Are we powerful, or what? These little countries had better do what we say, or else. We will crush those that reject our capitalistic crapism.

Last i remember it was a dollar fifty there. Just paid $3.50 here.

If that's still holds that means $2 on every gallon difference, eh?

If it did inflate 56% it would be like 9 cents a gallon.

Here, gas has inflated from $1 dollar up to $4. Hmmm, that's a 400% inflation rate. Which hurt our economy and removed billions of dollars from the working poors' accounts into the 1%ers.

No wonder big oil hates VZ.

Meanwhile the US borrows trillions of dollars and our deficit is like $17 trillion. VZ should be so lucky, eh?

as it is set by the government. The government eats the real cost. But the real problems there are the shortages of basic necessities of food and basic products which they have to import.

Let's see, the Kochroaches control both lots of gas and toilet paper prices in the US. Both cost much more in the US than in VZ, looks like VZ has cheaper prices than we do.

Is the real problem VZ face partly due to its helping poor people afford gas? Would you complain if gas in VZ inflated to $3 a gallon in VZ, therefore putting million$ into government accounts that it could then use to buy more basics for its people?

The Ven govt spends money subsidizing gas prices indiscriminately for everyone in the country. Not for the poor in particular. It is a way to keep social peace, since the last time they tried to increase them in 1989, there was a huge uprising and a ferocious repression (El Caracazo).

Actually, the rich who proportionately own more cars, take more advantage of the subsidy than the poor. In order to transform this into a progressive form of taxation, the govt should increase gas prices for private cars and increase subsidies for public transportation at the same time, while it should use the extra-money to fund redistribution-oriented policies.

they are going broke so paying the massive gas subsidy is becoming harder and harder - they really need (and want) to raise the price of gas. But if they do, it would cause massive social unrest - cheap gas is considered a birthright and the public does not want to give it up.

And not only that, but the sanctions make NO mention whatsoever about economic sanctions against the country, but rather against the individual big-heads of the regime, and the sanctions would basically consist of seizing their personal assets on US soil, such as freezing their bank accounts and suspending their visas. You're showing to be extremely ignorant of the situation with this statement. Please do this little thing called "research" before showing any tomfoolery.

The US is not doing anything at all to effect VZ.

Not a thing. Our hands are completely clean.

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The tomfoolery is totally on those who hate the VZ people's elected government. It is they who live in utter denial of the political muscle the USA uses to create it's capitalistic plunderings.

Say, you know so much, how much does a gallon of gas sell for in VZ?

the price of gasoline per gallon in venezuela was 5 cents per gallon, for premium.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/for-venezuela-the-magic-land-of-cheap-gas-a-big-hike/2014/01/19/cf52b096-7e1f-11e3-97d3-b9925ce2c57b_story.html

My family and most of my friends still live there, and I come back every so often. I can confirm it sells for less than a dollar for a full tank, but the government's really considering increasing the price since it's basically free at a price like that, and since they're broke, they need to find other sources of income, hence why they'd increase gas prices.

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