Venezuela did not collapse simply because it is a socialist state. It crashed rapidly because of a multi-year effort by the CIA and US State Department to collapse their economy so that energy corporations can gain access to their lucrative oil resources.

Venezuela did not collapse simply because it is a socialist state.  It crashed rapidly because of a multi-year effort by the CIA and US State Department to collapse their economy so that energy corporations can gain access to their lucrative oil resources. https://t.co/TCXZM451Q3

— Jake Morphonios (@morphonios) October 9, 2018