Posted on 05/20/2019 8:52:13 AM PDT by McGruff
U.S. sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela appear to be taking hold, resulting in mile-long lines for fuel in the South American nation’s second-largest city, Maracaibo.
Some drivers said they’d had to wait almost 24 hours to fuel up, and people have been grabbing catnaps on the hoods of cars or in truck beds.
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The U.S. sanctions essentially cut off Maduro’s government from its Houston-based subsidiary Citgo, depriving officials of an estimated $11 billion in hard currency from exports this year. U.S. officials say this cash flow long bankrolled what they call Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
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And that about says it all about socialism
Milton Friedman has some famous quote where he said if you put the government in thecharge of the Sahara, in 10 years you would have a shortage of sand
A preview of “Democratic Socialism” I’m pretty sure that government drones (bee analogy - not aircraft) don’t have to wait in line.
You mean that collection of 1950’s beaters they run in Cuba with bailing wire and spit?
After spending a few years working in the Liberals idea of utopia. I learned the government slobs ( much like ours here in the USA) have special perks and benefits not available to the small people.
Hopefully they don’t keep their cars running while waiting to fuel-up. By the time they fuel-up, it’s time to get back at the end of the line.
And the ruling elite doesn’t have to wait to buy gas, nor does it stand in line in stores with empty shelves, nor is it affected by the insane rampant inflation.
Do you think bernie or AOC would be following the rules they hope to impose on us? NO! They want to move up in the ranks of the ruling elite so they can look down on us with scorn!
LOL about old cars in Cuba.
I had heard that some classic car fans were planning trips to Cuba. But as you say, those old Cuban cars are not exactly in mint condition. Classic car buffs are much better off to visit car shows in America where the owners have restored and take good care of the cars.
See, see! Them greedy capitalist pigs again!
Socialism at its finest.
How do the fuel trucks get fuel to deliver fuel?
The American classics that are used as cabs to haul gringo tourists about the Havana metro area mostly have four cylinder diesel engines made in China cleverly mounted to the original automatic transmissions. There’s adequate torque and horsepower to move the two ton plus behemoths in the 20-40 mph range with occasional bursts to 55 to 60. The wife and I hired a 1956 Pontiac Chieftan convertible with driver and guide/translator several years ago when our cruise ship stopped in Havana for a day. It was really quite a tranquil ride with the top down. The concept of an EPA never made it to the island and the air was redolent with the tang of various fuel chemicals. If there had been more two stroke motors, it would have taken me back to the times in South East Asia.
“U.S. sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela appear to be taking hold”
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Sanctions that somehow prevent Venezuela from pumping their own oil?
Edsel, an Oldsmobile sucking on a lemon.
Apparently it has to do with their Citgo operations in the US. But with the media’s heated depictions of Venezuelans as starving to death, waiting in line to fuel their cars should be a rich man’s burden.
They do not have the ability to refine their oil. They may have a lot of oil but is worthless without the ability to refine it.
Good chance that 50’s Chevy has an eastern European tractor motor under the hood.
Kozak wrote:
You mean that collection of 1950’s beaters they run in Cuba with bailing wire and spit?
But, credit to them - those cars are running.
Ingenuity at its finest!
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