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Free Talk Live => General => Topic started by: glenn on March 14, 2014, 08:35:55 PM

Title: Venezuela, more proof that lack of economic freedom brings problems.
Post by: glenn on March 14, 2014, 08:35:55 PM
Economically Repressed Venezuela; anti government protests rage on
More proof that lack of economic freedom bring economic problems.
 
Venezuelan police crack down as anti-government protests rage on
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/14/venezuelan-police-crack-down-as-anti-government-protests-rage-on/ (http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/14/venezuelan-police-crack-down-as-anti-government-protests-rage-on/)

"Police in Venezuela stepped up a campaign of arrests and raids, as authorities said the death toll from more than a month of anti-government demonstrations had risen to 28."
..."fueled by public fury over deteriorating living conditions in the oil-rich country.
Violent crime, shortages of essential goods like toilet paper and inflation have combined to create the most serious challenge yet"...

Venezuela: Three People Shot Dead In Anti-Government Protests
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/03/13/venezuela-three-people-shot-dead-in-anti-government-protests/ (http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2014/03/13/venezuela-three-people-shot-dead-in-anti-government-protests/)
"A month of student-led demonstrations in a number of Venezuelan cities has left at least 25 people dead, according to the government. Venezuelans fed up with inflation that reached 56 percent last year, long lines for buying some items at grocery stores and one of the highest homicide rates in the world have joined students in protesting against the government."

ALSO NOTE: Venezuela is most economically repressed countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom:
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/venezuela (http://www.heritage.org/index/country/venezuela)
http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking (http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking)
Venezuela’s economic freedom score is 36.3, making its economy the 175th freest in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom out of the 178 countries rated.