Thank you for this overview. I find it very useful.
I am grateful for and benefit from the time you spend (and possible sanity) trying to keep current on what’s happening in Venezuela. Having firsthand experiences related by family members makes this understandable and concrete for me.
I don’t have much hope for any nation whose operating budget is based on an extractive economy (petroleum, coal, etc.) because, sooner or later (usually sooner)…
Yep–you nailed it.
Saudi Arabia. Nigeria. Angola. Congo. The list is huge, surely.
And if one looks at the Keystone XL pipeline and so much U.S. history re the oil industry: the U.S.
