Day 1: Inside Venezuela (surreal experience)
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Indigo Traveller if someone is wanting to explore Venezuela, what’s the best advice do you have? And how much money do you think they should take with them?
It was so nice to hear from you that the people in Venezuela is friendly, kind, funny... this is the memory I keep in my heart when I think about my country. We need to get it back. Big hug.
@@carolinaprexl3874 Ecuador esa basura de sur América.
To you indigo traveler. Another imperialist Yankee invader in Venezuela. I've been to venezuela 4 times. Why don't you go and make reports about LA, Chicago, NY and other crime infested cities in the USA?!! I don't know why or how they allow Yankee like you who go to criticize Venezuela. And for the immigration thing, of course they have to ask what your doing there like if the USA immigration don't. Criticizing the pay of venezuela now I know why Fidel Castro never allowed Yankees into Cuba.
I am from Venezuela, and believe it or not I remember we used to send food and medicines to Africa from my school... now it just breaks my heart to see so much suffering, and I realize that now I am in the other side of the story... I just hope this will never happen to you, whatever your country is
That's why I"m voting against Socialism in the U.S.A.
@@steve41557 Good choice
That's SOCIALISM for ya.
@@terriesmith8219 For me and for everyone else but a few (the government) so yeah that's basically socialism
@Berg Djelderian good old days? I wouldn't call them that, I think you people believe we wanted this. the truth is that only ignorant people did and now we are paying the costs
20:16 they are speaking English at the subway, I'm from Caracas and doing that is really dangerous, because gangsters will know that you are a tourist and will try to steal something form you (they mostly want dollars) or kidnap you. They had guts, I will never do such a thing
Si,soy de cumana pero vivi un par de años en caracas,de verdad se ponen muy en riesgo al hacer eso pero menosmal que no les paso nada
Chacao safe? Viví en chacao por años y a pesar de que si es más safe que en otros lados de caracas, sigue siendo not safe at all comparado con lo normal en EEUU o en Britain
en cualquier lado de latinoamerica es igual, soy de cordoba Argentina.
Nahuel Olmos si, pero estadísticamente caracas está peor.
es verdad q esta peor venezuela, pero no tanto mas. la inflacion de venezuela que es muchiiiisimo mayor a la del resto de paises latinoamericanos, es poco menos q el doble de la de Argentina. tamos pra la mierda, pero bue, eso es por tener un gobierno liberal y vende patria como el de Macri. Que hizo mierda la industria nacional. Al menos su crisis es consecuencia de bloqueos y tratados de las potencias mundiales, nuestra crisis es por arrodillarnos y regalarle todo al mercado internacional.
I am from Haiti, left since I was nine, and never visited again. My grandma is from Venezuela. She was 106 when she passed. Great People! I hope things change for the better one day. I am here in America and still complaining about the food I eat and that much for a hot dog. God Help!! I love you my fellow Venezuelans♥
Lenny is one cool dude. You can tell he is confident about the service he is providing. Thanks for keeping him safe and being cool while you do it.
I live in Venezuela. I can't believe no one stole your camera.
Tilza Cambero Mrk te pasaste😂
hahahaha
SAME
COMOO
I’m Venezuelan too, but I’ve lived in the states but 2 years, and same, can’t understand how he made out alive
Estoy viendo el video y no dejo de pensar "guarda la cámara, te van a robar"
Também
Jajajajajajajaja me too.
Stephanie.Nathaly Ochoa de pana
Yo pensando que ese carajo no sabe hablar ingles de pana xd
Quien sabe si el tipo tiene pistola o hay otros que están vigilando alrededor de ellos para evitar que los roben
I grew up in Venezuela, left there when I was 12 and it was a great country with great people, sad to see it in the shape it is today.
You are lucky brother...
Very good to leave while your parents did the right thing
Go back and help to fix it!
I just came back from a 2-week trip to Venezuela to meet the family of my fiancée (I am Belgian, she is Venezuelan). Before going there I researched a bit on the safety of the country (as I heard many stories from my fiancée about robberies, murders, kidnappings, etc...). However, in 2019, she went back for Christmas and saw a completely different Venezuela. People were walking out in the street with the newest iPhones, out in their hand, there was food available in the stores, etc... The thing that made me skeptical about this 'change', is that it almost isn't reported in any form of media. Your channel provided me with an UNBIASED form of information on the country, which was more or less aligned with the story my fiancée told me and it helped me a lot to calm my nerves before my trip. Thanks for that and I love your other videos as well, specifically for that!
Now, I would like to confirm that Venezuela is doing much better than a few years ago. Yes, there still are problems and I would not recommend visiting the country without a local guide or friend that can take you around (mostly because of gasoline problems and to identify where you should an shouldn't go). But, my short but intense experience when visiting this country was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone who has access to a local that is willing to show them around. It is an amazing country with super friendly people, delicious food and amazing nature! In these 2 weeks, I have never felt unsafe as a tourist. I was able to walk the streets, go out, enjoy local foods, even attend a softball games in a barrio without any problems. I love the country and I'm definitely going back there (I want to visit La Gran Sabana)! Hopefully the political situation becomes more stable in the future, so the country can unlock it's immense potential. Mucha suerte!
Think twice about Marrying your fiancé
@@adamedwardsnj3800 Mind your own business.
@@adamedwardsnj3800wtf?
It was like this in Yugoslavia in '90s. You take your salary from the bank and run fast to the store to buy ONE egg until it becomes expensive again. So we know how this is. Hope everything is gonna solve. Big love from Serbia.
Wasn't Communism LOVELY. Your "country" which exploded in the 90's was subjected to almost 50 years of BRUTAL Communist RULE by TITO. Don't you pity them. I Have Several friends from East bloc countries and they would NEVER want to go back to the HORRID days of COMMUNIST RULE. WOULD YOU? YET today western scholars try to make SOCIALISM (AKA COMMUNISM) sound like a political alternative knowing full well of it's HISTORY!!! 100 million MURDERED!!
Amen
Greetings from Caracas.
I visited Belgrade in April. You have a nice country now. I'm sure I'll return some day. And the ruins of that destroyed military building are very impressing and make you think differently about wars.
@@honour123 You mix a lot of words that are not related to each other. It's as if you take Venezuela as THE example for capitalism. If you always argue like this then everything on earth is shit.
This is real journalism whether you consider it that or not. Well done.
I wouldn't say this is ''real'' journalism, do you know what ''real journalism'' is? I can only see one side of the conflict in the capital of a city, how is that ''real'' journalism? It's some kind of vlog showing around the streets so it could be informative in a way, but journalism? Hell no.
@@Roelvvv >> True. He could be invited by a friend of Maduro to show the "real story".
In today world, real journalism is hard to find!
It's not exactly journalism, if you just visit some regions of the capital. It's part of a journalistic review, but with journalism you lay down arguments, financials, and reasons why. You bring experts to talk from both sides, etc.
But it's a good video nevertheless, neutral
This isn't journalism. And without known who funded his trip I would be cautious.
@@plofkraak6536 I agree. And wondered this as he glosses over who funded his trip and who his "friend" is.
Thanks for this perspective. I live in Peru, and Venezuelans are everywhere. It's hard to get a straight story about what the hell is happening over there.
I asked my self the same and led to this video
Incredibly tragic. Such a horrific fall from grace. My heart goes out to them!
6 dollars a month!!
i hope they get better soon
best wishes VENEZUELA
It will get better, when someone enter there and put down all the commie animals. Well 4 yeas and USA will not have more money to play world police, so bet will be on and someone probably will invade venezuela.
Thanks dude
MrOzozah u need work 1 month to buy 1 hamburger!!?? Wtf
@@ArantyrDarkhand It's an empirical fact that the socialists have improved the lives of Venezuelans and that the main reason the country's suffering is because of American imperialism, specifically economic warfare.
@@aspacelex Belive that shit... and you will see where your country will end. I deal with those retards daily, i live in brazil and those leechs after ruining their country with socialism, came here and want do the same. Socialim DONT WORK, and never will.
This is a country which at one point in history was one of the richest countries in the world. Let that sink in.
RᴀɪɴDᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ I know man im from there and its really sad
BDX _1000 yeah I’m from there but when I was 2 we moved to Canada... I’ve visited a few times but it’s so sad to see what happened here...
Well... you know the script... its sounds good on paper only
RᴀɪɴDᴇᴠᴏᴜʀ the unfortunate part is that this video doesn’t even demonstrate the real struggles that most areas are suffering
Yes, but I bet that only a small percentage of ppl had access to that money. Like it happened in many countries of Southamerica.
I remember when I was a child growing up in Trinidad and Tobago and my parents always travelling to Caracas because it was the best place to go to for restaurants and the best styles of clothing.
Krissyjagger I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and I remember as a child my mom taking us to Venezuela by boat on the weekends to go to the beach. It was beautiful. So sad how the country is now.
Thank you for these video documentaries. So important to record these times, the people, the here and now. You are literally documenting history here.
I love how people are still genuinely concerned why you are there and telling you to get out, how it's a dangerous place. The compassion is real
True, God bless these people. If only their economy wasn't dependent on the high price of Oil. ( More than half of the economy depended on oil exports. When the price dropped, everything went down hill fast.)
A very sad situation in Venezuela, God bless the Venezuelan ppl.
Haysam and you have an image of che guevara? You really dont understand anything don’t you?
@@abrildharana1646 at least you do Abril.
You’re just a dumb with that Che Guevara photo
You need to study more
@@guilhermesilverio4442 lmao che is proof that a dedicated communist state works.
Props for going there and reporting on how people live.
I’m so proud and humbled that I was born an American and my heart goes out to the people of this beautiful country may god bless you!
Must be such a beautiful country. Wish one day Venezuelans earn their well deserved peace and happiness for good. Greeting and hugs from Hungary!
Πρέπει να διώξουν το μαδουρο
But first all the disgusting people need to be disposed they are spoiling beautiful country
Καθαρό λευκό thank you god bless and If you want to experience Venezuela go to Aruba
@Y'all-Qaeda Yeehawdist It was Chavismo's "socialist's paradise" that fucked the country up in the first place.
Thank u so much😭❤️
I’m from Venezuela, very sad situation in such beautiful country. Thanks for sharing. However, please be safe and don’t even think going out alone at night.
Hi Robert ! My name is Vincent. I would like to talk to you about something. I am talking to a beautiful lady from Venezuela and I really like her very much. We are getting to know each other through the internet and we met on a latin dating site called Amolatina.com. This site is very expensive but I don't mind spending the money because she is a very nice personally and physically. She really likes me and I really like her a lot. I would like to know, in your opinion, would it be safe to go over to visit her in Caracas. I am 65 years old and she is 46 years old. From what I can see about her and what she says, she is on the level. Can you let me know what you think about this Robert? I would really appreciate if you could let me know. Thank you so much, Vincent Crimona Bye for now my friend.
@@vincentcrimona8593 Vincent, don't go to Venezuela. If you're an American, it is very dangerous to all of you. If you re interested in this girl so much, it is better that you see each other in Bogotá, Cancun, etc
@@vincentcrimona8593 Friend don't go to Venezuela. Try to meet her in another country such as Colombia, Mexico.
@@vincentcrimona8593 Rather than you visit her, ask her to visit you in your own country. Even paying for her flights and accommodation would likely cost much less than what you would risk by visiting her there. But the best, as said by others, is to meet up somewhere outside Venezuela.
Hi Robert! Thank you for your advice! I will heed the warning. It's too bad, it's a beautiful country and it's going to pot with all the trouble going on there with the politicians and until things are straightened out, I don't think it is worth it. You are definitely right about all of this! Thank you, Vincent Crimona
Lenny needs to host his own RUclips channel, He is the man!
He needs to start a tour agency for people wanting to experience the socialist paradise. There are plenty candidates in Europe and the USA.
@@islandlife6591 hahahahaha yeah
I literally teared up when I saw the airport, I haven't visited Venezuela since 2012 🥺😢💕
Thank you for this series, really appreciate it 💞
It's unbearable situation going three days without eating. Not eating because you are fasting but an induced fasting by the economic hardships. People of Venezuela we have you at heart and in our prayers. Love from Zimbabwe. A country that experienced the highest hyperinflation and currently holding the record, we are now playing to the tune of poverty.
Makomborero Muzunde may the Lord bless your people and the people in Venezuela. Love from the states. 💙❤️💟
Let me help you I’m in the 🇺🇸
Lenny seems like a retired Military man. Nice guy and knowledgeable, and his confident swagger says much. I would want him as my guide too.
Has a biker vibe.
@@clankelt like what yamaha and suzuki?
Jason Desper more like harley davidson
@@NationalismDjazair you think they got alot of those in Venezuela? Maybe huh...
Jason Desper who knows...xD
This is heartbreaking..I feel so bad for these people. To live in fear or not know if you can afford food, is not the way to live. I hope this country is able to get back to what it used to be😔
Watching this video bring tears to my eyes.
You should have gone to Maracaibo, Venezuela. That’s where the real crisis is at💔
This is so accurate, I'm from Maracaibo and everyday they cut the electricity for 12 hours
en todo el pais la verdad, solo estan tratando de que caracas no muera tan rapido
That’s where a lot of my family lives 💔😔
Sis crisis is everywhere in Venezuela, it’s not that Caracas is not living the crisis, it’s just that the crisis deepens the farther you get from the capital city, where they try to make it look like it works but not even there it does
@@bbluemie5536 Aquí en Táchira también....A nosotros los de la frontera nos tienen a monte
This is why the mainstream media is dead.. Great work bro 👍
Lukas Antwerp 'mainstream media' actually has people all over the world reporting and doing investigative stuff, what they do with all that research I have no idea since we dont see anything besides entertainment and political gossip b.s.
Yes, because mainstream media is the one simply touring wealthy areas like this guy
Exactly
Trump is right fake news is a real thing
Mainstream media is broke. They can’t afford to send anyone anywhere to report bc no one wants to watch it. They rather watch talking heads blabber on about trump
this man really chilling in the subway and while i shit on my pants there being a native
edit: no
He has security
Why?
@@SithxRaverxLuis cuz its insecure
@@lucadmrco bro i want to visit venezuela in the future how unsafe is the place? I want to visit normal average places on venezuela
@@sakshambishalgurung8350 hey man, if you have discord you can add me so i can help you with almost everything, my discord is flame#9488
Nice video man! My wife is from Maracaibo I really miss the old Venezuela 🇻🇪 we currently live in Calgary 🇨🇦 we always went yearly to visit the family and of course Margarita Island beautiful place 2013 last time I touched that soil way to dangerous now!
Glad you were safe my friend I pray for the Venezuelan peoples future!
I'm from Zimbabwe and I am amazed at the similarity between the two countries. What I find surprising is that they somehow keep going, despite all the odds against them. I used to queue for between 4 and 8 hours for fuel, and, unless you are very rich, anything but staple food is too expensive to buy. It's so sad that both countries were thriving. I can't understand why anyone would want to live under a socialist regime.
Zimbabwe, when it was Rhodesia, was known as the bread basket of Africa and it exported food all over the continent and beyond. The capitalist profit motive made productivity supreme. But Mugabe, by force, took it all over and ruined it, his policies of handing everything over to his inept henchmen ruined the infrastructure and the rule of law. As someone else here stated, "Let that sink in."
No wonder South and Central America has been pouring over the borders to the USA seeking a better life, but can't create one in their own, native lands, because the moral turpitude existing between the ears of your leaders has the drip down power to make them think they are immortal and the Heaven upon earth they believe they are experiencing will suddenly expose them to what the rich man in the Biblical story of him and Lazarus will eternally be their fate. Pray the Rosary for the world, because the spiritual warfare has been forgotten, and the subjugation of the poor will seal their fate at Judgment.
@@roberthalf1094 Ist of all the Venezuelans are going to Colombia fool.
@@roberthalf1094 2nd of all Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are responsible for almost 90% of illegal immigration. 4 countries, none are from South America.
@Walker pretty safe. The people there are not violent and are generally very well educated so apart from theft, violence is usually carried out by the army and police.
@MrCowboyJesus to date, no country or no leader has done it properly. The net result of socialism is poverty and the systematic murder by the government of dissenters. The only successful system approaching socialism is that of the kibbutz in Israel.
"Chacao is a safe place" jajajajaja...
Chacao es seguro
Mi cerebro: Confused brain noices
" A really safe place" YES OF COURSE HAHA
xDDD , eso mismo pensé realmente en Venezuela no hay ningún sitio seguro.
Han existido tiroteos en en aeropuerto internacional puedes imaginar lo demas XDDDDD
@@kitanogod0030 solo conozco un sitio seguro en Venezuela y es la Colonia Tovar y los estados andinos son más tranquilos
This place is literally hell on Earth. You have to bust your ass off a whole month to afford 2 hot dogs...wwwooowwww
@@RealMadrid-mj9kt - Because of Chavez and Maduro's incompetence, idiot. Don't blame others for your mistakes.
@@RealMadrid-mj9kt i hope your propagandas are feeding you well.
ruclips.net/video/QUn9hm-xmFs/видео.html
@@RealMadrid-mj9kt US??? Really??? Man you're stupid , that would not happen if you had good leaders.
Yea it very sad
Caracas looks so beautiful, it´s a damn shame that things are not going well over there, i live in brazil, in the state of Paraná, all the way down south, very far away from venezuela and around my city there are people that have fled from venezuela, i can only imagine how far they've come.
them: * walk through Sabana Grande*
my brain: don't say it don't say it don't say it don't s-
me: sE cOmPrA oRo oRO oRo OrO
C c0mpRa oRO PlaTA DOrarES
Hahahaha
Best comentario jajajajajajaja apto solo para vzlanos
Solbey Bohada y dominicanos lol también tenemos esos 😂
Omfg im dying
Venezuela!! I would not have guessed this location. I’m so excited for this series, to see a bit of what’s happening for Venezuelan people. Thank you for going! 🙏🏼🌟
Thanks Karin! ❤️
i guessed it correctly :D
a lot of turmoil here for dominion over the turf ...what else you want to know??
Its socialismo gone awry ,these Venezuelans are mostly to blame.
@@pietrojenkins6901 nope the ''organization'' that overthrown the former goverment it's not their fault ..make a deep research about it and then chat
I will never complain about the tube at rush hour again
Thank you for keeping my wanderlust alive during this crisis.
Great work, thanks a lot for this first person view!
no one:
saleswoman in the market: a lA oRdEn mI vIdA
Tenemos papa, tomate, cilantro, cebollín, lo que tú quieras, mi rey.
Tipicos vendedores venezolanos UwU
JAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAAJJAJA
@@NiggaGamer10Oficial JAJAJAJAJA AAAAAAAAAA
Pasa en venezuela y en toda Latinoamérica.
Caracas is a disaster, but another cities like Maracaibo are like hell.
Las tertulias del Fukiti Fu factsss am from Caracas and ik
maracaibo isn't called horno city for nothing
@Ali Nassereddine me too😓
@@paoferrer9059 It's not only the heat though, the situation here is even worse than any other state at the moment, no electricity, no water, no gas, nothing.
That's true
Keep moving farther away from the tourist zones and see how ugly it gets.
Charles Awch 💔
Jeez its poverty...cant blame ˋem
Not much in the way of tourist zones anymore.
@WHY NOT not close
yes
bro this guy is amazing!! huge credit to him! , hes so good at explaining stuff!! i hope you tipped him!
Awesome video. Props to Lenny for helping you out.
Stay safe!
Cheers Toad, mad respect to Lenny!
The financial part doesn’t make sense. If food is 2 and they earn 6 a month. Why is everyone in healthy weight and driving cars and grocery shopping. That part doesn’t make sense to me. But I’ll continue watching see if it makes sense later
@@lilypoppy1962 the answer to that is in the video.
The guy in the garbage was sad I hope you helped him out and got him a meal
Toad Moto yeah they said everyone else is out the country and sending them money but that sounds a sketchy
Dude you should have like a million subscribers. Great content like always. Keep up the good work!
Cheers King Carter!
@@IndigoTraveller you'll have them soon Kiwi, then 2 million and more. Anyway it's quality not quantity
With destinations like this and the DPRK he surely will. Please visit Crimea for us Indigo Traveler.
Can you believe Lost LeBlanc has has almost a million subs, this guy is total trash, drone shot after drone shot, ripped bodies ladies booties, same old locations etc, I dont care for all of this, just give me some fucking information please. Im all about Indigo Traveller.
This guy was in Iran in last month
Lenny is obviously someone you'd want with you on your walkabouts in this city. Top man.
One hotdog costs $1
Average wage is $6
So how do you make money to buy a hotdog?
Logic: You sell hotdogs
Uhm, excuse me. You have to be very rich to become a hotdog vendor. Imagine the cost of bundles of buns and hotdogs. Also the stand, propane and etc. Are you OKAY or what?
Here we pay everything with USD or Colombian Pesos, the only ones paying with the national currency are the public enterprises.
@@MiguelBD When will Maduro fall? It's the only way you can be free.
Nick, you are one of the most adventurous & determined individuals I’ve seen. I have such great admiration for you & your work, it’s exceptional. I feel that I get more information watching your content than some of my newscasts. It’s amazing, man, & you deserve a lot of credit for all of the time and effort you put in into going to these destinations & making these videos 👍
Your words make my day, thanks Ryan!
@@IndigoTraveller Of course bro, you're an inspiration to a lot of people from around the world.
Venezuela is great place for tourists most shops/restaurants are empty as locals cannot afford it....and Great misery Porn Tourism. LOL !
@@davelawson2564 Dude get out of here, you're not funny.
@@ryantouhey1997 who is trying to be funny ?
Awesome video. Thanks for giving us some insight into Venezuela. You and Lenny stay safe...
Thank you Jynnae!
I commend your courage..be safe.. sometimes you think you got it bad until you hear someone else's story! Thanks for posting ❤️
WOW! This video is really interesting and informative! Thanks!
Very great video!! You are always surprising us! 👏🏼👏🏼 but please stay safe. 😉
My guess his ass is already comfortably back in Hungary.
Well done, as usual these days RUclipsrs are doing the job 'journalists' don't do anymore
BlindMango very true, RUclipsrs are the true informers of this century
I definitely agree
BlindMango Ayyy it’s the guide team on PSN Profiles
of all the things that I saw in here, I admire their discipline in getting into the train. That simple thing is a good sign of hope for peace and order.
21:41 it's nice to see with all economic difficulties, people stand in line to ride the subway.
I moved to Florida 2 years ago and seeing my city again made me very happy, but it also saddens me to see how everything has changed. Thank you for visiting my country and showing me what it is like today🙌🏻
El Callejón La Puñalada (Stabbing Alley) IS STILL VERY DANGEROUS... OMG! Those guys are really lucky nothing happened to them. This video is stressful for me. I'll be having a heart attack on the Petare vid.
Como va acompañado, nada le pasa. El truco es ir acompañado por alguien que sabe.
Lenny has a cool look, love the two tone.
Thank you for the risky educational video on your part. Prayers for Venezuela.
That's the type of content youtubers should create more often. Congratulations!
Hi
Hello Daianne your looking fine like a bottle of wine xoxoxo
these thirst dang. no amount of water can help you brothers.🤣
i was in Venezuela eight years ago. It really is a beautiful country.
$6 a month, imagine that. That's less than one hour of work in the US.
@Johan Hanson the US is gonna be like that
And people in the USA whining and bitching all the time so fucking ungrateful
That’s going to be us if Biden is elected
@Johan Hanson THANKS TO THE SABOTING OF THE BUSINESSMEN THE SABOTTING AND US SANCTIONS THAT DESTROYED THE PURCHASING POWER OF VENZUELA THE SALARY IS A REFERENCE NOBODY IN THE WORLD LIVES ON $ 6 THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD TO HELP THE POPULATION WITH SOMETHING BONUSES WITH CASH BONUSES THE SITUATION CREATED BEFORE SO MUCH SABOTTING THREE YEARS IN FOLLOWED BY GUARIMBAS MURDERS DESTRUCTION OF THE COUNTRY BURNING OF MORE THAN 60% PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, MANIPULATION OF THE PRICE OF THE DOLLAR THE CASH THEY PAID UP TO 100% TO TAKE THE MONEY FROM THE COLVOMRO TO TAKE THE MONEY TO COLVOMAR IT WAS SOLD THE CHEAPEST DOLLAR IN CUCUTA IF YOU PAYED IT IN CASH AND THUS THE CASH OF THE STREETS DISAPPEARED TO CREATE ALL THESE PROBLEMS MANY PAID YUTUBERS DO NOT COUNT THE BECAUSE THEY ONLY SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE EVERYTHING OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY AND VENEZUELA IS EVERYTHING IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. USA
@@josehilarionvillegassilva1732 Si güebon, debe ser que antes de las sanciónes el país no estaba destruido... Pajuo
I watched your vlog, thanks for a tour in Venezuela.
This may be the most important documentary you've ever done.
I know I'll be watching.
I doubt you will understand anything
LOL.
And this aint a documentary.
Did he just say Chacao is safe? Lmao I’m from Venezuela and Chacao being safe is VERY questionable
Only place that's safe is inside your house, really. Or a gated community in La Lagunita or something like that
yeah, but I you compare Chacao with other parts of Caracas such as Sabana Grande or La Hoyada, Chacao is safer (or at least that's how I see it, maybe the was thinking the same way as me..)
@@lifeworthmissing8532 let's get married
Mano tienes razon weon, yo soy de ahi tambien marico y esa mierda es mas insegura que mi "novia"
even when a long time ago it was really dangerous, when I was young I was never allowed to go there
Best most accurate travel vids on youtube, fact
i grow up in Venezuela, in the 90s and early 2000s was a paradise. Miss it so much
You have titanium balls.. both of you. Walking around with those cameras.. i'm glad you made it safe!
Money..... Money does miracles....
Well it obviously is not that bad ' did you hear a gunshot or see anything bad come on don't be so paranoid .
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MAY THE HOLIEST ALL MIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU INCREDIBLY!!!!
I love your vlogs bro keep'em coming
So happy to see your safe.. Hope this truth spreads!!
Pure epicness!
Lenny seemed quite nervous.
Amazing fresh produce !! wow
On my flight back from Ecuador I met a businessman that was kidnapped here for 5 days. He's been traveling back and fourth for 30 years in central/south America. He said because he's so comfortable he didn't factor in the current climate. Anyways he was walking back to his hotel and 5 people jumped him and threw him in a van like a movie. He was a 6 foot about 220 guy too. They kept saying they were going to kidnap his family whiched confused him because his family was no where near them. With the different arguments and things pieced together this guy thought that it was a possible mistake and identity situation. So what they did was drove around and used his debit/credit card for 5 days. That was normal looking on the guys behalf bc he travels so much. Anyways on the 5th day due to his Wife calling the card company, cops, and.everybody else the card was cancelled and they kicked the shit out of him and dumped him 45 minutes outside of Carcass. The funny thing was that he told me he was relatively relaxed because they kept this oversized bandanna over his eyes so he figured he'd live.
I live in venezuela and i have to say that you had really good luck because no one stole your camera, also thanks a lot for showing this to the world, this makes me feel like venezuelans are finally being heard. thank you
About the subway: a single ride was very cheap, and since it was a fixed price, inflation made it cheaper every day. But after the last reconversion (5 zeroes out), the price of a subway ticket was ridiculously low, so much the lowest denomination coin was about 10 times the price of a single ride. And so the metro became free
That is indeed lovely
May god bless Venezuela! And pray for better life to all the people!
that's usually how it goes! everyone is the same but you have to understand how/what they have to do to survive.
Venezuela should be one of the richest countries in the world considering their natural resources.
Yes until the socialist oppressive and suppressive regime took power !Chavez / Maduro , U.S sanctions PDVSA oil companies that benifiet Maduro
China and Russia lend over 100 billions of dollars to keep that regime running now raping them by taking oil from PDVSA ! Ironic
Technically they are a rich country. At least the ruling class. I’m sure the President has plenty of money along with his staff and cabinet. Think they miss any meals?
@Peg Leg True. It does not matter how rich a country is to start off with. Also, how much concern did Lenin or Stalin care about the "workers" after they took power? About the same concern feminists care about women after they have used them to take power.
If you goto the the "business heart" of Caracas you'll see empty shell office blocks. Loads of them, as big as skyscrapers....all empty.
The worlds biggest banks were ready to invest billions in there......then came Chavez and business went very cold when he started giving away state owned assets and spending an eye watering 13 billion dollars on his election campaign buying houses and villages for people so they would vote for him.
@@Clem_Fandango11 Chavez probably did Venezuela a favour. How delusional you must be to actually believe that putting a bunch of elitist bankers in charge of your economy is a good thing; especially in VZ's case when these would be the offices of foreign corporations. It really shows just how delusional Americans are when they cannot comprehend how countries can actually exist without Americans running their economies. The obvious reality is that if the USA actually minded its own business and stuck to managing its own economy, it would quickly collapse.
Thank you for doing these videos on Venezuela. I think it's important of people to know what doing on there. I have some videos on my channel about the Venezuelan crisis too.
Judging by how nice the mall and general architecture is, you can tell they used to be a super rich country
WOOOWWW!!!!!!! It’s crazy how randomly i got to this Video, and what do I discover? My friend Lenny is the one giving you the tour!!!! Amazing, we used to work together at American Airlines way back in the day when Venezuela was still awesome... Great Dude.. Obviously enjoyed watching, hoping for a brighter future for them.. stay safe!!!
Can you clarify what's the deal with the average salary? I think it's a little bit more complex than what he laid out. The way he put it (maybe because of the video editing) just doesn't make sense. I had one Venezuelan friend give me the rundown once, it involved official/unofficial exchange rates, black markets, etc. but I forgot the details lol.
@@ShaferHart The most simple way to put it is: Black market dominates venezuelan economy.
Thus, you gotta take the official "integral salary" (cash+coupons) and do some basic math with the black market rate. You can find them at Dolatrue's twitter or MonitorDolarVe's IG. That way, you will always have a way to more or less calculate how much is the current Venezuelan salary.
By the way, right now most private companies are not paying min salary but actually a lot more (relatively speaking). Considering's today's $ price, I'd say it's around $20-25 a month.
@@0xXMagnusXx0 $20-25 using which exchange rate? What does that translate to in terms of real earnings?
@@ShaferHart Using black market rates, of course.
And that's a big thing, actually. In real earnings, some people (not everyone by a long shot) may be getting those $20-25; however, not only it's not enough but also the fact that we are suffering a de facto dolarization of our economy, even the Dollar's acquisitive power is suffering. In simple terms, what you could buy for $25 here, costs around half if you go to Colombia. And that's what people (including me) are doing. For instance, I went and bought $200 worth of stuff there a few weeks ago that could have costed me over $400 here in my city.
So in real terms, those who earn $7 a month are getting even less than that.
@@0xXMagnusXx0 that's fucked up. How do you get around customs bringing all that stuff in? Is it allowed or you have to "hack" your way in and out? How do you get around crime? I'm guessing criminals monitor the border...
Wow! I never expected Venezuela! Great video! Lenny is a great guide!
Pray for venezuela hope the best for the people. Respect from Greece
Big ups to my hommie Lenin for trying his best to communicate, it was probably his first time chatting with a native but he tried the best to convey his ideas into words. I'm a venezuelan too, my people is very talented and optimistic.
im from venezuela a leny got my respect though guy
I am a Venezuelan living in the states and all I can do is thank you for such an educational video. Recently my pals have asked about Venezuela and where I grew up and so having this video helps me educate others about my past and it brought many memories that brought me to tears. I’m so glad that you’re safe and that you were able to do such a big thing to educate others
Send me your contact info, I'd love to see pictures of you
Yes. Exactly. I have been twice. & I want to go back. Maybe to live. But not right now
Truth. Tastes so good. Great info. Loved it.
what an amazing, eye opening video. Its one thing to see it on the news. Its something else when a local explains that people make $6 a month and a hamburger and drink costs $6! OMG!
It was hard finding a proper recent vlog in Venezuela. Good thing I was subbed to you.
Appreciate it!
Yes and all ones for western news agencies lie hate to say it but facts
There is another very good one here: ruclips.net/video/2ddXKVyPyis/видео.html
but it is not in English.
I love how human your adventures and stories are. It's a shame to see these people going through hardship, but your way of humanizing the situation and showing the decency in others is incredibly important.
They shouldnt be going through this " hardship " ..They are in a country full of OIL reserves . More than Saudi Arabia!! ..The socialist government have ruined this beautiful country .
@@smyffmawzz I agree that they should not be going through this hardship. Clearly their government failed them and too many good people have suffered.
U.S. sanctions have cost the Venezuelan economy BILLIONS of dollars. Here's what the U.N. Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas says:
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If you know a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and in Yemen and in Syria and in Sudan and in Somalia you wouldn't say there is humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and at no point when I was walking the streets in Venezuela did I feel threatened or did I see violence or did I consider that this country was undergoing a humanitarian crisis
The solution of the problem is much easier than the band-aid of sending some packages of food or of Medicine, the solution is in my report. What I told the Human Rights Council is that the financial blockade has had extremely adverse Human Rights impacts. Obviously the origin of the current economic crisis is in the fall, that dramatic fall in the price of oil, but normally you will be able to fix that: a country as wealthy as Venezuela should have been able to borrow money on its enormous natural resources and then would have been able to buy and sell like anybody else, but no, the United States has made sure that because of the threat of enormous penalties [from] the US Treasury, the banks have been closing the accounts of the Venezuelan government and of the petróleos of Venezuela.
Already in July 2017 Citibank unexpectedly decided without prior notice, and arbitrarily, to close the bank accounts of the Central Bank of Venezuela and the Bank of Venezuela; In November 2017, again Citibank blocked the transfer for a shipment of more than three hundred thousand doses of insulin; in November 2017 the company Euroclear retain $1.65 billion that the Venezuelan government had paid for the purpose for the purchase of food and medicine; Citgo the Venezuelan state oil company based in the US has not been able to transfer its profits outside the United States of America - it needs that money to buy food and medicine and it is in the neighborhood I think by now of $9-10 billion dollars that have been withheld; again Wells Fargo Bank withheld and cancelled payment of $7.5 million made by Brazil to Venezuela for the sale of electricity; in May 2018 the Venezuelan Minister of people's power informed that a financial transaction amounting to seven million dollars for the purchase of dialysis supplies for patients including children and adolescents requiring such treatment had been blocked; So you see here the immorality of it, but not only the immorality of it. There is personal criminal liability for the impact of these sanctions.
I mean I am certain that the increase in child mortality, the increase in maternal mortality, the increased deaths for lack of insulin or lack of antiretroviral drugs is a direct result of this blockage, so that Venezuela has not been able to purchase what its people deserve. It's not like the government doesn't want to distribute, it's that the government is being through an external economic war, is being asphyxiated, and that was the name of the game, what the United States intended to do was to create a situation whereby the people or the military would topple the government and then the 1% could again come in and could again control the wealth of Venezuela.
Venezuela had succeeded in bringing millions and millions of Venezuelans out of extreme poverty. Nobody cared in the 1980s and 90s that there were millions of Venezuelans dying of hunger and malnutrition. No one cared. It was a government that was palatable to Washington and a government that was a right-wing government. The moment that a left-wing government came in power, priority number one in Washington was to topple it.
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I would also like to see the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court investigate to what extent the deaths [that have] already occurred in connection with the sanctions amount to a violation of article 7 of the statute of Rome article 7 defines crimes against humanity
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See "An Ocean of Lies on Venezuela: Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Coup"
To think any US government, let alone the obscenely corrupt far-right criminals currently in charge, gives a shit about anyone but the tiny minority of oligarchs at the top, is insane. If they were serious about helping people, they would not only lift the murderous sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and Syria, but they would immediately stop arming and assisting Saudi Arabia in creating the world's worst humanitarian crisis being perpetrated in Yemen (according to the U.N.), where tens of thousands have been slaughtered, and millions are in extreme poverty. They would also take care of the millions in their own country who are living in poverty, many of whom are also homeless. To highlight just how little the U.S. cares, for almost two decades they have done their utmost to deny the 9/11 rescue workers the healthcare needed to deal with their chronic diseases aquired on that day. See the recent videos by Kyle Kulinski (Secular Talk) or David Doel (The Rational National) on Jon Stewart addressing Congress about the 9/11 fund.
@Darlene Sjostrom you are classic moron. hugo chavez and now Maduro destroyed all private businesses. All venezuelans lived on free doles from oil and elites siphoned off billions while no one cared or looked.
After oil prices tanked there was no money for even maintaining oil production that further led to economic collapse of this communist /socialist run by corrupt frauds.
Left/Liberals can only destroy countries like this Left/Liberal utopia tinyurl.com/yavxfl4m
...where its Gun Free, govt terrorises citizens and they hunt cats and dogs for food !
@@davelawson2564 All countries, as far as I'm aware, run some form of a capitalist system, varying only with respect to the amount of state intervention in the economy. That is , there is no country where the workers control the means of production to any significant degree. Anyway, if you want to play this stupid game, I'll point to the countries of Scandinavia, which have relatively high amounts of state intervention in the economy (like Venezuela), and which by most measures rank at the top of human and societal well being, as examples of "socialism", and I'll point to the countless impoverished US-backed dictatorships and quasi-democracies throughout the world as examples of capitalism. Is Maduro corrupt? Probably, but so are most leaders of nations to varying degrees. Is he as corrupt as Trump and his administration, who knows. Should Maduro and Chavez have tried to diversify the economy more? Of course, although it can't be easy to run a developing country with the boot of the world superpower firmly on your neck, doing all it can to sabotage your efforts.
The fact that you say Bernie Sanders, via your link, wants to turn the US into Venezuela shows you are either ignorant or lying. Bernie repeatedly points to a European or Scandinavian style system of social democracy as an example of what he intends to do, not Venezuela, and it aligns with his policies.
Very informative series on Venezuela
Very nice video ! Good job! And I think Lenny is a very nice a polite guy ....good job all !
First time watcher. Both you and Lenny seem like really cool dudes. Keep up the great work man!
Lenny is a bad ass. I pray for him, and his country to have an amazing and quick recovery.
Venezuela was the most prosperous nation in South America under economic freedom (i.e. capitalism). Once a country goes full socialist retard, this kind of economic collapse is inevitable. Only the socialist dictator and his family and friends are rich in that country now. The quick recovery you referred to actually would happen if you got rid of the leftist government and freed up the economy, as Trump has done in the USA to save us from the economically disastrous stupidity of Comrade Obama.
@Florides BB there are more right wing channels not paid by America media and government too.
maybe it's you time to pull your head off from the Socialism never went wrong if it went wrong must be someone's fault.
Thanks for sharing. God Bless You Always ❣️🙏😇
beautifu Country , l I definitely hope they can get back on their feet!
i’m from venezuela, and i told a friend about this video and she said “omg, how is he still alive?”
lol fake
Why did you leave and not fight for your country? You probably wont fight for the lands you live in now! Coward
I bet you have multiple children
Bridges Dont Fly why bullying you fucking prick. He never said anything.
@Reflex You've never set foot in Los Angeles. "Stepped foot" is redundant.
The most realistic and accurate vlog I have ever seen in years. Keep doing a great job Nick!
Lenny is a nice guy...he has done amazing job to you..good luck Lenny
That mall says there were better time in that country. Very beautiful, it's sad the suffering of the common people is constant.