# What's the matter with Venezuela?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-matter-with-venezuela/775789>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 28, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-matter-with-venezuela/775789 "2016-12-28T19:15:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-matter-with-venezuela/775789/101 "2017-02-21T22:18:46Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> What, if anything, can be done to fix Venezuela?

Replace the government. The new government would need to implement free market reforms.

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**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-matter-with-venezuela/775789/102 "2017-02-22T18:54:07Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> [Here is an update](http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2017/02/21/venezuela_is_a_ticking_time_bomb_112224.html) on the situation in Venezuela:
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> 2nd worse index of economic freedom score (beating out North Korea)  
> estimated 1660% inflation for 2017  
> “The capital city of Caracas is now the most dangerous non-war zone in the world, with 120 murders for every 100,000 residents.”  
> “Venezuela is now the leading country for U.S. asylum requests, ahead of even war-torn countries.”
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> What, if anything, can be done to fix Venezuela?

Its a basket case. They should probably ask the evil oil companies to come back or at the very least ask Russian oil companies to come in and help them.

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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-matter-with-venezuela/775789/103 "2017-05-19T15:12:36Z")

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Things have continued to deteriorate in Venezuela. Now a general has been caught discussing the secret use of snipers to quell riots: [http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article151329772.html](http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article151329772.html)

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