Posted on 02/13/2018 9:32:37 AM PST by blam
People are fleeing the socialism forced on them in Venezuela by the hundreds of thousands. Starving, and facing violence over crumbs of food, many have no choice but to flee the wasteland which used the authority of government to destroy the lives of its citizens.
Thousands of Venezuelans are attempting to flee the socialist dystopia their nation has become. They are attempting to make it to Colombia. In a desperate bid to escape the hunger and soaring crime rate caused by the spiraling economic crisis, fueled by socialist policies, incredible pictures have surfaced showing the mass exodus of refugees crossing the Simon Bolivar international bridge trying to flee the ongoing political crisis threatening to engulf Venezuela.
Colombia and its neighbor Brazil have both sent extra soldiers to patrol their porous borders with Venezuela after officially taking in more than half a million migrants over the last six months of 2017. The country is also tightening its border controls in a bid to stem the flow of starving people. The situation in Venezuela has reached SHTF levels.
Truck drivers are subjected to horrific violence as looters target heavy goods vehicles carrying food in a desperate attempt to feed their families. The truckers are banned by the government from carrying guns to protect themselves, so have resorted to forming convoys to protect each other. They text each other warnings about potential trouble spots and keep moving as fast as possible.
According to Reuters, there were 162 lootings across Venezuela in January, including 42 robberies of trucks.
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Five years ago.
I was in south Florida 1.5-2.0 years ago and even then friends who were living there knew people who had relatives in Venezeula that they shipped food to weekly.
For some reason that I don't know/understand, I was told that they went to yard sales and bought all the luggage they could find, stuffed it with food and sent it to family in Venezeula.
I don't know what the 'angle' was with the luggage. Why not ship it in boxes?
I saw Maduro, all smiley, waving his hands, surrounded by people with vacant looks, nevertheless, clapping and obviously showing support to this monster.
Until those people realize that their countrymen are suffering, needlessly, the problem will never be solved.
I was appalled by what looked like a rally for what is essentially the cause of all their problems. They probably were the “elites” and it makes me sick.
Hard to have sympathy for that country.
Dreamers living the socialist dream.
Because if it’s in boxes, it’s more obvious?
Or, maybe they can use the luggage as raw material to make other things?
Or, maybe cardboard is more likely to get torn open during shipping.
Hard to say.
Maybe the Venezuelans in Miami will be more inclined to vote GOP and offset all the Puerto Ricans moving there.
“I don’t know what the ‘angle’ was with the luggage. Why not ship it in boxes?”
Interesting. My theory? It’s easier to lug your ‘Dreamer’ babies across the border in a suitcase, versus a box. ;)
Get ready for the NEXT wave of ‘Dreamers’ the ‘Rats will use for votes!
Colombia is going to suffer taking care of the Venezuelan refugees.
Better to establish a beach head and arm the refuges. Let them take care of home country’s problem.
My 2 cents.
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