Inside the Collapse of Venezuela<\/p>\n
A nuanced and deeply-reported account of the collapse of Venezuela, and what it could mean for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n
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Auteur: William Neuman<\/p>\n
Taal: Engels<\/p>\n
Bindwijze: gebonden<\/p>\n
Rubriek: Mens en maatschappij<\/p>\n
Leverbaarheid: Direct leverbaar<\/p>\n
Uitgever: St. Martin’s Press<\/p>\n
Verschijningsdatum: 2022-03-15T00:00:00+01:00<\/p>\n
Trefwoord:
\nVenezuela
\nLatijns-Amerika<\/p>\n
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A nuanced and deeply-reported account of the collapse of Venezuela, and what it could mean for the rest of the world.<\/b>
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\nToday, Venezuela is a country of perpetual crisis\u2014a country of rolling blackouts, nearly worthless currency, uncertain supply of water and food, and extreme poverty. In the same land where oil\u2014the largest reserve in the world\u2014sits so close to the surface that it bubbles from the ground, where gold and other mineral resources are abundant, and where the government spends billions of dollars on public works projects that go abandoned, the supermarket shelves are bare and the hospitals have no medicine. Twenty percent of the population has fled, creating the largest refugee exodus in the world, rivaling only war-torn Syria\u2019s crisis. Venezuela\u2019s collapse affects all of Latin America, as well as the United States and the international community.
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\nRepublicans like to point to Venezuela as the perfect example of the emptiness of socialism, but it is a better model for something else: the destructive potential of charismatic populist leadership. The ascent of Hugo Ch\u00e1vez was a precursor to the emergence of strongmen that can now be seen all over the world, and the success of the corrupt economy he presided over only lasted while oil sold for more than $100 a barrel. Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s regime and policies, which have been reinforced under Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, squandered abundant resources and ultimately bankrupted the country.
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\nThings Are Never So Bad That They Can\u2019t Get Worse is a fluid combination of journalism, memoir, and history that chronicles Venezuela\u2019s tragic journey from petro-riches to poverty. Author William Neuman witnessed it all firsthand while living in Caracas and serving as the New York Times Andes Region Bureau Chief. His book paints a clear-eyed, riveting, and highly personal portrait of the crisis unfolding in real time, with all of its tropical surrealism, extremes of wealth and suffering, and gripping drama. It is also a heartfelt reflection of the country\u2019s great beauty and vibrancy\u2014and the energy, passion, and humor of its people, even under the most challenging circumstances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[22],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4939","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-mens-en-maatschappij","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"product-type-external"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koeky.nl\/boeken\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}