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Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by wooter on Thursday November 24, 2016 @05:46PM (#13033272)
Sanders praised it. As a Venezuelan in SF, I've had my fair share of arguments where I've had to defend the perspective that Venezuela isn't a socialist paradise.

"These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now?" - http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/must-read/close-the-g...

Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by macspoofing on Thursday November 24, 2016 @06:26PM (#13033431)
GOP would have had a field day with Bernie had he been nominated instead of Clinton.
Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by tormeh on Thursday November 24, 2016 @07:18PM (#13033665)
Just like the Democrats had a field day with Trump: Great entertainment, but the outcome wasn't all that fun. Bush would have been less fun, but he would have lost.
Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by LordFrith on Thursday November 24, 2016 @07:06PM (#13033613)
In SF I keep seeing flyers titled "Can The Bolivarian Revolution be saved?", and I think to myself probably not.
Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by tim333 on Thursday November 24, 2016 @08:11PM (#13033806)
The Cuban revolution has lasted quite a while. Chavez and Maduro were big fans.
Re:Venezuela’s Currency Has Had its Biggest Monthly Collapse by BurningFrog on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:31AM (#13034589)
The recent thawing of US/Cuban relations are a direct result of Venezuela not being able to afford their foreign aid to the Cuban government anymore.