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Re:Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricit... by diego_moita on Thursday March 17, 2016 @02:51PM (#11306614)
Disclaimer: I am Brazilian, I know how Latin America & 3rd world "works".

No, it wouldn't help. This crisis is not caused by lack of resources. It is caused by corruption, cronyism, patronage and, above anything else, gigantic incompetence.

If "first world countries" give some help it will probably only benefit the corrupt officials.

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Re:Venezuela to Shut Down for a Week to Cope With Electricit... by nickik on Saturday March 19, 2016 @06:38AM (#11318014)
Why incomppetance? People seem to be really competente at using corruption to their benefit. If it would benefit them to be competent, they would improve, but they have no insentive to do so.

So I think its wrong to say "above anything else, gigantic incompetence", its more like "above anything else, bad insentives".

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