Latin America is a extremely rich region, rich in natural resources, work force and culture. Much more than USA, Europe and others. For example, Colombia alone has more water reserves than the entire Europe and Venezuela is highly rich in oil. But the huge problem which prevents us from being a global superpower is the politics and corruption.
Hernan Tasies not that what he did in Iraq has anything to do with Vzla (nor it is justified), but at least the Yale graduate can provide his population with their basic needs, safety, and FREEDOM if you choose to speak against him...
watching this was very heartbreaking. my mother is Venezuelan and was born and raised in caracas . she went to school there, graduated there, and even met my dad there. although my mother and my family live in the U.S., my mother's family still lives there. I remember looking at old photos of her life and Venezuela and how beautiful and amazing it was, and now the tables have turned. its hard knowing that one day I may never get to see or even talk too my family anymore. Hearing that my cousins (who are under the age of ten) were held hostage in there house multiple times , tears me apart. when my family visits the US every few years, its terrible to see how that something that seems like an everyday product to us, is treasure to them. I wish this would all stop but I know that's not how life works. people need to realize that all this shit is real and no one is really paying attention to it. I understand that Venezuela Is not the only problem our world is facing right now , but to see that no one acknowledges the thousands of people killed, arrested, and tortured sickens me.
The Devil will blast your life with fire and dead and wounded sons and daughters to all who support wars around the world to steal the oil of the people in other countries.
We need to support Venezuela! My mom was born in and used to live in Venezuela and she has been near death several times. These people are suffering and its wrong!!!!!!
HTCEVOSONGS You my friend, are ill-informed. Take it from a Venezuelan. I've lived here. Believe me, most of the people fighting are not "rich little twats." The majority are LOW-CLASS students. And some of them STILL want a socialist country. However they are not fighting for a political system, they are fighting for freedom. Plain and simple. You of all should know that regimes come in all shape and forms. There are capitalist regimes, there are socialists regimes, etc. Venezuela, is a regime. It just happens to also be socialist. I personally have no grudge against that system. However i do have a problem with regimes. And yes, extreme property went down, but STANDARD poverty went up. WAY UP. It literally costs cheaper to buy a car in Colombia, than to buy a clothes in Venezuela. Do your research. If you speak Spanish you should check-out the videos I have made. One of them went viral in my country. I explained in full detail why this current "regime" has failed the nation in the economic, social, and political stage. This is not a fight against the poor, this is a fight for freedom, a fight that is supported by the poor. Keep your eyes in the news, Venezuela will make the headlines soon. Cheers
OZOBIEUSA1 To be honest I don't know, because I haven't got the chance to live in one. Venezuela sponsors a terrorist government disguised as a socialist state, but they're no real socialism. I currently live in the US and though Capitalism is not that bad, i feel we could do better as humans.
Thank you so much for actually going there and putting yourselves at risk for the sake of journalism. PLEASE don't stop covering this Venezuelan story!
If someone are thinking that all here in Venezuela is amazing then i would like that you visit my country, and see how many time can you still live before someone try to killing o steal to you. You don't know nothing about my country, because you have never been o lived here... But, I invite you to visit my country and then you will understand what is the venezuelan reality and what is happening now. Don't be like others that speak without know what's going now.
Yes... But there are people here fighting against a government that has all the control of each channel or mass media in Venezuela. Here you can't know what is happening around our country. Because the regimen has closed or bought all the opposite television channels. Only if you have internet o social media you can try to know the reality of the country, but it's too difficult by the internet controls and in the majority of the case just a little group has access to internet. that's why it so important for us this kind of video. Because, it's the only way to show to the world what is happening in Venezuela now.
i hope so. But everyday more people feels intimidated by the government and sometimes they feel without hope or don't believe the change will be possible.....
Cheers from Brazil. We are going through a very similar situation here in Venezuela's early stages... That's why we are fighting against the government in 15th March. Hope Venezuela join us against these devil communists in South America. Some people/portion of Argentina are already with us.
Pains me to see my country in ruins, the government has been poisoning Venezuela since the mid 90s. This will only end with massive bloodshed and great losses unless other countries step in.
I think this is something that Venezuelans have to do on their own, any interference from an outside country will just give more support to the government
Don't even suggest foreign intervention. You know who would glady step in and occupy for as long as it deems necessary. Then come puppet governments and weak leaders and decades of destabilization from being hand held by an outside power that cares little about the people it's occupying anyway.
Tauri Auri Norway is a country with a social democratic government. They know how to handle things applying socialism to a capitalist system. I've been twice to Scandinavia. The intensions of Venezuela's current government is to gear that direction. The opposition claims they are guided to go the direction of Cuba or North Korea. But if they go Caprile's direction, they will sure see more of Dubai, or Saudi Arabia.
KetchupLocal Thats not accurate. You never saw in Norway the type of ideological diarrhea that keeps gushing out of the PSUV. You did not see this bulllshit about "economic warfare" or class warfare for that matter. You did not see the vehement hatred and rejection of the capitalist system that is the reality of our globalized world. Instead you saw a united recognition of that reality and then an educated application of socio-capitalist policies that protected most of the elements of Norwegian society while preserving a competitive edge in the global market. Don't get me wrong, social democracies are the way to go, but that is DEFINITELY NOT what we are seeing in Venezuela.
Yes, Venezuela is far from an Scandinavian model. Even its economy is capitalist, with that all the shifts in prices of their goods are not controlled by the state but the market itself. I know the government intentions are not bad, they have managed to make social reforms, and even with several failures are pulling away the poor from the trends of the long past. The problem Venezuela faces moving left or even right is corruption and lots of it. The people's mindset is way behind to one day become of a more social democratic one. A big problem is Colombia, for their goods get carry across as they are sold again after being bought at a low price when subsidized by the government. It is creating a great loss for Venezuelans who need it the most. Even there is a lot of gasoline taken across. Money laundry has been hiking for several years, and crime represents a great challenge, whose government is not to blame for all of it. It's a cancer in the region. By the way I am very sure the idea of not belonging to any free-trade agreement is to be thankful for. Venezuela has looked to have better trade relationships with the region. And its biggest gas client remains the United States. If they wanted to make a communist state by this time it would have been done. But instead, there are still socioeconomic classes, and business owners who still own their own goods. Venezuela is not going to become communist any time soon.
Compare the protests in Ukraine, Venezuela, China and so on. It seems that the plan for the unfolding of events was written by one person or government…
Isn't the government in charge of the media, oil, markets and basically the country's whole industry?? Where's the money?? Is it being used to keep those barrios as chavistas? Is it being used to to buy military equipment?
In Socialism . Goverment takes 80% of what you make to spend on Control mechanisms and themselfs . And people are brainwashed this is good and when the things get bad . The Goverment tells it's because of Capitalists . Soviet Union used that tactic.
The media is a good point... why should it be happy when there's so much fighting happening? I would assume it's because most people that are watching TV are seniors who have little to do or that the government wants to keep a positive perspective... in the end, it's just TV...
As far as money... I know where it's not going, and that's to the US... Chavez was one of the few who fought the US's IMF banks. You have to give them credit for making there stake count and finding the independence they needed away from US culture. I dont want the whole world to look like the US. I appreciate the diversity.
KetchupLocal 100% of local tv channels are owned by the goverment and openly support their policies, so i recommend you to investigate before commenting or just shut the fuck up.
I think the fact that i have lived in Venezuela for the last seventeen years and have experienced this "revolution" from the inside, totally means i´m right.
Yes, I can see people are fatter. Every video about Venezuela shows large bellies, large rear ends, large breasts and fatty chests. Where is the hunger??
Andres 1998 Los videos no corroboran eso de que hay hambre. Hay algun truco entonces. A la gente tambien se la ve atletica y corredora ademas durante la feria de las guarimbas la gente andaba muy bien vestida. Hay trucos...
Pero los videos no mienten. La gente esta bien, camina bien. Bien gordo el cabecilla de los estudiantes durante la epoca de las guarimbas de Lopez , He buscado por gente sufrida en Venezuela y solo veo energia, salud, fuerza, agilidad. Hasta Allup es una prueba de la salud en Venzuela, un viejo de esa edad en EUA ya no puede ni hablar, y menos pensar y casi esta con alzeimers. Entonces Venezuela es un misterio de salud. que alguien vaya a los barrios pobres y de ahi manden videos. en vez de salir a las calles la gente debe salir al campo a plantar papas, frejol y maiz. si les falta. No hay logica en todo eso. Si en EUA la gente plantaba su comida durante la guerra segunda mundial y lo hacia en sus jardines.
This is the face of socialism, people. This is what socialism does to a country. Free healthcare, but little medicine. Food subsidies, but little food. Tons of oil, but no money from it. Even if oil prices were high, things would just barely be scraping by. The slightest fall in prices leads to this.
Não precisa privatizar necessariamente para os "gringos", podemos privatizar com companhias nacionais. Sim, somos um povo trabalhados na sua maioria , com exceção dos vagabundos do PT e dos SINDICATOS que passam o dia tomando cafezinho e tramando outras formas de mamar na TETA do ESTADO sem trabalhar. Fique com Deus e fora COMUNISMO PTista!
M|T0C0NDR|4 cara, brasileiro é corrupto por natureza. por isso que o temer quer passar tudo pros gringos. brasilero é pra acartar balde de cimento mesmo.
I am Venezuelan and I live in Germany. I miss seeing my family and my country becausre I cannot go there due to criminality and the government. stop this now. How can you support someone that brought so much hate and death. People are too busy focused on their needs to care about the one big problem
For those of you that are too dam stupid to want a wall, these people are responsible for the government they have now. It did not just fall from the sky, they voted the socialism in, because they were getting FREE STUFF just like the lazy bastards here do when the demoncrats hand out freebies. SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK. It has been tried again and again and always ends up in horrendous conditions like Venezuela and a dictatorship. So if you MORONS don't what a wall these people will help you be Venezuela and you will deserve it. Remember them waving their flags on the way here.
OaklandLYM.... Rothschild must make war against this new East Block BRICS bank. If it is allowed to replace Rothschild's Slave-Usury, his U$ Trade Deficit FIAT Dollars ($500-Trillion) become the largest roll of toilet paper on earth.
Been there, done that. i'm unbelievable angry at many comments here, you'll see, there's people saying that the land owners are the only suffering. WRONG! AND GET IT FOR JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. It doesn't even make sense at all, because the greatest and biggest land owners in Venezuela, AND GET IT RIGHT, are the chavistas, not the followers(you know, the people, you know what i mean) off course, but those who occupy big chairs in the government, because there IS corruption, and those who claim the opposite should burn in hell, next to chavez. We all want a change, even the people supported Chavez against capriles in the 2012 elections. PLEASE STOP SAYING BULLSHIT. And if you want to know how come there's still people who support nicolas maduro is because they are just ignorant and stay happy as long they receive something in exchange. the biggest example is the salary rise of the military(keeping them happy so they don't even think about changing sides). please.... stop it with the nonsense.. sorry for the bad English
As Americans and compassionate Christians This is the real crime the true issue not the fake media with Mex immigrants We need to find a way to help these poor suffering. Fellow Christians!
I love all the people against Bernie Sanders saying "Look at Venezuela, do you really want the U.S. to look like socialist venezuela?" God they are so mis informed. Venezuela isn't the way it is because of socialist policies, it is the way it is because the government was printing money like no tomorrow. In 2013 their inflation rate was 56.6 percent. This means that prices in Venezuela doubled in price ever year and a half. No wonder people in Venezuela are pissed off, the dumb ass president allowed inflation to get out of control. Democratic socialism like that in Scandinavia has reasonable social policies that it pays for with tax dollars from wall street speculation and by closing tax loopholes. They do not over inflate their economy like Venezuela. Socialism does not equal Inflation, which is why Venezuela is really fucked up.
This is exactly what was happening here in Argentina, but thanks to fortune and the people, the socialist lost the elections, and we are rising again as a country.
This is so sad. I've been to Venezuela twice. A month in June 2012 and again for two weeks in January 2013. The amount the country declined just in that time was astounding. I noticed a difference in the people, being more concerned with crime and also a worse economy. I can only imagine how bad it is now. The sad thing is Venezuela has so much potential. Sadly I don't know when I'm going to get to go back.
Good thing Chavez wasn't around to see what would become of his beloved socialist utopia. If the cancer didn't get him, the shock of seeing what sustained low oil prices did to Venezuela would have. I sympathize with the average person who now has to pay $76 for a watermelon.
Venezuela is what happens when you don't have armed citizens. The only thing governments respect are citizens with credible power of violence. If you think resistance doesn't work, consider Ireland revolting against the Crown.
Looks a hell of a lot like the protests in Ukraine. Same accusation of US involvement. Maybe the US has something to do with this. Correlation isn't causation but it's certainly suspicious.
Dude give me a break, I'm Ukrainian nothing to do with your American theories. All to do with corruption and theft and people just getting sick and tired of that bs. Ex president didn't even try to hide it, he WAY over did it. Started with students also, as they were finishing their studies you could not get a job in your field with out knowing someone or bribery so they started to protest. However, can not speak about this as i'm not from there.
Vlad B The US have been assassinating, bribing, blackmailing leaders of most countries in the world. It's not a theory. It's a fact. Hell, they bought the break up of the USSR.Yanukovich was a filthy thief no doubt about it, but the protests were GREATLY funded by the US. You wouldn't get very far without the money of the US. What's arguable is whether american advisor were sent to give you a boost. If most of the country didn't want Yanukovich as the president, they wouldn't have fucking elected him.A coup is by no means acceptable in the modern world.
Now, USA government is a piece of shit no doubt about that the people are not awful. What does this have to do with Yanukovich using the pension fund as his own wallet to build mansion and villas? Elected? Who eastern part of Ukraine those brainwashed sheep? He was the largest criminal enterprise in that region, vote or not vote he would of been the president. Also we lived with that president for how long? Easter Ukraine can't tolerate Poroshenko for a day before starting up madness. (He was elected by majority as well) Let Ukraine sort out its own problems. By the way many of my relatives including my family donated over 10,000$ to USA to support their fight for better Ukraine so no...USA did not sponsor the entire thing. Russia wanted to even close western union.
Vlad B 'the people are not awful' The people are rarely responsible for the actions of their government. The Pentagon has a very aggressive agenda and they won't stop just because the people disagree with them. 'What does this have to do with Yanukovich using the pension fund as his own wallet to build mansion and villas?' Do you mean why did the US want to get rid of Yanukovich? Not sure to be honest. To have a strong ally at the border with Russia?( Russia has been the traditional enemy of the US since at least 1920)or maybe because Yanukovich was resisting from moving closer with the UN and away from Russia. Maybe they just saw a chance to fuck with Russia for all their criticisms in the past few years. It doesn't matter if the whole country was brainwashed. That doesn't give you any right to resort to violence and taking of power by force. Democracy has its flaws, but it's the best thing we've got at the moment Of course Eastern Ukrane won't tolerate him. He's been bombing and killing them.They are pro-russian. Poroshenko is obviously pro-US. I never said that they sponsored the whole thing. But the gave at least 5 billion dollars to the cause, which is enough I don't get the last sentence
Come on man, again with the USA? Gives me no right to resolve to violence, wish you would told that to the Russians that deported by grandparents to Siberia.
I'm from Venezuela, but i moved to Orlando last year, I can't believe what Chavez and Maduro have done to Venezuela, it's a really BEAUTIFUL country, but now nobody wants to live there because of the situation. I live here in Orlando with my dad, my mom and my sister, but the rest of my family lives in Venezuela. Hopefully sometime there's going to be a day when everything goes back to normal...
Muchos extranjeros nos juzgan, dicen que estamos mal acostumbrados, y que nos vamos de nuestro país siendo cobardes por no querer quedarnos a luchar... Ustedes no saben cuanto nos duele a los Venezolanos dejar nuestro país, porque aun con la dictadura y los conflictos políticos, económicos que atravesamos no hay país como Venezuela, con nuestras playas calientes, bellas vistas, paisajes y mujeres hermosas, por eso dicen que el venezolano vive jodido pero riendo, somos admirables; porque a pesar de todo lo que estamos viendo en el país, a pesar de que todos los días muere un hermano, nos levantamos con la cabeza en alto para seguir luchando, ME DUELE MI PAÍS y no quiero dejarlo, pero la inseguridad, las pocas oportunidades de trabajo y la miseria que le pagan a un profesional venezolano, nos obligan a marchar... Venezuela no nos asegura un futuro, los venezolanos no podemos ver mas de hoy y unos meses. Pónganse un minuto en nuestros zapatos y díganme si ustedes podrían vivir así? con hambre, ansiedad, preocupación y miedo, miedo a que el próximo que salga en las noticias muerto sea tu papa, tu mama, tu hermano, un amigo, alguien cercano o quizás seas tu.
You can't really blame the opposition for your shoddy work! You limited prices to the point that they were unsustainable and why all your industries have stopped production because they keep operating on losses!
And how exactly did America get $12 trillion dollars in debt?..... oh wait that was rich neo-liberal, free market, capitalist elites. Capitalism relies on the exploitation of citizens labour and their money.
Now, it is July 2018 and it has been four years since this video was released. The situvation in Venezuela is now much worse; and at this rate, nobody will be left in Venezuela by 2020! Socialism at it's best...
This is a very informative and important news media reporting. Did you hear what the National Assembly of Venezuela said? He blamed big business and oligergy for all of the government problems. The same lies are repeated by socialists here in the U.S. We need to remember this. Yes, government is important, but it also, must be limited and kept accountable.
In 19:55 when she says that "Han violado con fusiles" it isn't a figure of speech, she doesn't mean assaulted. She literally means that students have been raped with weapons.
The 2019 Puerto Rican uprising against the colonial government wasn't broadcast by the dominant hegemonic corporate US-aligned press either. But notice how that politician was speaking of 400 PRIVATE counterrevolutionary media outlets, yet the interviewer speaks instead of the content of state media. This is without considering how much material was edited.
itsma name The current government is corrupt and incompetent, and so, being a socialist state, everything relies on the government working well, which it doesn't, driving the prices of goods up and resulting in unemployment, this combination of lack of work, poverty and violent political repression results in the normalisation of violence, so on top of an ethereal economy violence is added to the mix.
Ekama Noieau Oh. Its good to have that made clear. Yes, it seems like everyday that people in South America countries are revolting against their government similarly to the people in Europe, China and South Africa & Asia. I believe those who revolt against their present government can establish new government with a complete understanding that it will function the way they have intended it too. Otherwise, there nation will stay in a state of complete decay for sometime until they reach a compromise between the government and its people. I hope this never happens to any nation especially to the beautiful people of Venezuela.
+itsma name Yes, Chavez helped dark and poor Venezuelans which are majority. He gave them homes, health care, education. The rich elite have never liked this since day 1 even though Venezuela was growing GDP wise and this chaos didn't exist. All the protests are young rich kids who know nothing about life and all they want is for brown people to not get any government aid. See the protesters and you won't find many adults. See the Chavez supporters and most are dark skinned. The mainstream media 99% over there is owned by the protestor elite and even though they brainwash people, Chavez empowered so much this people that they still support his movement. Yes crime is really bad, and that has to be tackled. The economic problems right now I think are an economic boycott, just like what happened in Chile. That's just my theory. Remember california blackouts? it ended up being Enron and the Bush friends making it appear California was in shambles. The protestors are very noisy and I think with this economic boicott they're doing (the rich control the economy, how else would they be rich if they were regular folks? so they're stopping production, making it seem it is really really bad. I think they will get their way and they will win, with half of the population going back to poverty and extreme poverty and they enjoying their wealthy life. People talk about how Chavez ruined Venezuela, but there is a reason Chavez got there in the first place. Check GDP stats for the years before Chavez and during Chavez. The same with every leftist government in South America. You will be surprised it is a different tale than what the rich elites in these countries are telling us.
In one hand you have a guy who was graduated, with honours, in a good university, with manners, good speaking, etc...and in the other hand you have a bus driver who talk with birds... as i see it was a simple choice, but of course in Venezuela the words "justice" and "legal" doesn't even exist.
Latin America is a extremely rich region, rich in natural resources, work force and culture. Much more than USA, Europe and others. For example, Colombia alone has more water reserves than the entire Europe and Venezuela is highly rich in oil. But the huge problem which prevents us from being a global superpower is the politics and corruption.
This is what I keep trying to tell people.
yes thats why before Chavez tr US stole 72% of the oil for FREE!!!! Thieves!!!! and now they work on return to steeling!!!!!
That's because the people are lazy and stupid.
What prevents South America from developing is American and neo-liberal intervention! It's been those reasons since the end of WWII
you have a good point but ever since chavez has been elected Venezuela started to be a bad country
Watching people praise leaders makes me want to live in a shack in the mountains.
Bye
s0nnyburnett, The only leader that should be praised is God's annointed Donald Trump!
thats what happens when a bus driver runs a country.
This is what happens when an illiterate uninformed child gets his hand on a computer
Damon O'Brien You forgot a full stop.
XboxOneVideos ?
SU COMENTARIO ES RACISTA Y EXCLUYENTE...YO NO LO VOTARIA A USTED EN NINGUNA ELECCION
Hernan Tasies not that what he did in Iraq has anything to do with Vzla (nor it is justified), but at least the Yale graduate can provide his population with their basic needs, safety, and FREEDOM if you choose to speak against him...
INFLATION AT 45%??????? We were happy at the moment that that protest was made. WE HAVE NOW 220%. IM LAUGHING BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO CRY
Manuel Artigas Now more that one million percent
Do you even have internet connection at this point
How are you now ?
watching this was very heartbreaking. my mother is Venezuelan and was born and raised in caracas . she went to school there, graduated there, and even met my dad there. although my mother and my family live in the U.S., my mother's family still lives there. I remember looking at old photos of her life and Venezuela and how beautiful and amazing it was, and now the tables have turned. its hard knowing that one day I may never get to see or even talk too my family anymore. Hearing that my cousins (who are under the age of ten) were held hostage in there house multiple times , tears me apart. when my family visits the US every few years, its terrible to see how that something that seems like an everyday product to us, is treasure to them. I wish this would all stop but I know that's not how life works. people need to realize that all this shit is real and no one is really paying attention to it. I understand that Venezuela Is not the only problem our world is facing right now , but to see that no one acknowledges the thousands of people killed, arrested, and tortured sickens me.
It's so amazing to see a people fighting against the failed socialist experiment. I wish the Venezuelan people a safe present and future!
My country lived like this 100 years . God save every nation and country from Socialism and Communism.
The Devil will blast your life with fire and dead and wounded sons and daughters to all who support wars around the world to steal the oil of the people in other countries.
+Dural Lexan You can't even sell your shitty oil you liberal moron. Nobody wants anything
from Venezuela.
hahaha....brainwashed americans
How did they live before? And how do they live now? You never lived like with the communists!
no you didnt you ignorant tool
this is still a very relevant video in 2019.
We need to support Venezuela! My mom was born in and used to live in Venezuela and she has been near death several times. These people are suffering and its wrong!!!!!!
HTCEVOSONGS You my friend, are ill-informed. Take it from a Venezuelan. I've lived here. Believe me, most of the people fighting are not "rich little twats." The majority are LOW-CLASS students. And some of them STILL want a socialist country. However they are not fighting for a political system, they are fighting for freedom. Plain and simple. You of all should know that regimes come in all shape and forms. There are capitalist regimes, there are socialists regimes, etc. Venezuela, is a regime. It just happens to also be socialist. I personally have no grudge against that system. However i do have a problem with regimes.
And yes, extreme property went down, but STANDARD poverty went up. WAY UP. It literally costs cheaper to buy a car in Colombia, than to buy a clothes in Venezuela. Do your research.
If you speak Spanish you should check-out the videos I have made. One of them went viral in my country. I explained in full detail why this current "regime" has failed the nation in the economic, social, and political stage. This is not a fight against the poor, this is a fight for freedom, a fight that is supported by the poor. Keep your eyes in the news, Venezuela will make the headlines soon.
Cheers
USTED QUE CONOCE DE MI VENEZUELA, NADA....Y LA PROTESTA DE LAS GUARIMBAS NO ES DE BASE O ESCAZOS RECURSOS
Lui Fenty Do you really prefer living in a socialist country??
OZOBIEUSA1 To be honest I don't know, because I haven't got the chance to live in one. Venezuela sponsors a terrorist government disguised as a socialist state, but they're no real socialism. I currently live in the US and though Capitalism is not that bad, i feel we could do better as humans.
Lui Fenty I understand, i thought you lived in Venezuela.
OZOBIEUSA1
I was born and lived there for 12 years. Terrible place.
Thank you so much for actually going there and putting yourselves at risk for the sake of journalism. PLEASE don't stop covering this Venezuelan story!
On day Venezuela will be freed, Maduro will soon not be able to afford to pay the army. No Venezuelan army means no Maduro.😊😁☺🤗🙃
thank u for share our history and the situation of my country, and i really apreciate that you guys travel here to Caracas and live how we live
inflation is now at 65% highest in the world and it olny is getting worse... HELP VENEZUELA!!!
I find it scary that I grew up in Caracas, look at it now...
If someone are thinking that all here in Venezuela is amazing then i would like that you visit my country, and see how many time can you still live before someone try to killing o steal to you. You don't know nothing about my country, because you have never been o lived here... But, I invite you to visit my country and then you will understand what is the venezuelan reality and what is happening now. Don't be like others that speak without know what's going now.
Yes... But there are people here fighting against a government that has all the control of each channel or mass media in Venezuela. Here you can't know what is happening around our country. Because the regimen has closed or bought all the opposite television channels. Only if you have internet o social media you can try to know the reality of the country, but it's too difficult by the internet controls and in the majority of the case just a little group has access to internet. that's why it so important for us this kind of video. Because, it's the only way to show to the world what is happening in Venezuela now.
i hope so. But everyday more people feels intimidated by the government and sometimes they feel without hope or don't believe the change will be possible.....
Thank you for this comment. I am sick and tired of people not from Venezuela saying how good life is!
Cheers from Brazil. We are going through a very similar situation here in Venezuela's early stages... That's why we are fighting against the government in 15th March. Hope Venezuela join us against these devil communists in South America. Some people/portion of Argentina are already with us.
Im from venezuela, I would record everything that happens in my country... but i don't dare walk around with a camera in public
Pains me to see my country in ruins, the government has been poisoning Venezuela since the mid 90s. This will only end with massive bloodshed and great losses unless other countries step in.
I think this is something that Venezuelans have to do on their own, any interference from an outside country will just give more support to the government
Don't even suggest foreign intervention. You know who would glady step in and occupy for as long as it deems necessary. Then come puppet governments and weak leaders and decades of destabilization from being hand held by an outside power that cares little about the people it's occupying anyway.
Hearthbreaking.
yo no me imagino nada más doloroso que el país de uno yéndose a la mierda
De acuerdo
Te quiero mucho
"I doubt the darkness will ever master out the light. Stay Alive" - Bob Marley
Oil money, when managed right, can make your country be the next Dubai or Qatar.
Norway is better example..
Dubai has been known to use large amounts of slave labour.
Tauri Auri Norway is a country with a social democratic government. They know how to handle things applying socialism to a capitalist system. I've been twice to Scandinavia. The intensions of Venezuela's current government is to gear that direction. The opposition claims they are guided to go the direction of Cuba or North Korea. But if they go Caprile's direction, they will sure see more of Dubai, or Saudi Arabia.
KetchupLocal Thats not accurate. You never saw in Norway the type of ideological diarrhea that keeps gushing out of the PSUV. You did not see this bulllshit about "economic warfare" or class warfare for that matter. You did not see the vehement hatred and rejection of the capitalist system that is the reality of our globalized world. Instead you saw a united recognition of that reality and then an educated application of socio-capitalist policies that protected most of the elements of Norwegian society while preserving a competitive edge in the global market. Don't get me wrong, social democracies are the way to go, but that is DEFINITELY NOT what we are seeing in Venezuela.
Yes, Venezuela is far from an Scandinavian model. Even its economy is capitalist, with that all the shifts in prices of their goods are not controlled by the state but the market itself. I know the government intentions are not bad, they have managed to make social reforms, and even with several failures are pulling away the poor from the trends of the long past. The problem Venezuela faces moving left or even right is corruption and lots of it. The people's mindset is way behind to one day become of a more social democratic one. A big problem is Colombia, for their goods get carry across as they are sold again after being bought at a low price when subsidized by the government. It is creating a great loss for Venezuelans who need it the most. Even there is a lot of gasoline taken across. Money laundry has been hiking for several years, and crime represents a great challenge, whose government is not to blame for all of it. It's a cancer in the region. By the way I am very sure the idea of not belonging to any free-trade agreement is to be thankful for. Venezuela has looked to have better trade relationships with the region. And its biggest gas client remains the United States.
If they wanted to make a communist state by this time it would have been done. But instead, there are still socioeconomic classes, and business owners who still own their own goods. Venezuela is not going to become communist any time soon.
Compare the protests in Ukraine, Venezuela, China and so on. It seems that the plan for the unfolding of events was written by one person or government…
Isn't the government in charge of the media, oil, markets and basically the country's whole industry?? Where's the money?? Is it being used to keep those barrios as chavistas? Is it being used to to buy military equipment?
In Socialism . Goverment takes 80% of what you make to spend on Control mechanisms and themselfs . And people are brainwashed this is good and when the things get bad . The Goverment tells it's because of Capitalists . Soviet Union used that tactic.
The media is a good point... why should it be happy when there's so much fighting happening? I would assume it's because most people that are watching TV are seniors who have little to do or that the government wants to keep a positive perspective... in the end, it's just TV...
As far as money... I know where it's not going, and that's to the US... Chavez was one of the few who fought the US's IMF banks. You have to give them credit for making there stake count and finding the independence they needed away from US culture. I dont want the whole world to look like the US. I appreciate the diversity.
KetchupLocal
100% of local tv channels are owned by the goverment and openly support their policies, so i recommend you to investigate before commenting or just shut the fuck up.
I think the fact that i have lived in Venezuela for the last seventeen years and have experienced this "revolution" from the inside, totally means i´m right.
Fantastic, thanks for sharing the story
YES VICE NEWS finally
this is a compilation of the previous episodes, with some new material ofc ;)
Bernie's world starts with violence. You heard him, socialism is messy.
Somebody give this man a dictionary because he doesn't understand what socialism is.
Thank you so much for showing the truth, Vice News. If you ever need anything, I'm a Venezuelan living in The Hague. Thank you.
REAL NEWS
We are worse than this now, two years after.
Make a more updated video please
Yes, I can see people are fatter. Every video about Venezuela shows large bellies, large rear ends, large breasts and fatty chests. Where is the hunger??
Dural Lexan Are you kidding me? We earn barely 15 dolars per month
Andres 1998
Los videos no corroboran eso de que hay hambre. Hay algun truco entonces. A la gente tambien se la ve atletica y corredora ademas durante la feria de las guarimbas la gente andaba muy bien vestida. Hay trucos...
Pero los videos no mienten. La gente esta bien, camina bien. Bien gordo el cabecilla de los estudiantes durante la epoca de las guarimbas de Lopez , He buscado por gente sufrida en Venezuela y solo veo energia, salud, fuerza, agilidad. Hasta Allup es una prueba de la salud en Venzuela, un viejo de esa edad en EUA ya no puede ni hablar, y menos pensar y casi esta con alzeimers. Entonces Venezuela es un misterio de salud. que alguien vaya a los barrios pobres y de ahi manden videos. en vez de salir a las calles la gente debe salir al campo a plantar papas, frejol y maiz. si les falta. No hay logica en todo eso. Si en EUA la gente plantaba su comida durante la guerra segunda mundial y lo hacia en sus jardines.
Awesome piece of journalism.
+anirdb55 ... Actually, I find Zionist MOSSAD propaganda rather lacking these days.
ABAJO CHAVES/MADURO! ARRIBA EL PUEBLO VENEZOLANO!
This is the face of socialism, people. This is what socialism does to a country. Free healthcare, but little medicine. Food subsidies, but little food. Tons of oil, but no money from it. Even if oil prices were high, things would just barely be scraping by. The slightest fall in prices leads to this.
I am 13 years old and the situation of the country I do not like. Help us
Breaks my heart.
Brasil was one step away to become this chaos. Thank god Dilma is gone!!! Communism Never!!!!
Coxinha de merda
O problema é tirar um partido socialista e botar outro no lugar.
deixa os favelados prá lá, mesmo meu irmão. privatiza tudo pros gringo, gringo é esperto, brazuca é mesmo pra trabalhar.
Não precisa privatizar necessariamente para os "gringos", podemos privatizar com companhias nacionais. Sim, somos um povo trabalhados na sua maioria , com exceção dos vagabundos do PT e dos SINDICATOS que passam o dia tomando cafezinho e tramando outras formas de mamar na TETA do ESTADO sem trabalhar. Fique com Deus e fora COMUNISMO PTista!
M|T0C0NDR|4 cara, brasileiro é corrupto por natureza. por isso que o temer quer passar tudo pros gringos. brasilero é pra acartar balde de cimento mesmo.
I am Venezuelan and I live in Germany. I miss seeing my family and my country becausre I cannot go there due to criminality and the government. stop this now. How can you support someone that brought so much hate and death. People are too busy focused on their needs to care about the one big problem
xHiddenTreasures I'm in the U.S and I'm going there in two weeks, excuses, excuses
Glad my dad moved to the US
For those of you that are too dam stupid to want a wall, these people are responsible for the government they have now. It did not just fall from the sky, they voted the socialism in, because they were getting FREE STUFF just like the lazy bastards here do when the demoncrats hand out freebies. SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK. It has been tried again and again and always ends up in horrendous conditions like Venezuela and a dictatorship. So if you MORONS don't what a wall these people will help you be Venezuela and you will deserve it. Remember them waving their flags on the way here.
Venezuela is an International Monetary Fund success story.
They took the money, and did not reform. So they didn't get money again.
+OaklandLYM ... Venezuela needs join the East Block BRICS bank, now beginning and will replace the Rothschild U$ Trade Deficit FIAT dollar.
DeWayne Benson Brazil is already in it, but they banksters just got an impeachment against Dilma through their paid-for judge and a contrived issue.
OaklandLYM.... Rothschild must make war against this new East Block BRICS bank. If it is allowed to replace Rothschild's Slave-Usury, his U$ Trade Deficit FIAT Dollars ($500-Trillion) become the largest roll of toilet paper on earth.
can't believe there's people who think socialism is good
Hates the US, but get inspired by the US.
And then in 2013 RUclips elected google.
Been there, done that. i'm unbelievable angry at many comments here, you'll see, there's people saying that the land owners are the only suffering. WRONG! AND GET IT FOR JESUS CHRIST, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. It doesn't even make sense at all, because the greatest and biggest land owners in Venezuela, AND GET IT RIGHT, are the chavistas, not the followers(you know, the people, you know what i mean) off course, but those who occupy big chairs in the government, because there IS corruption, and those who claim the opposite should burn in hell, next to chavez. We all want a change, even the people supported Chavez against capriles in the 2012 elections. PLEASE STOP SAYING BULLSHIT. And if you want to know how come there's still people who support nicolas maduro is because they are just ignorant and stay happy as long they receive something in exchange. the biggest example is the salary rise of the military(keeping them happy so they don't even think about changing sides). please.... stop it with the nonsense.. sorry for the bad English
As Americans and compassionate Christians
This is the real crime the true issue not the fake media with Mex immigrants
We need to find a way to help these poor suffering. Fellow Christians!
I love all the people against Bernie Sanders saying "Look at Venezuela, do you really want the U.S. to look like socialist venezuela?" God they are so mis informed. Venezuela isn't the way it is because of socialist policies, it is the way it is because the government was printing money like no tomorrow. In 2013 their inflation rate was 56.6 percent. This means that prices in Venezuela doubled in price ever year and a half. No wonder people in Venezuela are pissed off, the dumb ass president allowed inflation to get out of control. Democratic socialism like that in Scandinavia has reasonable social policies that it pays for with tax dollars from wall street speculation and by closing tax loopholes. They do not over inflate their economy like Venezuela.
Socialism does not equal Inflation, which is why Venezuela is really fucked up.
Bias
This is exactly what was happening here in Argentina, but thanks to fortune and the people, the socialist lost the elections, and we are rising again as a country.
That comment have not aged well huh!
This is what I like too see people fighting for what is right. Fight for what's right show them your freedom
Mercenaries 2 story line going down.
I thought the same thing lmao
My favorite vice reporter by far.
start farming and building solar, and wind power. make your own stuff
That's helpful: aggression, we need more of that to fight the aggression. Good work.
This is so sad. I've been to Venezuela twice. A month in June 2012 and again for two weeks in January 2013. The amount the country declined just in that time was astounding. I noticed a difference in the people, being more concerned with crime and also a worse economy. I can only imagine how bad it is now. The sad thing is Venezuela has so much potential. Sadly I don't know when I'm going to get to go back.
they are feeling the "BERN"...
I'd like you guys to do an update please. things are worse than ever
The one armed man is an old fool.
Good thing Chavez wasn't around to see what would become of his beloved socialist utopia. If the cancer didn't get him, the shock of seeing what sustained low oil prices did to Venezuela would have.
I sympathize with the average person who now has to pay $76 for a watermelon.
NOSOTROS NO LUCHAMOS POR PETROLEO USTEDES SI, NUESTRA LUCHA ES POR LA VIDA Y LA SOBERANIA QUE USTEDES NO RESPETAN, GRINGO GO HOME
Annys Romero si claro, la soberanía de una tierra llena de corrupción, violencia, y gasolina barata.
4 years later they STILL haven't rebelled against their oppressors...
SOS venezuela please
Fascinating
this is Propaganda
+youdodat2 No its not.
Some of this music is played during Buzzfeed Unsolved.
2:12... you couldn't even spell the country's name correctly. Jesus.
Venezuela is what happens when you don't have armed citizens. The only thing governments respect are citizens with credible power of violence. If you think resistance doesn't work, consider Ireland revolting against the Crown.
Looks a hell of a lot like the protests in Ukraine. Same accusation of US involvement. Maybe the US has something to do with this. Correlation isn't causation but it's certainly suspicious.
Dude give me a break, I'm Ukrainian nothing to do with your American theories.
All to do with corruption and theft and people just getting sick and tired of that bs.
Ex president didn't even try to hide it, he WAY over did it.
Started with students also, as they were finishing their studies you could not get a job in your field with out knowing someone or bribery so they started to protest.
However, can not speak about this as i'm not from there.
Vlad B The US have been assassinating, bribing, blackmailing leaders of most countries in the world. It's not a theory. It's a fact. Hell, they bought the break up of the USSR.Yanukovich was a filthy thief no doubt about it, but the protests were GREATLY funded by the US. You wouldn't get very far without the money of the US. What's arguable is whether american advisor were sent to give you a boost. If most of the country didn't want Yanukovich as the president, they wouldn't have fucking elected him.A coup is by no means acceptable in the modern world.
Now, USA government is a piece of shit no doubt about that the people are not awful.
What does this have to do with Yanukovich using the pension fund as his own wallet to build mansion and villas?
Elected? Who eastern part of Ukraine those brainwashed sheep? He was the largest criminal enterprise in that region, vote or not vote he would of been the president. Also we lived with that president for how long? Easter Ukraine can't tolerate Poroshenko for a day before starting up madness. (He was elected by majority as well)
Let Ukraine sort out its own problems.
By the way many of my relatives including my family donated over 10,000$ to USA to support their fight for better Ukraine so no...USA did not sponsor the entire thing. Russia wanted to even close western union.
Vlad B 'the people are not awful' The people are rarely responsible for the actions of their government. The Pentagon has a very aggressive agenda and they won't stop just because the people disagree with them.
'What does this have to do with Yanukovich using the pension fund as his own wallet to build mansion and villas?' Do you mean why did the US want to get rid of Yanukovich? Not sure to be honest. To have a strong ally at the border with Russia?( Russia has been the traditional enemy of the US since at least 1920)or maybe because Yanukovich was resisting from moving closer with the UN and away from Russia. Maybe they just saw a chance to fuck with Russia for all their criticisms in the past few years.
It doesn't matter if the whole country was brainwashed. That doesn't give you any right to resort to violence and taking of power by force. Democracy has its flaws, but it's the best thing we've got at the moment
Of course Eastern Ukrane won't tolerate him. He's been bombing and killing them.They are pro-russian. Poroshenko is obviously pro-US.
I never said that they sponsored the whole thing. But the gave at least 5 billion dollars to the cause, which is enough
I don't get the last sentence
Come on man, again with the USA? Gives me no right to resolve to violence, wish you would told that to the Russians that deported by grandparents to Siberia.
I'm from Venezuela, but i moved to Orlando last year, I can't believe what Chavez and Maduro have done to Venezuela, it's a really BEAUTIFUL country, but now nobody wants to live there because of the situation. I live here in Orlando with my dad, my mom and my sister, but the rest of my family lives in Venezuela. Hopefully sometime there's going to be a day when everything goes back to normal...
I hate maduro
WE WILL DEFEND VENEZUELA EVEN WITH ARROWS.
Muchos extranjeros nos juzgan, dicen que estamos mal acostumbrados, y que nos vamos de nuestro país siendo cobardes por no querer quedarnos a luchar... Ustedes no saben cuanto nos duele a los Venezolanos dejar nuestro país, porque aun con la dictadura y los conflictos políticos, económicos que atravesamos no hay país como Venezuela, con nuestras playas calientes, bellas vistas, paisajes y mujeres hermosas, por eso dicen que el venezolano vive jodido pero riendo, somos admirables; porque a pesar de todo lo que estamos viendo en el país, a pesar de que todos los días muere un hermano, nos levantamos con la cabeza en alto para seguir luchando, ME DUELE MI PAÍS y no quiero dejarlo, pero la inseguridad, las pocas oportunidades de trabajo y la miseria que le pagan a un profesional venezolano, nos obligan a marchar... Venezuela no nos asegura un futuro, los venezolanos no podemos ver mas de hoy y unos meses. Pónganse un minuto en nuestros zapatos y díganme si ustedes podrían vivir así? con hambre, ansiedad, preocupación y miedo, miedo a que el próximo que salga en las noticias muerto sea tu papa, tu mama, tu hermano, un amigo, alguien cercano o quizás seas tu.
Somehow this video reminds me, that Tropico 5 is out now.
You can't really blame the opposition for your shoddy work! You limited prices to the point that they were unsustainable and why all your industries have stopped production because they keep operating on losses!
How to piss off the middle class: take away their new cars
Great doc
informative vid
Beautiful.
10 years later and story repeats itself...people are once again fighting against this dictator!
There is a reason why all governments are so well armed. To protect their gravy train at all costs.
They have a wonderful way with words I've got to say-whatever you think about the country the population has a great way of expressing themselves
I think that old guy gives you perspective, he lives in the slums and is happy as can be
This is what Bernie Sanders will do to America. I can't tell you how important it is to vote this election to make sure he doesn't become president.
Yeah the problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money. MT
Looking at the other 2 cannidates, I'd say Bernie Sanders is a Lesser Evil than those two. Especially Dictator Baby Fingers.
Well, I agree with you there. They ALL suck, so it's just a question of who you hate the least.
briantravelman
I might as vote for Hi- *Gag noise* Sorry reflex, Hillary Clinton, than "Bend over for Putin" Racist Dictator Trumpy Mc Baby hands.
And how exactly did America get $12 trillion dollars in debt?..... oh wait that was rich neo-liberal, free market, capitalist elites. Capitalism relies on the exploitation of citizens labour and their money.
These are the people coming to America
To the US you mean?
Is that a new ending music because I've heard it in a few recent videos and I kinda like it..
That was the grittiest thing I've ever seen holy shit
Now, it is July 2018 and it has been four years since this video was released. The situvation in Venezuela is now much worse; and at this rate, nobody will be left in Venezuela by 2020! Socialism at it's best...
This is a very informative and important news media reporting. Did you hear what the National Assembly of Venezuela said? He blamed big business and oligergy for all of the government problems. The same lies are repeated by socialists here in the U.S. We need to remember this. Yes, government is important, but it also, must be limited and kept accountable.
I don’t understand how is this happening to what is meant to be one of the richest countries, how did this happen?
A horrible presidente without education and corrupt
Money makes you a better man!
Its so sad of what is happening in my country.
Al fin!! Thank you very much for all your work about venezuela VICE News !!
In 19:55 when she says that "Han violado con fusiles" it isn't a figure of speech, she doesn't mean assaulted. She literally means that students have been raped with weapons.
The fact that this happenned ONLY in Caracas makes me wonder how we even stopped going out to the streets to protests.
not only in caracas, hun
ELEPM 5sausages I meant, they only recorded in Caracas.
Circe Andara oh ok, sorry
Venezuela te quiero❤
The 2019 Puerto Rican uprising against the colonial government wasn't broadcast by the dominant hegemonic corporate US-aligned press either. But notice how that politician was speaking of 400 PRIVATE counterrevolutionary media outlets, yet the interviewer speaks instead of the content of state media. This is without considering how much material was edited.
thank you vice. it is the leader. Chávez was great. do your research.
Esto no refleja ni la mitad de lo que vivimos día a día los venezolanos.
What in the hell is really going on in Venezuela? Seriously, can someone please sum the situation for those who don't understand this chaos.
itsma name The current government is corrupt and incompetent, and so, being a socialist state, everything relies on the government working well, which it doesn't, driving the prices of goods up and resulting in unemployment, this combination of lack of work, poverty and violent political repression results in the normalisation of violence, so on top of an ethereal economy violence is added to the mix.
Ekama Noieau Oh. Its good to have that made clear. Yes, it seems like everyday that people in South America countries are revolting against their government similarly to the people in Europe, China and South Africa & Asia. I believe those who revolt against their present government can establish new government with a complete understanding that it will function the way they have intended it too. Otherwise, there nation will stay in a state of complete decay for sometime until they reach a compromise between the government and its people. I hope this never happens to any nation especially to the beautiful people of Venezuela.
+itsma name Yes, Chavez helped dark and poor Venezuelans which are majority. He gave them homes, health care, education. The rich elite have never liked this since day 1 even though Venezuela was growing GDP wise and this chaos didn't exist.
All the protests are young rich kids who know nothing about life and all they want is for brown people to not get any government aid.
See the protesters and you won't find many adults. See the Chavez supporters and most are dark skinned.
The mainstream media 99% over there is owned by the protestor elite and even though they brainwash people, Chavez empowered so much this people that they still support his movement.
Yes crime is really bad, and that has to be tackled. The economic problems right now I think are an economic boycott, just like what happened in Chile.
That's just my theory. Remember california blackouts? it ended up being Enron and the Bush friends making it appear California was in shambles.
The protestors are very noisy and I think with this economic boicott they're doing (the rich control the economy, how else would they be rich if they were regular folks? so they're stopping production, making it seem it is really really bad.
I think they will get their way and they will win, with half of the population going back to poverty and extreme poverty and they enjoying their wealthy life.
People talk about how Chavez ruined Venezuela, but there is a reason Chavez got there in the first place.
Check GDP stats for the years before Chavez and during Chavez. The same with every leftist government in South America. You will be surprised it is a different tale than what the rich elites in these countries are telling us.
45% inflation. Oh boy, now its 13,000%
VAMOS VENEZUELA, ABAJO CON MADURO!!!
In one hand you have a guy who was graduated, with honours, in a good university, with manners, good speaking, etc...and in the other hand you have a bus driver who talk with birds...
as i see it was a simple choice, but of course in Venezuela the words "justice" and "legal" doesn't even exist.
When people saying their nation leaders are like their father/mother with sparkling eyes, than you can see something is wrong..
And this is 2014 .. you can imagine as we are now ..