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Venezuela's economic collapse

Venezuela's collapse as the product of statist, nationalizing policies

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Jan 25, 2026
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did venezuela release prisoners and mentally ill people into america?

that systematically emptied prisons and mental hospitals and “sent” those people to are not supported by the available reporting and multiple fact‑checks; there have been targeted , swaps and politica...

Jan 16, 2026
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What role does María Corina Machado propose for the private sector and social programs?

María Corina Machado frames the private sector as the engine of Venezuela’s recovery, proposing large-scale market liberalization, privatization of state assets, and a public-private alliance to reviv...

Jan 16, 2026

Is maduro bad for Venezuela or is it just western propaganda

Nicolás Maduro’s decade-plus rule is linked in multiple independent reports to severe economic collapse, widespread human-rights abuses, and a prolonged humanitarian emergency that has left millions i...

Jan 10, 2026

What methodologies do studies use to estimate excess mortality linked to sanctions in Venezuela, and where do they disagree?

Studies estimating excess mortality linked to sanctions on Venezuela deploy a mix of survey-based excess-death calculations, macroeconomic counterfactual modeling, and import/health-service flow analy...

Jan 8, 2026

did maduro steal venezuelan gold?

Public reporting shows that under Nicolás Maduro’s rule the Venezuelan state sold and moved significant amounts of its gold reserves — including documented exports to Switzerland and decades‑old holdi...

Jan 7, 2026

what is in the news recently

A sudden and dramatic escalation in Venezuela dominated recent headlines after U.S. military action resulted in the capture and removal of President Nicolás Maduro, prompting immediate regional shock ...