Venezuela's Socialist Hellscape, Captured in 28 Horrifying Headlines - The Liberty Review

Venezuela's Socialist Hellscape, Captured in 28 Horrifying Headlines - The Liberty Review:
"I wrote last year that Venezuela was entering the “fourth circle of statist hell.”

How else, after all, can you describe a government that is so venal and incompetent that it resorts to confiscating toys in an effort to strengthen its hold on power?

I also wrote last year that Atlas was “shrugging” in Venezuela.

But shrugging may soon turn to shrugged. 

It’s hard to see how Maduro’s despotic regime can hold power much longer. 

Consider this collection of horrifying stories.

The Washington Post reported:

With inflation spiraling out of control, food and medicine supplies dwindling and violent crimes on the rise, women as young as 27 are seeking out surgeons to avoid unwanted pregnancies. A study by PLAFAM, the biggest family planning clinic in the country, estimates that about 23 percent more Venezuelan women are being sterilized today as compared to four years ago, said the clinic’s director, Enrique Abache. “The financial crisis is one of the main causes for this,” he explained. Years of government mismanagement have fueled what is now a full-blown humanitarian crisis in a country where infant mortality has almost doubled in recent years …mothers often spend whole days searching for milk powder or diapers.Those who can’t find them are simply forced to go without...

Read them all! 

...Let’s close with a video on the tragic situation in Venezuela.
I wonder if Bernie Sanders still thinks this is a system worth supporting?"
Republished from International Liberty.--Daniel J. Mitchell