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Be Scared, Be Very Scared

By Christian DeHaemer
Written Monday, April 3, 2017

Around the turn of the last century, I had the opportunity to have lunch with a couple of
ex-pat Venezuelans at a marina on the southern tip of Manhattan.

We sat in an open-air cafe down the quay from an enormous black yacht owned by a
prince of Saudi Arabia. The seagulls laughed, and metal halyards slapped against
aluminum masts. The iced tea went down smooth on a hot day as we ruminated over the
collapse of the richest country in South America.

It was the fault of President Hugo Chavez, who was elected in 1999. Chavez imposed a
form of Andean socialism. The people I was meeting with were the smart, hardworking
capitalists who had amassed fortunes in the oil boom of the 1970s.

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 You may not know it now, but in 1970, Venezuela was as rich as Norway and ahead of
Greece, Israel, and Spain. My lunch mates told stories of flying to Miami and paying cash
for Cadillacs and Mustangs. But times change. Now they were seeking ways to preserve
their wealth.

It is the fault of the government workers. Fifty-five percent of the people work for the state.
Once, they are in the majority, they vote themselves everything, said one man.

They are gutting the oil sector. Everyone who is any good is leaving, said another. It's
like eating the milk cow.

These folks saw the writing on the wall and had the wherewithal to get out while the
getting was good.

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Chavez is now dead, and good riddance. He left only $4.2 billion for his daughter Maria to
somehow manage. His sidekick, Nicolas Maduro, is now in control. He has continued all of
Chavezs poor socialist policies with none of the charisma that made Chavez likable to the
poor.

Chavezs brand of socialism, like all the rest, has failed. The malinvestment, price fixing,
and war on capitalism has left only chaos and misery.

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 The currency, the Venezuelan bolvar, has fallen sharply.

Click Chart to Enlarge

Inflation is running at 150% a month but this is down from 800% last summer. No
market can function in that climate, of course. The people are starving, and the army has
taken over food distribution, which, due to corruption, has made things worse. Hospitals
cant function without medicine. Violence is terrible 60 to 80 people a day are murdered
by gangs, which is the highest homicide rate in the world. Imported Cuban secret police
disappear opposition.

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 And in one of the great ironies, Venezuela, which has more oil than any other country at
298 billion barrels, now must import oil from the U.S.

Things are coming to a head. Over the weekend, the government-loyal court disbanded
the parliament, and then rescinded the order a day later on orders from Maduro. One
theory is that Maduro was concerned his neighbors might take action against a failed state
on their border.

We know things are bad in Venezuela. Worse than bad theyre crazy. And I wish I could
tell you that things are going to get better.

But theyre not.

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In the United States, weve had years of unrest, from riots in Baltimore and Ferguson to
school shootings and terrorist attacks. We have perhaps the worst political class in 241
years. The arrogance and hypocrisy are ever-present. The spin and lies are constant.

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 Nothing can get done unless it is bought and paid for by special interests.

All of this unrest happening in America and throughout the world is a side effect of a global
economy in turmoil and on the brink of collapse.

Its a symptom of the real sickness plaguing us.

It doesnt matter if youre Republican, Democrat, Libertarian... whatever.

If youre a human being who hasnt been living under a rock somewhere, you feel that
something big and bad is about to happen.

Those "too big to fail" top-five largest financial institutions that were bailed out in 2008 are
now 25% bigger than they were... and more dangerous than before.

Private businesses have taken on more debt than any other time in the past 13 years, and
an astounding 863 companies had their credit ratings downgraded... the most since 2009.

Huge franchise branches are closing down in bulk...

80 J.C. Penney stores closed... 100 Macys stores closed, eliminating 4,500 jobs... Kmart
and Sears are heading for chapter 11... 150 closed from American Eagle... 250 closed from
Wal-Mart...

The list goes on.

It took our nation 232 years to rack up our first $8.5 trillion in debt. Eight years later, and
we are hitting $20 trillion in debt.

And everyone wants the government to give them more... more pensions, more health
care, more war, more stuff we cant afford.

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All the best,

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 Christian DeHaemer

@TheDailyHammer on Twitter

Since 1995, Christian DeHaemer has specialized in frontier market opportunities. He has
traveled extensively and invested in places as varied as Cuba, Mongolia, and Kenya. Chris
believes the best way to make money is to get there first with the most. Christian is the
founder of Crisis & Opportunity and Managing Director of Wealth Daily. He is also a
contributor for Energy & Capital. For more on Christian, see his editor's page.

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