rusia, Cuba, tourkey and China for free. TONS of gold and other minerals. Stop liying.
@@arnaldolaguna3091 First off, everything I said about poverty rates, etc is 100% true. Yes, there have been sanctions targeted towards corrupt individuals.... but there have also been economic sanctions, trade sanctions, and oil sanctions placed upon the Venezuelan people. There can be no doubt that the sanctions have exacerbated the crisis. The country can't dig itself out if it can't sell its oil. Maduro isn't giving away tons of resources for free. China, Russia, etc. have given the country billions of dollars to keep it afloat. And most importantly, the Chavistas have the overwhelming support of the Venezuelan people... because even they know, that despite the corruption, they would be better off under Maduro than they would under the CIA puppet Guaido... who more than 80% of Venezuelans didn't even know before the latest coup attempt.
caracas is not as bad as social media says, the whole country is not as bad as social media says, Search in google “Lechería venezuela” “Margarita island Venezuela” and a lot of places that i can still appointing
Countries will always have the rich and the poor and it’s easy to judge them but the fact that they are helping the people who have it worse in their country deserves respect. I just hope for the best and wish the best on all the people who are currently suffering.
You can say what you wan't about these privileged young people staying in Venezuela but in the end, it is these young folks who are going to make a difference in their economy. If every single well-off and educated Venezuelan left their country and took their businesses with them the country would be in a worse situation. These kids are not only giving back to their communities, they're also risking their lives by venturing into the slums for their feeding programs.
I'm always very suspicious of wealthy elites in countries with great poverty.
And you should be.
Well the first scene with the guy called Victor. He works in the biggest compañy of our country and the one with more corruption, PDVSA so im sure he is implicated in some corruption as well.
Javier Merchán your country is the best example
Thats what globalists want you to beleive. Its not the 1% eating the worlds resources its the 99%.
@@roggueinkhorn9640 And the guy resents government, but the company is owned by the state...
Don't forget during the great depression there were plenty of rich American's who were entirely unaffected by it
Yes but some did charities.
@Elvis Ameb Incorrect, it's the system that allows these so called politicians to thrive which is the main problem.
JFK didn't know the great depression was a thing until the 50s
Mitjitsu that’s because they predicted and used it as a way to make a profit, as unfair it may look, it wasn’t their fault
@Elvis Ameb Who said anything about socialism?
That 45$ tshirt lady reminded me of "if they don't have bread why don't they eat cake".
Funny I thought the same.Hope she doesn't end up as her predecessor.Well , maybe a little.
The one who said that ended up with her head chopped.
Pride precedes the fall. Maybe not now, but one day that may happen.
@@hanselsihotang the quote is incorrectly attributed to her, so no
What exaclty do you expect of her ? that quote doesn't even remotely relate to her.
Marie Antoinette?
All upper classes around the world have this shield that protects them from the poor, I mean real world problems.
Where would the poor be without the rich to help them out?
@Dela Flowers The socialist government is the blame. simple
You're right. If you go to Rio you're gonna see that most people are poor and the upper class has an entire neighborhood for them full of malls, supermarkets and all sorts of things to please them as they wish. They all live in a bubble pretending that the problems don't exist. What is an also a coincidence is that people who live in this neighborhood are also television personnel (actors, actresses etc). The place is called Barra da Tijuca (Rio) Brazil.
What's also funny is that this neighborhood is surrounded by slums from all sides.
@Amed Tajan My household is middle upper, its just something I notice.
This was actually one of the reasons the French revolution happened.
@Emir Mohamed Al-Bergha Colonialism has now been rebranded as capitalism and democracy. It hasn't ended.
Emir Mohamed Al-Bergha nowhere in his comment was Spain mentioned. You may want to read it again.
ericj305 oh wow didn’t know that. Sarcasm. Those of Spanish or Italian or German or whatever ancestry have nothing to do with Spain today.
ericj305 jeez, don’t get so angry. I am simply pointing out the fact that there is a big difference between blaming Spain and blaming your fellow countryman of European decent. Not the same thing. If you can’t understand the difference then, respectfully, who’s being obtuse?
ericj305 and yes, I knew Emir was talking about Colonial Spain. The original comment was referring to POST Colonial time (read it again).
So you do agree?
The more expensive the t-shirt, the more people will buy it. It's called prestige :"Look. I can afford to throw away $45 on a plain t-shirt". Pathetic.
So true
@Amed Tajan things Need to have the right value . Otherwise you Just Do It ti flesh things.
@Amed Tajan so many Rich people that can afford havent work a day of their life I can assure you
Yes. I am poor and homeless and starving. Can you spare 1 million$ or 2? Then I can go and buy a $25 plain sweater. And Thank You on it.
@Amed Tajan it's pathetic because it's throwing the money away. Could I buy it? Sure. Will I waste money? No way.
The interview does not explain where these rich Venezuelans get their income from I suspect they are “enchufados” ( people who have goberment contracts)
The rich "property dealer", was entering PDVSA offices, the state oil company. Funny, they hate the system that keeps them rich...
Well, still 80% of the Venezuelan means of production belongs to the private sector.
And let's not forget, the entire opposition is funded by these guys and international coorporations
*government contracts
Or were very rich to start, with the right padrino.
someone must
Military coups ,Left wing & right wing dictators came & went..But a few Venezuelan families with names going back to the Spanish colonial era stay in business, no matter who rules. .
Same thing in the states, and all over really...
...and I wonder why they're doing such a crappy job...(specifically in V)
**@@corvuscrow5485 I think things are 'crappy', because the same people cling on their wealth & power no matter who is elected, There is only so much to go around. & when these few take most of it, the rest keeps fighting with each other for the scraps.
The cream rise to the top and stays there. The mud people don’t have what it takes to compete.
Evo Morales its elected by his people, he is not a DICTATORSHIP OH PLEASE STOP SPREADING LIES. BOLIVIA TODAY 3.5% GROWTH ON PB.!!!!! SINCES THEY NACIONALIZED THEIR NATIONAL SOURCES. GREAT JOB FOR THEM AND WILL BE FOR 2020 GROWN UP TO 5% WOWWWWWW.
@poi allin sounds to me you just described USA Capitalism. Venezuela is facing these issues because USA sanctions.
That happens in every Latin country But in Venezuela it happens in a special way .
in venezuela a kilo of chicken cost 38,000 bolivares (38K) and the minimum wage is 40,000 bolivares. That happens in another country?
@Luis Rodriguez and that's not enough at all still
Growing up being from Venezuela was prestigious. I had a couple of Venezuelan friends and what we knew of the country was prosperity, economic freedom, and a beautiful culture. So sad to see how these tyrants took over this once great westernized Latin country.
Damn imagine the value for each individual bolivar suddenly booming. But what you can lol
It happen here in N.America also!!
I met some of those guys when I visited the country. Met them in Caracas and santa margarita. Live lavishely and speak fluent English
Alew yet there’s thousands who can’t even afford a piece of bread cause they don’t have the money.
@@andrelaurent9607 Yeh as I said I went there. couldn't miss people queuing up in front of banks. nice country tho
@@playth2627 If you are fortunate you fled to the US otherwise Panama/Argentina ;)
@@alew1133 either they earn more than 1000 $ a month abroad, or they work for Maduro's government as part of a gang of corrupted politicians who embezzle millions of dollars from the government's treasury
Are you jealous of them??
I have wealthy Venezuelan friends on my social media & I was shocked to see how they live compared to what we see on the news. They’re still flying on private jets & their businesses seem successful as ever
@@joshuahagan1797 yes. Most not so rich white European Venezuelan are in the US, Italy, Spain Portugal etc.
How are they still wealthy what did they put their money into to stay wealthy
@@samyguindy8490you dont understand the level of wealth in Venezuela, considering the country has 3 times Saudí Arabia oil and gas reserve
The rich don’t fight wars the poor do
How stupid of them
@@wsjacksonjr what ?
@@christopherlastname7638 How stupid of them to fight wars.
@@wsjacksonjr your free because of them !
@@wsjacksonjr I would agree with you depend on which type of "war"
I'm Venezuelan and live in Venezuela. According to you guys commenting nonsense here, apparently super smart people who know how life should be lived, what should they do then?? Stay in their homes and cry for the country's situation?? Stop working and stop creating ideas to survive in this horrible economic crisis?? It's really easy to see the situation from the outside and start judging people who are doing what they can do in order not to leave their country. People here are trying as hard as possible to see what they can do to survive in this mess. Just because they're having a party it doesn't mean that they don't have to deal with crime, poverty, dirt, violence, and all the problems that we have here. Living in this country is hard for EVERYONE and it's actually very sensible to try to create businesses to survive. It's really stupid to expect that everyone here get depressed and feel sad because of what we're experiencing. It's stupid to expect people to not do anything to improve their personal finances. It's stupid to make harsh comments on people whose situation YOU DON'T KNOW and who live in a country YOU DON'T LIVE IN. I am personally neither rich nor poor, I am a person who loves his country and I'll do what I can to stay here and to get through the economic challenges I encounter everyday, and I'm not a criminal for that.
Bravo 💪
Alejandro Moreno 👏🏻👏🏻TRUTH
Do you support Maduro?
@ Non sense, how you dare to have a smartphone when you can feed a kid with the money you bought it?, $200? $400?, shame on you.
Lol
A little charity cooking and distributing food and you got a photo op that can bring in millions for your " charity" just shows you what the problem really is.
At 2:37 the sign behind him says “positive mindset, long live trump!”
cellophaneboy I saw that too! WTH?
They support Trump because trump is the one who is against Maduro and they don't support Maduro
Thank you. I wondered what that said. Yes long live Trump!
Abraham Shekelbergstien sure😹😹😹
Abraham Shekelbergstien nah I’m Venezuelan and I don’t support trump and nobody I know
The rich guy works for PDVSA, the state oil company. He became rich as a state employee while others starve.
Exactly. He attacks and resents the system that keeps him rich. Funny.
These rich kids look healthy. The answer is simple:
EAT THE RICH PEOPLE
🤣🤣🤣
It's GREAT for your skin.
Those prions may make this is a bit of a challenge.
JC E lol,its all ive got.
The walking dead
As many of you have noticed not brown or black people among the Venezuela's upper class. In fact when I came to Europa a lot of people thougth I was not Venezuelan because my skin is very dark, they had only watched Venezuelans on TV or like tourist (upper class tourist). But "white people" are less than 10% of population.
Venezuela is a racist country when you talk about business, it's not a legal racism like it was in South Africa. But if you're black or brown, your economical future is as dark as your skin. People knows that, people see that everywhere, and major of people have accepted it. Like in India.
Normally people look for getting whitewashed (to have children with a fairy skin man or woman). It's a problem that comes from colonial times, it's in the collective subconscious. I had to come to Europe to hear some white people saying I was handsome. In Venezuela it was impossible, if you're dark skinned you're "ugly" and surelly evil. Well I was lucky, my parents tought me it was not real.
Not all the people in Venezuela are racist, lower class are more interested on how hard worker you are than the way you look.
Yeah it's also funny how normal it's is to refer to darker skin people as negro
Not all of them were pure "white". Victor is a mestizo.
@@rodra72 Oh, nice one of them is not white. It sounds like "I don't like colored people, but I'm not racist, I have a mestizo friend. And some times I let him to talk to my children"
@@javiersosa3368 poppa half the people in the room were mestizos. Mestizos can look fully white
Pretty much all the same in Latin America. It is more racist than the USA ever was and I say this as a born Peruvian
Hi commenting from here, Mexico, "One of the most dangerous countries in the world" Totally safe in case anyone's worried.
Yes. Lol. I went there and felt very safe. I’m from the states. Now here... I’m worried of a shooting. I mean Texas already had several this month!
TheRisingSalas I’m from Chicago north side, I’m not worried at all. Its not about the whole country or state or city that’s bad, it’s just a few parts. If you go to the wrong places, obviously it would be dangerous.
Dijo para ser periodista y si es cierto
Y de todas formas si es de los paises más peligrosos del mundo sea si estas a salvo o no
He said for journalists and is true.
they’re not upper class they’re simply middle class who make money in dollars
That's upper class in some countries considering how much value usd has in other countries
In comparison to who? They are filthy rich compared to the famished majority of other Venezuelans.
The one percenters, Venezuela's version .
This is nothing, you will never see the 1 percent because they are hidden by Maduro. This is the wealthiest country in terms of oil, remember that
@@JohnDoe-nn3ib and where is Maduro hidding these poor 1 percenters??
@Alfredo Arcia Graveyard.
@ericj305 that's what's so ironic
@@JohnDoe-nn3ib Its not ironic as Venezuela didn't confiscate the wealth of the oligarchy like what happened in the Soviet union, Cuba etc. but chose an incremental reform.
The poor Mestizo and native American majority got for the first time political representation with Chávez in 99 with the countries resources used to improve the living standards of the majority instead of going to the US backed elites.
The elites still exists, but they don't control the countries resources anymore which is why the US is waging an economic war against Venezuela.
I personally think the state should have confiscated the wealth of the oligarchs, but that is for the Venezuelan majority to decide and they chose reform instead. Nothing ironical about that.
happy to see the comments on venezuela my fav (the darker you are ..the darker your future)
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PissMenn......people are really seeing whats happening in the world..
@Elvis Ameb as a South African I concur. I don't know why the whole world still perpetuates this way of thinking 2 generations after we all agreed to 'equal rights'. Even in SA when they report about white poverty, they make it seem like it shouldn't be happening, that poverty is inherently linked to your skin tone. It's really backwards
So, when countries in Africa, have black dictators, like Maduro, crush their black brothers into the ground, in extreme poverty, and you can't pull the race card, what card do you pull to describe that? curious
@@jlang7705 amerkkas at fault largly here mate, get off that dead horse budd
Victor czray Eohrs Velasquez _ you’re hilarious
I’ve noticed that too. All the wealthy even in other Latin American countries usually are lighter skin. Maybe the wealthier choose to marry lighter skin people and they usually have money? Even their President’s are usually lighter skin too.
This is the whole reason I will not donate to Charities of any kind
Wing Nut
Why because you don't like seeing children eat?
@@Opinlinz because rich people steal from charities
@@StevioGaming1
I'm aware that some charities take more than they dish out but saying charities steal from the poor is a broad assumption about all of them you can't prove.
In this video I saw children being fed. It cost money to feed people and get the food to locations.
This does not represent me. And I’m Venezuelan.
Every country in the world has its own upper class. This is natural . It is nothing to be ashamed of.
Yep. It just ridiculous and they know it
What about the "yellow vest movement" and protests in France? You don't think we should know about it first hand from FRANCE24?
Judging what a TV network broadcasts day to day by RUclips video uploads is a tad bit moronic don't you think?
@Mysterious Stranger as an American I don't watch France 24 (this vid was recommended and I randomly clicked) but I did RUclips "France 24 yellow vest" and found plenty of videos on the subject. I'm sure they cover it, maybe not to a degree that pleases you but oh well
Every time, there is someone like you who does this thing. It is called whataboutism. Do you knoe why? (1) Because these matters here are worthy of attention, and (2), because France 24 does talk about the movement you are concerned about. All you need to do is search for "Yellow Vest Movement, France 24". Nothing comes up?
@Mysterious Stranger It should be. Riots are a regular occurrence in France
So, those are the Venezuelans that would like to see the resources back into the hands of Banksters.
The resources have been stolen
by the chavista garbage.
Sure buddy
Yeah Venezuela is Soo much better right now huh
Well now they're just in hands of maduro corrupted officials. Nobody who wins the lower class gets nothing
Considering the interest rates paid by the regime to the inescropulous dealers of Venezuela's blood bond I would say chavismo has made plenty of bankers very pleased with their earnings
This is so sad for Venezuelans that work with me in Utah. So sad; they left their country! I love arepas!
Quien se atreve en Venezuela a “presumir” o mínimo “decir” que es de la alta sociedad
Están locos 👎🏻
muy mal :(
Notice how none of them are black.
Funny thing is that the overseas Venezuelans are probably the closest to white Spanish descent who are able to leave the country.
wow...that comment could go in a couple of directions...Lmao
This is a thing throw out latin america
Exactly! My ex is Venezuelan and his family were one of the few that fled to the US. I use to ask him about colorism and racism there and he would deny it saying Venezuela's were mixed and honor their African heritage. Yeah right! The poor but much of the upper class claim Spaniards and part native if anything else. Never met his parents nor spoke to them even though they lived 20 mins away and we lived together dating for over a year. They told him they didnt want to meet me. He denied a race and class issue smh. Think about that...he's was wealthy and now in America living poor after fleeing his country and is not a citizen yet still secretly see themselves as better than blacks in America. Even though I live well. Anyone else have thoughts on the color divide and or racism against blacks in Venezuela?
Im gonna tell you a secret. In Ecuador, there are a lot of Venezuelans begging on the streets, most of them are dark skinned, the ones who managed to get jobs look white and or attractive.
My grandparents live in Venezuela. Thankfully they are in the upper class. My grandpa owns a company and pays his workers generously unlike the government and my grandma works in a charity cooperation
May I know which company?
Mexico is too dangerous for journalists but perfectly safe for children travelling alone. ;)
The children aren't targeted the same way. They would not usually have a reason to attack the kids, but journalists exposing them?
Because the children don't go exposing corruption and crimes
It's dangerous all around, especially to self entitled jerks like you. .
Why did I bust out laughing when I saw this????😭. I wish the BBC journalist or wsj journalists could further explain this comment in real time to me.
@@theengulfer LOL are you dumb?? Millions of children are trafficked across the border and where do you think they're picking these kids up from?
We Venezuelans have the right to have fun and nobody should judge a situation you’re not living in real life.
It is so sad to see that people have an opinion on every little thing.
I’m sorry if I offended you! And I agree I hate injustice, but we are doing what we can.
Rich people giving charity while killing them for changing the system. Notice the skin color.
And food shortages are caused by sanctions.
Wil Van Natta yeah mate only the upper class support regime change
RACIST
This has nothing to do with skin color. Some people blame skin color on everything, this issue is far from a race issue.
This massive wage gap and income inequality is the reason why Venezuela ended up with Chavez.
Chavez and Maduro where the ones that increased the wage gap this much
@@nateman10 true, but the point is that where there's income and racial inequality, there's desperation. And desperation leads to desperate choices, whether it's communism or the far-right. History has a funny way of repeating itself no matter who's in charge...
@@pisceanboy13 Inequality is natural, if you stop trying to correct it these things would not happen. Are you equal to Eddie Hearn the white guy strongest man in the world? Are you equal to Usain Bolt, black runner fastest man in the world? Are you equal to Newton? Don't think so, equality is a lie stupid people tell themselves.
@@nateman10 I just googled her networth. Its about 4 billion dollars. Lets say she invested that money into dividend stocks in America and earned 4% yield. That would be 160 million dollars. Divide that by the total population in Venezual you would get about 6 dollars. The interest she makes from her money would be able to feed the whole country for maybe a couple of days
How can you smile and party while children are dying of hunger!!!They have NO compassion!
I suppose you NEVER party then ? there are children dying of hunger every day
WHAT ABOUT BEAUTY PEAGENTS ?
Venezuela looks pretty similar to the US without as big a middle class. Small amount of super rich, large amount of working poor. Big difference is our rich will not walk into our poorest and most dangerous areas.
I cringe every time he says "Karracas"
It is difficult to pronounce certain words of other language and places.Also it's a proper noun you are allowed to have some error in the pronounciation.
@@forkrust9296 Yeah of course it is, that does not make it less cringy to hear and so many times.
I find myself avoiding certain words in English I cannot pronounce clearly and find myself, practicing alone or with friends to get it right. And I don't make a living speaking to a microphone. go figure.
Me too it’s “Caracas” not “Karracass” tf
Agradecido de ser hispano y tener facilidad para los idiomas.
La R siempre le cuesta a la gente pero se maman xd
Where are these “jobs” they speak of? I know plenty of college graduates that still work retail because they can’t find a job in their field? Unless you’re in tech, you will find it very difficult to find a job in your field with the salary that will allow you to pay your rent and your outrageous student loans. This town they showed is an exception.
I went to Cancun twice last year, spent a couple of days in Mexico City even went shopping in Tepito and I didn’t feel any danger at all... and my spanish is a lot different than Mexican spanish
Won't see this positive news about the American economy on American Main Stream Media!
click my name to watch Son of Perdition part 4. tick tock
Huh...…….you must be out of touch with reality
Have you heard about the DOW, it tanked because of the president.@Doven Ro Galus
Larry Dugan I see it everyday. What are you talking about?
Are you a warped, bitter Trump supporter?
@@rgdssd Iam not even American. Warped bitter? That is pejorative and takes away from your point. Start with honesty. It is the best economy the US has had in a long time. Warped and bitter is clearly what you are representing. Politics is an emotional state and you are very emotional!
the pentagon will not distinquish between rich and poor but between useable and unuseable to it aims when it unleashes death and destruction in pursuit of oil
This doesnt make sense
@Amed Tajan wrong - our master is revolutionary war
Venezuelans are so beautiful!
funny how this dude pronounces Caracas ...lol
I think he learnt the pronounciation from Google assistant or Siri
@@brunolondinese5857 Possibly ....lol
I laughed at it as well 😂
Thanks for reporting. I was curious as how the upper class was doing because I hadn't read anyone reporting on this. You read about how middle class people like teacher struggle to feed their country whilst I see Venezuelans on Instagram who seem to be doing just fine. I couldn't find this video in French.
Jen W depends... most Upper Class families have already left for Europe or Canada
The upper class supporters of Guaido
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, and the baker...
Its not like Guaido is another socialist friend of the regime thougj
Is anyone else getting this video????
First let me say Venezuela is a social/capitalist economy.
Not socialist only.
The grocery store and major food distributors among others th ings are privately owned. (Capitalism)
That's why there is all the food and alcho you need in the rich parts of Venezuela. Who support Guido
And there is no food in the poor parts. Who support Maduro
Did anyone else pick up on that. How could the government give Guido supporters food but not maduro supporters. Doesn't make sence does it.
The only food the poor get is thru the government funded CLAP program (socialism) which is funded thru the oil industry. Which is sanctioned by the USA who supports Guido.
The rich guido supporters see that as a waste of money and think the oil profits should be capitalized, and the poor should fend for themselves..
Sounds a lot like America.
Who wants to take care of everyone that takes too much money.
So instead of helping maduro fix his mistakes the USA wants to capitalize on them and steal the natural resources of Venezuela for corporate America.
That sounds a lot like the government subsidising corporate America.
Anyone else also notice ""Only dollars work in in the rich stores". That's why the USA stopped credit card service in Venezuela so the poor can't buy!!!
*I think most people do not want 'to get it '. They made up their minds , and don't want nuance. I lived in Venezuela when Chavez ruled, for more then a years . I worked for a Dutch tourist firm.. I was young & did not care for politics, Nothing I saw made me notice any difference from surrounding countries, There where shops, malls, tourism, nightlife. poor people & few very rich ones, Until I needed to a doctor, and I did not had to pay.. . I was pleasantly surprised,
Peter Parker
Untrue, Guiado and Lopez are socialists who plan to direct PDVSAs profit directly to the people, including the poor. Research it.
Only dollars work in rich stores because the local currency has no value and all of the people with money are connected with the oil industry which uses USD. Now that their oil tankers are being siezed for non-payment of debts even the rich oil class are poorer than America's poorest.
Guiado already announced he would let USA oil companies have the oil.
It isn't like Maduro could stop it. It was seized by court order.
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach him HOW to fish, he eats for the rest of his life".
Lynn Baker yeah but he can’t learn to fish if he’s starving
As much as I respect France 24, I have to confess that the portion about Venezuela seemed inaccurate, especially the part where the young man in charge of the supposed charity organization is filmed walking into an office that has the PDVSA logo at the entrance, that triggered my suspicion that somebody linked to the government was behind the material provided for the reporting, France 24 should do a more in depth analysis before airing content like this.
Offcourse the economic downturn of Venezuela has nothing to do
with the $ 41 billion in oil revenue seized by the IMF.
They starved Ireland into the great famine the very same way,,evil cowards,, globalist white supremacists
B M
Stolen from who "people" ?
The Venezuelan oil belongs to ALL Venezuelans not just the ruling elite.
Thus the Venezuelan GOVERNMENT is the sole LEGITIMATE caretaker of those revenues.
Who else could do that job ?
The downturn has been due to deep corruption and severe mismanagement from the Maduros regime. The sanctions are applied to those members of the regime who live lavishly from stolen funds
Maureen Murtagh The lower class was not white in Ireland?
I don’t know much about Ireland’s past but you certainly don’t know anything about Venezuela. Such nonsense.
@@soniaalio8652
Yeah right.
Who has how much at what bank ?
And how come the IMF has NOT confiscated those accounts ?
Instead of taking action against legitimate oil revenue for the PEOPLE of Venezuela.
And what does the IMF have against corruption al of a sudden ? If there is one organization rife with that, they merely need to look in the mirror !
Is this channel a french attempt to show people in france distractions from their own country's problems? Why yes, yes it is.
Our judenpresse is very efficient
$45 shirts that look like $20-$25 (gtfoh). 1:48. (sadness and money are two different things, four eyes)
America is one continguous continent. It's not the Europes, the Africas nor the Asias. It isn't the Americas. It is America. One Solid Continent.
Jason Bellini No Venezuela is in South America Jason. There’s North and South America.
@@kikilu79 A continent is a continous mass of land. America is completely connected. And every place has a north and a south, northern Europe- southern Europe.
Jason Bellini So is Europe and Asia connected. What’s your point Jason? Yes they’re 2 different continents. There is North America and South America. Just deal with it. We all know what people mean when they say the America’s, they mean the 2 continents.
@@kikilu79 yeah in actuality Europe and Asia are connected. Look at a World map, kristy. Open your mind.
Great report, the first I've seen that compares the social classes in Venezuela and the difference ten years makes among the middle classes who serve themselves and the younger ones who use social media as an economic tool to contribute to society.
Another great report was the one on the job fair and college graduates entering the workforce in Indiana; how the social changes of the past four decades of the workforce by capital pushed wages up and the next generation benefits from the rise.
Good to see that France 24 is bringing to light what is actually going on in Venezuela and how we can help our fellow man.
That happens in LA
Nahh, LA is shaking in its boots at the moment 😂
Anyone notice how all the rich are all white and the slumdwellers brown?
Its always been that way
It always been that way
Same history hir in USA.!!!!
That is all over racial caste system Latin America. That is white supremacy for you
normal to see an "upper" class which only earns 1000 dollars a month at the most, Vzla used to be the richest country in Latin America and back in the 1990's it was even expected to become the first developed country in Latin America by 2030.. then communism and Castro-Cuban invasion came along and destroyed everything
If it was so rich and wealthy, why 80% of the population supported the coup back in the day???
@@Quelmanteau I don't even know where you get the figure of "80%". when barely 15% had something to do with it. Chavez failed on a coup led by him and left extremist supported by the Cuba Castro regime
The capital of Venezuela is NOT pronounced "Cara-cas." It's "Ca-Ra-Cas" Everyone knows this!!!
No1 cares
@@Vivendiify Actually people do, including the people who have no idea what the narrator means when he says "Cara-cas"!
John Scanlan I’m sure the reporter tried his best. You should read about how accent forms in the brain and at what age so you can have more compassion for people they speak different languages and simply cannot pronounce Caracas the way a native can. It is important but for some people humanly/ orally impossible.
@@Ara-ni5xc Unfortunately I don't think that's correct. This is obviously a case of someone who simply wasn't properly educated. When I was 12 I thought the name of the largest city in Brazil was pronounced "Say-O Paulo." Fortunately I had a teacher who corrected me and explained that since Brazil is a Portuguese-speaking country, It's correctly pronounced "Sowm Paulo."
Clearly not.
3:28 What is lala pons doing here??
She came back to realize she might just give up Venezuelan nationality altogether
Yep
Most third world countries are like these. Country of extremes like a feudalistic society.
2:38 Look behind him There's Trump.
Um yeah. Because this guy opposes socialism and the devastation it has brought to his country. As the story states, Victor established a charity to try to feed his countrymen. He supports Guiado.
WE KNOW , WE HAVE EYES AND SOME IQ POINTS TOO !
In the UK 'Vive le Trump' means Love the fart.
My ex is Venezuelan and his family were one of the few that fled to the US. I use to ask him about colorism and racism there and he would deny it saying Venezuela's were mixed and honor their African heritage. Yeah right! The poor but much of the upper class claim Spaniards and part native if anything else. Never met his parents nor spoke to them even though they lived 20 mins away and we lived together dating for over a year. They told him they didnt want to meet me. He denied a race and class issue smh. Think about that...he's was wealthy and now in America living poor after fleeing his country and is not a citizen yet still secretly see themselves as better than blacks in America. Even though I live well. Anyone else have thoughts on the color divide and or racism against blacks in Venezuela?
tee b go and donate a Holly Bible and place it in their front door because they will need it!
i cant believe how ignorant yall are, the majority of venezuelans are european, approximately 51.6% of the population are European; 43.6% of Venezuelans identify as mixed (white and indigenous* , 3.6% identify as being Afro-Venezuelan and 2.7% identify as being Amerindian, venezuela is the second country with most italian immigrants after argentina, venezuela is the third country with most germans, venezuela is the second country with most portuguese after brasil, while native and black are a minority not even %5 of the venezuelan population
Did you mean to say “U.S.-inflicted hyper-inflation and power blackouts?” Because that’s what is happening.
EE CC Venezuela has been in the top 10 of highest inflation rate since 2005 way before the sanctions
I'm late to the party, but the reason these people don't leave the country is there's so much inflation, if they went to another country, they themselves would be significantly poorer.
The upper class are also Trump supporters @2:37. See whiteboard.
Trump is the one trying to push Maduro out ......
nico3641 yeah that was really gross.
@@rgdssd we venezuelans love trump, every person i know want him to come and overtrow maduro, in Venezuela Trump is seen as the best way to finally get out of this goverment
this is only possible because we no longer know how to live off the land
Great news update on Central America. It’s nice to find out what’s really going on in the world. Our US news media has been out to lunch for years. Very nice job. Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍
At 2:37 the dry erase board above him translates to, “postive mind, Long live Trump!” Nahh that ain’t it
The indifference of Venezuela's wealthy towards the starving citizens is no surprise to me.
Greed and selfishness is something all human being suffer from including those in the U.S. and Western Europe, home the wealthiest nations on earth.
Arab nations are the wealthiest
Producing a Venezuela reportage denouncing just the symptom of a problem is pretty shabby. Not a single word about the sanctions that have been imposed since 2002 and then even more perverted in 2016 by the US. The CEPR report say only since 2016, 40,000 Venezuelans have died because of the sanctions. Not worth mentioning it France24 ?
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Source: (CEPR) Center for Economic Policy Research
Feeding a few meals while making PR while supporting the sanctions that make it worse. While the reporter ignores the subsidised food programs the government runs.
Don't you see it when poverty becomes a Business?
Did you noticed the sign behind the guy in minute 2:37? Ugh!
Similar to the racist Caste system in India ( Which still exists) where the elites are usually the light-skinned Indians, while the poor are mostly the darker -skinned Indians living in the slums......
$45 for a t-shirt from a no known person? really? Of course there's no competition in Venezuela. You can get far superior clothing in the States for about $11.99 such as DKNY, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, etc...
So true ! Thats why I import most of my stuff.... people here are just ridículos with there prices
If there was an Oscar awarded to the film with the most propoganda lies, this would win.
Why cant they produce their own food? Why they need to import?
This is what happen when gov starts to provide everything for free and people become lazy.
Sometimes it is just not feasible to grow that much food even european countries imported food.
@@giadinhhang5988 im not saying to grow all food. Grow some food. And they have a lot of land compared to European country
@@VishnuNayak92 It depends greatly on the quality of the land and the technology available to it so i am not sure they could considering all the mountain and forests. It could be done but costly. But i would stop here i am not qualified to give you a satisfying answer.
Producing food costs capital to start up. Capital that is difficult to find in Venezuela since their hard currency is depleting rapidly as is.
Furthermore, the food that is produced can’t be sold at a price that can sustain operations. This is because the Venezuelan government has strict price controls on goods due to hyperinflation. Which is ironic because the reason why the hyperinflation exists is because of the government printing money to make up budgetary short falls. It’s important to note this is why many Agricultural Venezuelans (and other local Venezuelan suppliers) went out of business in the first place.
Finally, private sustenance farming is illegal as well since you need expensive permits to grow food for private use. Food that is grown without license is confiscated. The reason for these licenses is publicly food safety, but since people are openly selling and eating food from the garbage, we can conclude that these permits are just a way for the local governments to make money.
It is about access to dollars or Euros. With foreign currency, the hyperinflation does not reach you. I lived in Buenos Aires aires in 1988-89 during their first hyperinflation. If you had dollars, life was pretty good.
lmao @ France criticizing others for having upper class bubbles
Really.....what a magnificent contribution .
Venezuela’s white wealthy class.
45 dollars for a tee shirt! Wow! It is expensive also for me! In NYC.
These are the people who scream that socialism is great and that no one is suffering under it.
Actually they are capitalist, they are the opposition to the Venezuelan government! They are pro Trump.
Let me just say ; I bought my first WHITE SUPREME T-SHIRT for $22.00 bucks !!! I'm a NYer and I would never spent $45 bucks for a piece that says believe if you aren't willing to fight for what it stand for. The 1% are full of $hit.
Im amazed at the stupidity level in the comments. Those people arent to blame for the Venezuelan crisis. Comunism is. Im a Venezuelan.
The US sanctions are to blame. Venezuela sits on the largest oil reserves in the world. This entire crisis was manufactured by the US so that it can get big oil into the country and exploit its resources. Get rid of the sanctions and the country would be much better off. Under Chavez and Maduro the poverty rates, illiteracy rates, infant mortality, etc all plummeted and while there has been some sliding back in recent years it is because of the sanctions. Venezuela's oil belongs to all Venezuelans. All should see the benefits, not just the rich/oligarchs.
@@Will-vj5bc not true. The first sanctions took place in 2016. The Venezuelan collapse started in december 2012. Masive queues and starvation started in 2014. And most inportantly sanctions where against corrupt individuals!
Maduro its giving away tons of Venezuelan resources to Rusia, Cuba, tourkey and China for free. TONS of gold and other minerals.
Stop liying.
@@arnaldolaguna3091 First off, everything I said about poverty rates, etc is 100% true. Yes, there have been sanctions targeted towards corrupt individuals.... but there have also been economic sanctions, trade sanctions, and oil sanctions placed upon the Venezuelan people. There can be no doubt that the sanctions have exacerbated the crisis. The country can't dig itself out if it can't sell its oil. Maduro isn't giving away tons of resources for free. China, Russia, etc. have given the country billions of dollars to keep it afloat. And most importantly, the Chavistas have the overwhelming support of the Venezuelan people... because even they know, that despite the corruption, they would be better off under Maduro than they would under the CIA puppet Guaido... who more than 80% of Venezuelans didn't even know before the latest coup attempt.
*rich people helping the unlucky ones is the humanity of the future*
As they make food out of poor people to feed other poor people.AND STILL MAKING A PROFIT.
That is what we have taxes
This are the people the US and EU 🇪🇺 want to rule venu🇻🇪 at the expense of the poor..
Doesnt the current venezuelan dictator pays the porly equiped militias with foos stamps?
Where they get the money from? Im more curious about that.
caracas is not as bad as social media says, the whole country is not as bad as social media says, Search in google “Lechería venezuela” “Margarita island Venezuela” and a lot of places that i can still appointing
I smell captalists.. hmm.. rich people on the side of capitalism.. surprise surprise
Why do they always take pictures when helping others? 😫
an upper class in "socialism" ? Say it isnt so!
I think your confusing socialism with communism
Why am I not surprised
Countries will always have the rich and the poor and it’s easy to judge them but the fact that they are helping the people who have it worse in their country deserves respect. I just hope for the best and wish the best on all the people who are currently suffering.
What!? Wait?! So, socialism doesn't work?! What happened with equality for everyone?
Yes they are not black, but 80% of the rest poor are not blacks either. Get real.......
exactly
This kind of people are very comun to see in Europe living the most lavish life
1:45 *how does a $45 dollar shirt help the ppl pull through. Maybe for every shirt they buy she feeds 45 Venezuelans? I highly doubt it*
When you're rich the word impossible does not exist.
notice Philadelphia cream cheese, Kellogs , tide..then the normal people's stores have little..glad to see they are helping the poor..
You can say what you wan't about these privileged young people staying in Venezuela but in the end, it is these young folks who are going to make a difference in their economy. If every single well-off and educated Venezuelan left their country and took their businesses with them the country would be in a worse situation. These kids are not only giving back to their communities, they're also risking their lives by venturing into the slums for their feeding programs.