This article from the AP, which you can find on the Fox News website, details the sad and horrific tale of the continuing collapse of the socialist paradise of Venezuela.
In this episode of failure and corruption, we find that Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro turned over the importation and distribution of food to the Venezuelan military. That was after they nationalized farms and food production facilities and made them a part of the state. When the price of oil collapsed the state could no longer afford to cover up its mismanagement and they turned to food imports to provide the food that the government was unable to produce from the farms and facilities of the once productive private sector.
This is a long and sad tale of theft, bribery, government graft and corruption that is happening in a country that could once feed itself and had food to spare, but which is now on the brink of starvation. When someone tells you all about the wonders of democratic socialism, remind them of the starving people of Venezuela.
