Such a marvelous country.  Venezuela is twice the size of California, with a mix of tropical and temperate climates, with 1,500 miles of oceanfront and, guess what, more oil reserves than any other country in the world.  What could go wrong?  Venezuela has everything, unfortunately including a socialist government. Barron's reported (April 8, 2017): "Venezuela is in free fall[.] ... Once Latin America's wealthiest nation and a tourist destination touted in airline ads from the 1950s, Venezuela now faces shortages of food and basic medicines[.]" The Washington Post reported (Feb. 12, 2018), "Venezuela's economy is so bad, parents are leaving their children at orphanages." How could so many blessings be turned into failures?  The Panama Post presented (Dec. 21, 2017) a profound political analysis of Venezuela's plight.  The key weapons used against it, according to this report,...(Read Full Article)