Hugo Chavez is the biggest thorn in the paw of his own people. He is just taking away his people's basic neccessities in order to pass legislation to oppress them more.

"The government says the problem is caused by growing demand by poor citizens who benefit from social programs."

So he is blaming the social class that he is creating on the fact that he doesn't know a thing about economics. typical...

Wow, i remember when i lived there about 8 years ago, the food already was incradably cheap.

It was less then 30 cents for a dozen fresh baked french rolls.

And they had one cent popcicles.

Then again when i lived there, the rate of exchange was about 500 Boliveries to a dollar, and now it is at 2250 B's to a dollar, but take into acount that Chavez froze the vaule of the currency over 3 years ago...

I wish i still knew people that lived there, all my Venezalano friends and thier familes moved out of the country.

Looks like powdered milk is $12, or 27,000 Boliveries! SWEET MERECY, i forgot about that stuff, oh that was so nasty, the stores back then rarely ever had liquid milk, and i don't remember how much milk was...

And on the curency, just for fun, while i was living there the highest bill was a 1000 note. And before we left, they had introduced a 5000 note and a 10,000 note, i wonder if they have some new bills. Considering the 10,000 note is now less then a $5 bill....


Oh, and just for fun, gas was less then a nickel a gallon when we first moved there, and closer to 15 cents a gallon when we left...

[edit on 11/13/2007 by TKainZero]