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[–]Optimus85 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Not sure how accurate or credible this article is but I always thought of Chavez as a man of the people for the people and not a volatile-tempered dictator: https://theconversation.com/how-todays-crisis-in-venezuela-was-created-by-hugo-chavezs-revolutionary-plan-61474

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think Chavez was Ok, but it's all falling apart under Maduro

[–]HibikiBlack 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even when Chavez was still alive and the oil prices were at 100$ + it was already hard finding things like milk and sugar. He wasted the oil boom by making himself and his family rich.

Chavez boosted the whole time about being a Castro loving communist Magnora...