Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next?

02-15-2018 • By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers

The U.S. has employed all of its regime change tools in Venezuela and although so far they have failed, there is still a chance that a military attack is in store, warn Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers.

Loot to Eat - A Human Holocaust Is Unfolding In Venezuela

02-15-2018 • Dave Hodges

In Venezuela there are only two ways that one gets enough to eat. The first was is if one is already dead. And people who know how to uccessfully loot may get enough to eat. Venezuela is the most dangerous place on the planet.

Hyperinflation meets tech: Cash-scarce Venezuela sees boom in payment apps

02-15-2018 • https://www.yahoo.com

CARACAS (Reuters) - Widerven Villegas and his brother wash some 30 cars a day at a parking lot in Caracas. Despite charging less than 50 cents, nobody pays them in cash.

Venezuela oil production is plummeting

02-14-2018 • http://money.cnn.com

Venezuela's main source of cash is dwindling at a breathtaking pace.

Mass Exodus From Venezuela's Socialist Violence And Starvation

02-13-2018 • http://www.shtfplan.com, Mac Slavo

People are fleeing the socialism forced on them in Venezuela by the hundreds of thousands. Starving, and facing violence over crumbs of food, many have no choice but to flee the wasteland which used the authority of government to destroy the lives of

Venezuela To Accept More Crude Oil From Russia As Production Falters

02-13-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Zainab Calc

Russian crude oil exports to Venezuela are rising as Caracas struggles to produce enough crude to supply refineries in its contracted network, according to a new report by S&P Global Platts.

Mad Max violence stalks Venezuela's lawless roads

02-09-2018 • https://www.reuters.com, Andrew Cawthorne

LA GRITA, Venezuela (Reuters) - It's midnight on one of the most dangerous roads in Latin America and Venezuelan trucker Humberto Aguilar hurtles through the darkness with 20 tons of vegetables freshly harvested from the Andes for sale in the capit

Venezuela Invites OPEC Countries to Jointly Develop Oil-Backed Crypto Platform

02-07-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has invited all OPEC nations to jointly develop a platform for the trading of oil-backed cryptocurrencies. Venezuela is preparing for a pre-sale of the petro, its oil-backed cryptocurrency which can be used to p

"Loot to eat" the new mantra of Venezuela as socialism collapse leads to mass starvation

02-07-2018 • https://www.naturalnews.com

(Natural News) If you've ever wanted to know what the United States would look like if the liberals won every single election for next several decades, all you have to do is look at the political and economic cesspool that is Venezuela. The country

Leave Right Now or Arm Yourself to the Teeth: Life in Caracas

02-05-2018 • https://www.bloomberg.com

A twist of the radio dial reveals a grim reality.

Venezuela Announces Whitepaper and Pre-Sale of Its Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency Petro

01-31-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro has announced the pre-sale of his country's national oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro. In addition, he has presented and signed the official petro's whitepaper and unveiled the Petro Container for minin

Why Venezuela's New National Cryptocurrency El Petro Will Fail

01-29-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Washington and legacy media are in a tizzy about Venezuela reportedly thwarting international sanctions by way of a dreaded state-backed cryptocurrency. A closer look reveals several stumbling blocks for the Bolivarian Republic: nonexistent reserves,

Venezuelan Rebel Cop Oscar Perez Was Massacred by the Government AFTER He Surrendered

01-23-2018 • The Organic Prepper - Jose Martinez

Perez was the main suspect of having piloted a stolen helicopter, the property of the Scientific Police, that shot and threw flashbang grenades against buildings of the Venezuelan government, the Supreme Court, and frightened its neighbors in the cen

Venezuelan Rebel Cop Oscar Perez Massacred By The Government After He Surrendered

01-21-2018 • zerohedge.com by Daisey Luther

Note from Jose: This is information compiled by myself and from my trusted sources, who are near the place where this event took place. Some other references are from the Miami Herald and Venezuelan press.

In Venezuela, money has stopped working

01-18-2018 • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post

A friend recently sent me a photograph that tells a powerful story about the situation Venezuelans find themselves in now. It's not a very good picture, really, just a blurry cellphone shot of trash: some wrapping material, an old CD -- the detrit

OPEC Oil Production Rose In December Despite Plunge In Venezuela Output

01-18-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com

In its latest monthly report, OPEC announced that according to secondary sources, December oil production by the cartel rose by 42.4kbpd from November to 32.416mmbpd, if 144kbpd below October's 32.56mmbpd level, and just below the mandated production

Socialism in action: Starving Venezuelan mobs ransack food banks, slaughter grazing cattle ...

01-17-2018 • https://www.naturalnews.com

on private farms...(Natural News) Widespread food shortages in the socialist mecca of Venezuela are creating mass panic, as roving hordes of starving people are reportedly now ransacking food collection centers and supermarkets in search of anything

Venezuela Urges 10 Other Countries to Adopt Its Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

01-15-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has called for 10 other countries to adopt his planned oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro. This move follows the country's parliament declaring the issuance of this new currency illegal.

THIS Is Socialism

01-13-2018 • arclein

All of the various economic models employed by dictators, thugs, and autocratic rulers worldwide have produced nothing but misery, hardship, and death, yet far too many American Millennials are supportive and even fascinated by them. They are, in

Food riots grip western Venezuela, mob reportedly slaughters cattle in field

01-12-2018 • https://news.trust.org

SAN CRISTOBAL/BARINAS, Venezuela, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Hungry mobs ransacked a food collection center, and a supermarket in Venezuela's western Andean state of Merida on Thursday and reportedly even slaughtered cattle grazing in a field as unrest over

State Cryptocurrency 'Petro' is Illegal, Declares Venezuela's Congress

01-10-2018 • https://www.ccn.com

Venezuela's parliament, notably run by the opposition, has outlawed President Nicolas Maduro's much-vaulted oil-backed national cryptocurrency, the petro.

$6 Billion Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency: Venezuela's President Orders Issue of 100 Million Petros

01-08-2018 • https://www.ccn.com

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has announced the issuance of 100 million petros, the state's proposed upcoming national cryptocurrency backed by its oil reserves, the world's largest by any country.

Venezuelan Soldier Shoots, Kills Pregnant Teen In Meat Market Melee

01-07-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com,

Just when you thought things in the socialist South American utopia could not get any worse, The Guardian reports that a Venezuelan soldier is being held after opening fire on a group of citizens tussling over scarce meat and killing a pregnant teen.

Venezuela Is Recruiting 'Miners' For Its Cryptocurrency

01-07-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tsvetana Paraskova

Venezuela is moving ahead with plans to "overcome the financial blockade" by launching an oil-backed cryptocurrency known as Petro, and is now recruiting miners nationwide.

Oil-Rich Venezuela Is Out Of Gasoline

01-03-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com

After lining up for an entire day to get a plane ticket to visit her relatives in the western city of Mérida, Josefina García did not know if she and her octogenarian mother were going to reach their final destination on time for Christmas.