Socialism: Venezuelan doctors and teachers are becoming prostitutes to earn enough money to buy food …

By all rights, Venezuela should be a wealthy country, its people living in relative comfort, with an economically secure future. After all, it has the largest oil reserves on the entire planet and is rich in other natural resources. A combination of factors, including the drop in fuel prices, a crippling drought, and a sustained slowing of manufacturing and agricultural production would have left the country struggling as many others have, but it would likely have pulled through. However, the greed and failed policies of two consecutive presidents – Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro – have left the country absolutely devastated and in a situation that at best will likely take decades to reverse.