Chris Slee writes: "we should always be clear that Venezuela's difficulties, including in the medical area, are mainly due to the US-led economic blockade."
The economic problems started well before the US sanctions, and in any case for years most of the sanctions were against individuals, not against the Venezuelan economy as a whole. Maybe Chris thinks that having the military basically in charge of running the economy won't necessarily mean corruption, but I think he is mistaken. Corruption as well as waste has been massive in Venezuela. And it's not for nothing that the term "bolibourgeoisie" is common there. As Trotsky showed in his criticisms of the Soviet bureaucracy, one doesn't have to support US imperialism to be critical of a regime. That's especially so in the case of Venezuela, where capitalism hasn't even been overthrown. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6442): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6442 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80677870/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
