collapse. They've pawned everything of value to the Russians and the Chinese so the barrel is pretty much empty now. But of course we all "know" that this latest problem with gasoline is really due to the CIA, the US government, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe and the Illumanati.

No fatalities, as whoever pulled it off was intent on taking the high moral ground. They recorded the event, as the Chavistas are sure to spin it as a CIA operation with multiple fatalities of old women and young children.

http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sucesos/oscar-perez-atribuyo-asalto-comando-militar-san-pedro-los-altos_216015

DU Chavistas don't put a clip about US interference and casualties from the raid on DU tomorrow.

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Venezuela Analysis
TeleSur
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into Columbia...so...cheerleading and faking news for a nations collapse is interesting. How about some helpful suggestions for a change of pace?

Fake news.

Despair and uncertainty reign in Maracaibo and Táchira for gasoline
December 19, 2017

Gilberto Rojas / Dec 19, 2017.- The desperation to buy gasoline in Maracaibo and in several cities of Táchira state are reaching worrying levels. On Monday, officials of the Bolivarian National Guard opted to shoot in the air to scare the marabas who were waiting in case they were going to get their fuel, and thus keep them in line.

For its part, in several Andean cities the queues are eight and up to twelve hours to fill the tank. The citizens denounce that the cities are running out of gasoline, but PDVSA insists that the supply is normal and "routine".

Media of El Zulia and hundreds of users on social networks reported and reported, respectively, on the fact in that state. Even the famous Father Palmar did not miss the opportunity to say his thing: "Chaos in Maracaibo, there is no gasoline and the bachaqueros resell the price of 91 octane to 23 thousand bolivares the five-liter container. This country is a time bomb, "he explained on his Twitter account.

Later he also said: "The narcos seized the governorships and the mayors' offices, hunger, lack, lack of supplies increased, there is no gasoline, garbage is the cupboard of Venezuelans and death by starvation grows throughout the country. country. And nothing happens. The function continues. "

You can also watch videos and photos of the strong lines around the capital bagpiper.

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http://www.noticierodigital.com/2017/12/la-desesperacion-y-la-incertidumbre-reinan-en-maracaibo-y-el-tachira-por-la-gasolina/

Bad form, cheerleading for the Stalinists as innocents die of disease and malnutrition

TeleSur? RussiaToday? VenezuelaAnalysis?

I have relatives in Venezuela. I get the lions share of the news firsthand.

If you actually followed the news in Venezuela, you would know that it has to import its gasoline, because it cannot refine its own oil. And it cannot import it because it has no cash. Nobody takes the Bolivar, and nobody takes Venezuelan credit, as it has recently defaulted on its loans.

Zulia, Barinas and Táchira without gas a few days before Christmas
By Rosalie Méndez Rea - December 20, 2017 12:28 a.m

The phrase "no gasoline" has been repeated in recent days at service stations in the states of Zulia, Barinas, and Táchira. In these entities, the long lines adorn the main roads waiting for tanker trucks that supply fuel.

Less than a week before Christmas, citizens make long queues of up to 10 kilometers, with the desire to get gasoline and be able to move to their places of work, housing or study, although most of the fate is elusive.

The situation for many is outrageous and represents a humiliation that there is no gas in an oil country like Venezuela, and especially in the state of Zulia where more than half of the oil produced in the country is extracted.

Failures in public services also hit Venezuelans in an atypical December without food, without medicines, without water, without electricity in many areas, without domestic gas and without cash.

May God have mercy, it is popular clamor. Although, some, in the middle of the crisis take advantage of the situation. Residents of Táchira and Zulia denounce that the pimpinas of 20 liters are sold between 150,000 and 250 thousand bolivars.

Users of social networks report that they spend more than 12 hours in queues, to try to load fuel.

The deputy to the National Assembly, Gaby Arellano, assures that this December there are neither hallacas, nor tree, nor festivities in the family of Táchira because the only thing that there is is a tragedy, because in the 29 municipalities they spend hours, days and nights in the queues not only for the purchase of food but for refueling.

In other states like Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Trujillo and Mérida also report fuel shortages, although Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) confirmed on Tuesday that it has faults in the supply and dispatch of gasoline in the states of Barinas, Táchira and Zulia. He attributed the flaws to the international blockade against Venezuela.

https://www.el-carabobeno.com/zulia-barinas-tachira-sin-gasolina-dias-navidad/

So... preventing 40 high ranking Chavistas from accessing their hidden billions of dollars in foreign banks has led to a nationwide collapse in every aspect of the economy?

The Venezuelan oil industry seems to have entered a death spiral
Dec 19, 2017 10:19 am
By Humberto Márquez for Inter Press Service

Corruption in the Venezuelan state oil industry, denounced by the government itself and with former ministers and senior managers behind bars, is the latest evidence that in the country with the largest oil reserves on the planet, the industry on which the economy depends It is falling apart.

There was a drop "in the production of crude oil, one million barrels per day," economist Luis Oliveros, a professor at the Metropolitan University, told IPS. In December 2013, production stood at 2,894,000 barrels per day, compared to 1,837,000 in November 2017, according to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

In 2018, production could drop another 250,000 barrels per day at the current rate, and Venezuela, co-founder of OPEC in 1960 when it was the world's largest crude oil exporter, is becoming an almost irrelevant player in the global market, said Oliveros.

This despite having the largest known reserves of liquid fossil fuels, the Orinoco Oil Belt, of 55,000 square kilometers, with an estimated 1.4 trillion barrels of crude, mainly extra-heavy, including proven reserves of 270 trillion barrels, according to Venezuelan estimates.

Oil is practically the only export product of Venezuela, the source of 95% of its income in foreign currency, and by the middle of this decade it represented more than 20% of GDP. Most of the business is in the hands of the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which has some partnerships with transnational companies.

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https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2017/12/19/la-industria-petrolera-venezolana-parece-haber-entrado-en-una-espiral-de-muerte/

I suppose if you dismiss 18,000 highly skilled, living wage workers and replace them with Chavista lackeys (in an effort to turn PdVSA "redder than red!" ) it will result in this sort of economic chaos.

States resent failure in the supply of gasoline
Whether public or private transportation, all drivers are suffering equally, including users who each time have fewer units to travel. It is evident that the consequences of this situation are affecting large sectors of the Venezuelan population.

http://www.eluniversal.com/noticias/venezuela/estados-resienten-falla-suministro-gasolina_681880

40% of stations do not have gas

http://www.elimpulso.com/featured/40-las-estaciones-no-tienen-gasolina