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Venezuela once had a promising future, but after two decades of socialist rule, 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty.

In the name of fighting “inequality,” Hugo Chavez seized control of oil companies and farms. Now Venezuelans wait for hours in food lines.

Since Chavez began to build his socialist utopia, 2 million Venezuelans have fled the oppressive, poverty & crime-plagued results.

Hugo Chavez told Venezuelans the rich are “inhuman”—then used his socialist regime to make himself hundreds of millions of dollars. 

Socialist Hugo Chavez promised “zero misery” when he took over private oil companies. Now millions of Venezuelans are starving.

By the end of socialist Hugo Chavez’s reign, the number of private companies in Venezuela fell by more than a third.

How bad is Venezuela’s socialism-caused crisis? In 2016, 75% of Venezuelan adults lost an average of 19 lbs from food shortages.

Under socialist Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has become the world’s least free economy, ahead of only North Korea.

How has Venezuela’s “socialist utopia” worked out? The country’s inflation rate reached 800% in 2016.

Socialism inevitably leads to corruption and oppression—like the recent crackdown on dissent by Venezuela’s socialist government.