Why are people in oil-rich Venezuela going hungry? BBC News
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Venezuela is going through a national food crisis that's seeing many people struggling to eat proper meals. President Maduro blames the crisis on an 'economic war' designed to topple his government, but critics accuse him of mismanagement.
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man when you think you have it bad, always remember other people have it far worse
Capitalism leads to unequal distribution of wealth.
Socialism leads to the equal distribution of poverty, suffering, and misery.
and the opposition is leading the charge to suffering and misery and poverty
"Capitalism leads to unequal distribution of wealth." Which is a good thing, because the people who work more and serve more deserve to live a better lifestyle than somebody who does less. Socialism is for the lazy and entitled.
Imy Manz it's not that easy
because rich live off the backs of others in a sense they are the lazy ones here
but isn't Capitalism is about individualism? than they should put in the work themselves if they want "individualism"
Capitalism is for lazy rich entitled people
All classes in socialism get poorer. Its a stupid ideology.
Matt Biden I guess your mom is the stupid one here
As a venezuelan, thank you for making this video, because people need to know what is going on here. I see it every day.
pro tip: watch movies on flixzone. Been using it for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.
@Nelson Camdyn yea, I've been watching on Flixzone for years myself :)
Socialist policies. This is always how socialism ends.
USA, Japan, and South Korea > Venezuela, Sweden, EU, and North Korea lol
There is nothing wrong with the polices
the problem is the opposition is BYPASSING those polices
MrDICKHEAD28 right... blame it on someone else. Lmao
Tom Keyser well if you actually research the problem then yes
or
just believe what is being fed to you like a sheep
MrDICKHEAD28 my wife grew up in socialism, so I'm pretty well informed on the subject
Socialism a good way to diet.
lol
user user Thats what you think of but never see dark side of Socialism your blind the true of these kind of system now you see wbat to Venezuela . It might happen to the Philippines also
Venezuela is communist. Look at the U.S. power grabs, with special interests shelling it out. And the class divisions. Western Europe and Canada have tighter regulation over the economy, (democracy-socialist), enabling more businesses to stay afloat, and not have big swings. Also- more social program $ for the poor. As well as investment from abroad, and a free market. Communism is dictatorships like Red China or USSR. Or Venezuela. The people are treated like dogs, and have no rights.
Ironic that the stores in the west is now this empty because peopel are hoarding, and it is not filling fast enough. Capitalism can't even deliver toilet paper lol
@@The80sWolf_ because Toilet production is low!
Children going hungry is one of the most messed up things in the modern world.
Because they voted Chavez into power.
And the sad thing is many of them would do so again given the chance.
Some people never learn
Right,... and you say the election was fair and valid? How come entire buildings where the votebill were stored have burned down, people forced to vote for Chavez inside of the election-cabin, 14 years of an entire country in rebellion against the government that masquerades itself as socialist, while in reality is a clear dictatorship!
Do you guys know that Maduro was a Bus Driver before he was president? Fact
AL80 you know you are fucked when you hear the words "we are from the government and here to help"
Just like I put it, they're not a very bright bunch of people. that's right people, it is, what it is. period, they dance too much reggaeton or salsa dancing or whatever dude.
It’s sad to see the government blaming other people , even though they are not sanctioned. They should be ashamed.
awe omg my heart goes out to the people! my prayers are with you and i pray for better days for you and your families amen!
Just watching this made me tear.
China went through the same thing in the 1960s
Abathur until 1980s We chinese no longer hungry.
Cuba suffered in this way during the early 90's due to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Even now they still ration food, but the people have endured, survived and many although not getting a full meal 3 times a day, are no longer as hungry and malnourished as they were in the early 90's.
@@anticcc3372 no longer hungry but as far as the outside world can tell living in an Orwellian surveillance nightmare. wish more down to earth Chinese would speak out but thats not easy when your gov censors your internet so insanely strongly
@@LordDavid04 no longer hungry if you are family members of someone working for the government! that doesn't count for the rest of the people! don't let that bullshit fool you! if they were no longer hungry then why are they still fleeing to Colombia? because the people are living in fear that's why!
@@lucifchristo exactly! people die and disappeared for the stupidest of things! that is no way to live!
The video doesnt explain why... To say 'socialism' isnt enough to explain.
Oil prices way down, Venezuela has a food shortage and has to buy food from other countries. Doing so is difficult when your main source of income is very abundant and thus is of much lower value.
History provides an excellent explanation, look up the Weimar republic this is exactly what happened there minus the war, overprinting of money has lead to hyper inflation. These kinds of situations lead to the rise fascism and directly caused the second world war.
baptists exploit free market to force religion onto atheistic nations - like con artist criminals
Basically, building your entire economy on one resource isn't a good idea, especially when that resource (oil) has a huge crash and cripples your economy, like this.
Skylar Jones building global economy on one currency controlled by one country of america is not a good idea either - crooked politicians will use to advance their crooked beliefs onto economies of other countries
the wonders of socialism
I feel so bad. I throw most of my dinner away sometimes and now I see what others are going through and I feel awful. Does anyone know of some good charities to donate food to them? This is so sad😰
People from other countrys have tried to donate food and medicine but the Venezuelan government do not let the products enter the country because as they say "Everything is fine, we don´t need it". They do it just because if they receive help from others country it will be obvious that the socialism and goverment plan didn´t work and will put them in total evidence..
zadose sad
Thanks for your feelings, mean you care. Venezuelans abroad, through foundations send packs and boxes of food. It doesnt fix the issue, but it is a real help. What we most do is having two or three relatives abroad sending money to the rest here, that helps the majority cope with this super inflation. Foundations? hmm most of them work hard on sending chemotherapies chronic disease medicines, etc. Just informing, not an opinion. And yes, socialism at finest. Now goverment is promoting themselves as the saviors by sending food packs to the poorest, socialist strategies. Pray for us, goverment doing anything they want, militaries richer and richer, families being separated, and a feeling of elections of protests wont do much. Thank you all for caring about, sooner or later this will be over.
donating is good to help in a pinch but without massive changes it just sacrificing resources in an enabling manner as sad as it is to say. the best thing you can do for these people honestly is focus on your life and locality and never let it get to the levels they are going through. the more we pay attention to the suffering a thousand or more miles away the more we become distracted from focusing on our own localities . or perhaps pray :-/ @@Gabiichanpleyades
@@davidgonzalez406if you have the ability please keep us updated. videos on your channel would be great if you can find the time considering the events unfolding at present. you will be in my thoughts as the days go on and i truly do hope and pray your country can get through this and rise anew and not become a smoldering heap like syria. remember to be a warrior of truth and survive! god bless in your time of need
i feel so sorry for all these families, i know what this life is like. i know what it feels to have absolutely nothing, I hope my Lord will set all these people free, my heart goes out to all the people from Venezuela. i hope things will get better for these people
There are very clear reasons why Venezuela is starving and none of them are socialism, poor economic management and over reliance on a single industry. If you want to blame a over simplified concept for the troubles then blame Capitalism, That concept is more to blame than "socialism". Not that you should blame a concept for human failings.
How can capitalism be to blame when the country had been under socialist rule under Chavis. Hyperinflation is coming from the central banks. There are government "price control" but they do not work. Real capitalism is when government is small and allows people to trade freely and keep their wages.
This was because of socialism. The price to sustain there policies were FAR too high, and because of there socialist economy there wasn't enough innovation to keep them globally competitive, there only way to make money was solely relying on the oil which took a dive in price.
After Chavez took power farming, manufacturing, and research disappeared almost completely. They couldn't export anything so they survived off of mainly oil, trading it to import goods from other nations. Socialist economies suck, they destroy incentives and suppress innovation.
"There are very clear reasons why Venezuela is starving and none of them
are socialism, poor economic management and over reliance on a single
industry" You just described socialism. Centralized Planning is what Socialism is. There is no competition and government mandates what and where food will be grown, not the market. Yes, Venezuela has the worst economy in the world due to centralized planning. Chile, on the other hand, has one of the freest nations in South America and is one of the most prosperous. It's pretty simple. If you oppress people by convincing them to give up their power to the state, it doesn't tend to work out well. Authoritarians are snakes, many have different ways to sell you the same shit product. Bondage and poverty.
Jason Bay
Socialism is not Central planning kid
economic sabotage is what's going on here in Venezuela
MrDICKHEAD28
Name a Socialist Country that doesn't have Central Planning in the past or present (and calls it self Socialist) without using the No True Scotsman Fallacy. Best of luck.
And we here in the U.S throw food away and even starve our selves
the majority of what we consume does not really qualify as food and there are in fact days i as an American go hungry even tho i have junkfood available. diet dictates everything from health to mood to thought patterning. from my point of view and with my education its insanity watching how many eat crap food and then complain about depression or health issues etc.....
Venezuela is level with Africa now.
yes!
Don't be dumb! Africa is not a country. How do you compare a small country to a whole continent and make such reckless conclusion? I'm from Ghana. aka Gold Coast. We've got problems we are still working on but food crisis is NOT one of them. We don't queue for food. We don't live poorly.
i like ghana... im from colombia and ghana is a better place than venezuela... obviously.... and i never have been in ghana...
venezuela is level with syria...
+drprince nana Small country? I don't think so, it has a good amount of land. It's bigger than most African countries.
How can we help? So much talk about countries needing help but no actual link or contact for us to get involved.
Pedro Eribes true that
You can't. The government will just refuse it and say everything is fine.
Pedro Eribes their government has rejected our donations, we cant get anything through there, if our donations make it through, the items will only be sold on the black market; never reaching the people who them most.
Removing sanctions would be a good start.
Because they aren't food rich.
they have to start being farmers. grow your own
I also wonder why more people don't start growing some of their own food.
JL Hunter the do have the time to start growing food. I guess people rather have the government do everything because truth be told. If oil prices stay fall, This country doesn't produce anything the world would want. So even with a new government, this situation would be same.
Renaldo Smith
there is nothing wrong with production of food
Chavez main priority was food security
the problem is the black market
that been overflowing demand for everything
thats what I thought why can't each families grow their own food ?
It's illegal to grow your own food because the government is responsible for food production.
Stay strong Venezuelan ❤️🙏
Lessons learned from Venezuela:
1, Don't implement socialism in a 3rd world country (Democratic socialism only works for wealthy countries like Canada, New Zealand, France, Ireland and Norway)
2, Don't drop prices so low that businesses can't make a profit because they'll go broke and close down
3, Don't rely on oil as your only source of income
Lol, look at France now.
Oh so it would totally work here...stop being lazy and wanting free shit. Go work hard and get anything yourself
700% inflation in a single year? holy shit
The answer to your the question: people chose a style of government (socialist) which historically leads to starvation and corruption.
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
They didn't choose it. Dominion voting machines installed their evil regime just like in the USA.
@@jackieo8693 I love this answer !! Thank you for correcting me.
@@orlandomedina1034 oh dear I shouldn't go around correcting people! Sorry I have a bad habit of that lol.
@@jackieo8693 You made a great point... you should be thanked.
I am from pakistan 🇵🇰 and I really want to do something for venezuela 🇻🇪.. Hope you guys get what you really dissorve as you all are naturally rich
That lisp was putting me off
Zorc Necrophades It's just an accent actually. Seems his english teacher was British by the sounds of it, his spanish is very fluent though.
Heartbreaking
Vladimir,
Why don't you do a story about the Chavez family and the billions of dollars they have in foreign accounts. As the Venezuela citizens struggle to feed, the grotesque Chavez and Maduro families shop in LA via Venetto, and live like the millionaires Chavez like his hero Fidel Castro have criticized all their lives.
this makes me super grateful!
That problem in Venezuela isn't socialism itself, it's the highly corrupt government that outlawed the opposition. That's the real issue with Venezuela. Socialism works in European countries like Sweden because they have democratic governments
valid points
Sweden hasn't had socialism since the 1970's when it went all but completely bankrupt.
Sweden and other scandinavia countries are not socialists. They have the highest economic freedom index to do business and low corporate taxes.
It true that they have bigger social welfare systems, however, they don't taxed the rich/top 1% to pay for it. Instead they taxed the middle and low classes by more than 50%. Even recently, Sweden has partially privatized its social security program.
The conditions there are breaking my heart , I heard that they gave us money and help from huricane katrina , like a million dollars and why cant we help them they are suffering there and I cant stop thinking about them ... so sad
Co6, bull! This is what corporate greed and the evil monitary system will do.
man, everyone should be planting there. it's a warm tropical climate for God's sake. food should be plentiful.
Augustus Supremum Not allowed. The government has total control.
Welcome to the US after Sanders and possibly after Clinton.
I hate Trump, but if Johnson doesn't win, I hope it isn't a socialist Dem.
Gary Johnson and the Libertarian party is what we need for a successful nation.
MrSirFluffy I agree 100%.
Sanders is running?
hugo bin
He was a primary candidate this year.
He has the option to run again if he's still alive for the next election.
He has the chance to be put back in the race if Hillary's pneumonia kills her.
No foreign government stops the locals from farming & raising animals to feeds themselves. What about the question of mis-management of the local resources?
Bernie supporters take note.
This is so sad......god bless you all.
The sooner the US is gone the happier the world will be
A lot of people are stating that oil- rich countries like Qatar, Kuwait or UAE are simply rich just because of their oils. Unfortunately they are clueless. Blessed by those abundant black gold is just one factor. It is not enough to only have oils and become a rich instanly. Venezuela is the prime example...
Lazy people end up poor, what's new?
Walter Black thats kind of weird since, there really are no jobs in Venuzuela...
Why can’t they turn self sustainable?
lack of education and a dictator in charge perhaps?
#VienenDíasMejores #EsperanzaPorElCambio #Venezuela
Why dont they use their backyard for farming.. self sustaining small farming.. potatoes..tomatoes.. fruit bearing plants.. they dont need a big farmland...
And then people come and talk about Dubai-UAE that all the things we have are from oil, they don't freaking understand that without the good management of the government and oil nothing will be developing !!!!
Situation is grim.
Hope people try to work something out themselves rather than complaining which isnt helping. May be grow easier food items like Tapioca in their backyard etc. Rather than eat out from Garbage. :(
I see nothing wrong: It is classical socialism in the right condition.
And this is why I had to leave my home..........
Poor kids all i can say ...
An example of when real communism applied to oil-rich society.
Venezuela is suffering one of the worst droughts the region has ever seen.
US government is just criminal: 1899 Philippines, 1911 Mexico, 1912 Nicaragua, 1914
Mexico, 1915 Haiti, 1916 Dominican Republic, 1918 Panama, 1924 Honduras,
1925 Panama, 1926 Nicaragua, 1950 Korea, 1952 Cuba, 1953 Iran, 1954
Guatemala, 1961 Cuba, 1964 Laos, 1964 Vietnam, 1965 Cambodia, , 1973
Chile, 1977 El Salvador, 1981 Afghanistan, 1982 Nicaragua, 1982 Grenada,
1986 Libyan, 1989 Panama, 1992 Yugoslavia, 1998 Sudan, 1999 Kosovo,
2001 Afghanistan, 2003 Iraq, 2011 Libyan, 2017 Syria, 2019 Venezuela?
Collapse the oil prices. Put sanctions. Can't ship in oil field equipment, medicine, or food. Grab CITGO. Grab bank accounts. U.K. grabs their gold. All by design.
*Key Word: **_Unsustainable Public spending_*
The Fruits Of Socialism
Anywhere in the world where you find starvation of the population can be explained by evil expressed in the form of greed and selfishness starting with it's leaders.
Their government just focus on oil, they didn't focus on agriculture.. i think this is the main problem..
this is sad.. and companies n governments keeping ppl down
The Government has to fast only for 1 day and realises how he feels what is hunger. And the people should choose a person among the starved who has known how a starved man feels.
I'm Venezuelan, Explain that this people is in extreme poverty! Middle class and rich people of course feel the crisis but don't live in these conditions!
We're so lucky to have resources in the United States. I wish we could do something to help these people.
@DAN wow. That's something i would like to read up on
The thing is if USA helps them they are going to steal all the oil trust me
@@alexisbenitez2239 well, wouldnt be anything new from the cia
We're going to be in their shoes soon under beijing Biden
How did this happen that a country as a whole is short of food
Colombia will always try to help venezuela, they are our brothers
Maybe because OPEC on behalf of the G7 nations are manipulating the oil prices, the US and EU seized Venezuelan assets/bank accounts and blocked most global trade from entering that country. Now you say, a country with the largest oil reserves, can't buy food for its people. So then you talk about providing humanitarian aid to the starving people that you created.
Venezuela can't buy food, because its currency that it voluntarily devalued is worthless and mismanagement rendered its oil refineries inoperable.
Oh God! Let Venizuelans get out of the crises they are facing .
Stop having kids!
Your right about that
The BBC is so much better than PBS.
Never did I think that my country Guyana would be in a better position than its neighbour Venezuela. What a sin it is to be blessed with so much natural resources and yet have people queuing for food.
the pediatrician had no shortage of food
I have seen all the socialist countries failed because of Western Sanctions. Let them be like China, allow to free trade and then see!
Sad.
I wish Venezuelans can have a peaceful revolution
The USA needs one too. We're going to be starving here too with our current regime.
But But But Bernie said Venezuela is the Utopian society america should be.
I will comment on Venezuela's food crisis as soon as I finish this doublecheese burger with extra bacon with fries and a large strawberry milkshake before dinner...
I hope God will bless this country in near future and eliminates all corruption..Thanks God that he allow Duterte to rule in my country despite the black propaganda by liberals..
but Why my Country Kuwait did not have a bad economy like Venezuela when oil prices went down?
we are the same?!
iam kuwaiti and my monthly salary is $7114
This is why you don’t rely on one source of income for the country and why you shouldn’t put one man in power
So what was the reason again? Why is there no food in the food markets?
socialism.
Surprised America hasn't heard about this oil and turned Venezuela back to the Stone Age
Im sorry but my country is poor as well but we dont get hungry our people plant food like rice veges and fruits instead of waiting for govt to provide for them let them grow food for a change come on people
Yet some Americans are supporting the economic system of this country
Fat elderly leaders, skinny poor citizens.
Why don't all countries join up and become one country? Instead of being selfish, why not force countries to help each other out so they can be equal and happy?
Even though there are still very poor Filipinos, the Philippines is still very fortunate to improve their standards of living, at least a bit.......
People of Venezuela are starving. Help sending food, it does not cost you much, but it is a lot for those who receive it
It is impossible for common man to send food to Venezuela. It is not practical. Only INGOS can do this. The INGOS are themselves corrupted. The half of donations go onto salary for volunteers. Their salaries are very high and they ride very expensive vehicles. Few monies go to needy people. By the way, why can't they produce own food? Don't they have land and water? Venezuela is a big country and rich in natural resources including water. Who owns the land and water?
Venezuela is feeling the BERN.
How did this happen? Why, _it's a complete mystery_!
That's sad
Short explanation: Unlike other oil selling countries like Russia, Saudis Arabia, etc, Venezuela doesn’t save money while oil prices are high, to supplement when oil prices are low.
Instead, politicians and much the people prefer to spend more when oil prices are high (the people get more, politicians who give the people more are more popular) and they then experience severe problems when oil demand declines (such as in global recessions).
And these busts are particularly bad as most food and daily products people need are not produced in Venezuela, but imported…..because the bulk of the Venezuelan economy and budget is in just one basket….oil extraction.
Is there any forageable food in rural Venuzuela, to add to what they can buy? I understand the situation is dire. I'm just wondering if there is anything they can find in the countryside to add to their diet. I'm a U.S. food prepper, and I don't buy foods produced by other countries. I grow most of my own food and supplement my food supply with local wild edibles. I think this is a legitimate question.
This is what happens when you promote a bus driver become the president :)
I've been to Ecuador, there's an abundance there.
Gotta love socialism. Socialism = long lines. Everywhere in the world.
im sorry, but why dont people plant crops next to their houses for a bit of self sustainance? that land looks extremely fertile, so lush and green, plus the climate is great for most plants. i mean, my mum manages to grow stuff for our household in our small garden in the alps... they could easily give their children at least some greens, peppers, beans, tomatoes with that white rice. wtf
Please more videos!!! With the truth needs to come out.
Venezuela could’ve been one of the most richest countries behind the u.s and china if it wasn’t for socialism
this is the real face of socialism
Venezuela needs a parliament system and no president.
So why doesn't businesses in the countries surrounding Venezuela open up shops at the border?
That’s what happens when you have a bus driver for a president
Why are people in colonialism-rich England going hungry? Living on the streets? Dying in their houses for lack of heating?
Hard truths, please help by sharing!