Venezuela: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@lennydotdotdot5580]

Coffee girl interview was much longer than that...you left out the part where she *starts* to answer and then looks at the mic and says "Oh... Info Wars..." *sips coffee* "Nah."

[@BlakeGM]

Lennydotdotdot Exactly. People on here rarely do their own research.

[@ellax325]

Lennydotdotdot wait omg I want to watch it now, where can I find it?

[@BlakeGM]

Don’t forget the part where Ashton (the interviewer) asked if she knew of Venezuela, to which Sailor Moon replied, “Heard of it”. It’s obvious she doesn’t care throughout the interview and fails to make any valid points.

[@loags22]

Ella X Ashtonbirdie

[@catcherboy96]

BlakeGM because the Venezuela argument to discredit universal healthcare, public funded colllege, not lowering taxes for mega rich people, is so stupid it deserves trolling.

[@_jelle]

I like how 90% of the comment section doesn't get that countries aren't either 100% capitalist or 100% socialist, and now they're all confused because they don't know what label to stick on which country.

[@bernardoperez953]

this fucking comment

[@bernardoperez953]

i feel that we need a video what is socialist what is capitalist and to what extend

[@Tobacco_Bowls]

Venezuela is most definitely not capitalism.

[@fernandohood5657]

i love it, the moment socialism shows again whats it worth, u have throw definitions out the trash can and mud the waters for everyone, its the hole typical atitude, "hooo it wasnt real socialism" . By theway what do u think about the USA, so its not a capitalist country now?

[@fernandohood5657]

so the USA is not a capitalist nation... that IS what you are saying after all

[@YimiIpsa]

As a Venezuelan, I testify this and much more that is not shown here. Thanks Oliver for reaching more people to see and understand this horrible crisis we got here since years. Hope we can all learn from this kind of history examples of what blind power and sick people who claim and even some people claim to be "leaders". Freedom for Venezuela and the whole world. We are more than this. We can change.

[@alexkrasnic3850]

he mocked the info war girl when she was telling the truth. and he didnt condemn socialism even though thats why the economy crashed. he did a huge disservice

[@karllyle7724]

alex krasnic This video is basically an exposition on how Venezuela's problems arose from mismanagement rather than socialism itself. He LITERALLY said so at the beginning of this piece.

[@YimiIpsa]

Karl Echiverri Exactly!

[@haydenaa6282]

alex krasnic You have no idea with socialism is; you just heard it's "bad" and associated it with liberalism, which you also have been told to hate, so you blame Venezuela's problem on something completely unrelated.

[@Wolf6722.]

Yimi Ipsa yo también soy Venezolano. Despidieron a mi papá con el resto de PDVSA. Tengo 14 años y me hace sufrir ver a mi familia no encontrar comida. Translation: Yimi Ipsa I am also Venezuelan. They fired my dad with the rest of PDVSA. I am 14 years old and it makes me suffer to see my family not find food

[@obiequack4490]

"Politicians turn into birds when they die" At least they still get to shit on poor people

[@idontknoq4813]

how the f*ck is this not the top comment?!?!

[@Crumble_n_use]

This is fucking gold

[@obiequack4490]

I made this comment like 4 months ago while sleep-deprived, how did it suddenly become my most popular comment?

[@jerremylazy]

Sounds like an eternal job

[@MayandPoppy]

OMG! 😂👏

[@surtu9221]

"I just want people to have free healthcare, honey." XD

[@adalgisounoqualunque9033]

@1,618 φ oh yeah if you discard 160 million americans who enjoy their private plans and have the way to convince the restof the population to pay up to 50/55% income tax like the revered "northern european countries", that by the way are not socialist, they are capitalist with a strong welfare state.

[@adalgisounoqualunque9033]

@1,618 φ The reason why you would never do that it's cause you dont live in America and you have no idea whatsoever how the American system works. In the USA you can either purchase the insurance you want or get it by having a job. This is the reason why Obama said "your jobs are not coming back". His objective was to have as many people as possible to be unemployed and on welfare (which reached the highest record ever under him, together with the debt) and then have as many as possible sign on Obamacare. This meant that premiums skyrocketed. Cause more then 20 million people started getting insurance on the back of the taxpayer system. Also Obama made having either private or Obamacare mandatory, or else you would pay the so called Obamacare tax, of some thousand dollars a year. 160 million americans would beg to differ from your idea that that is a dumpster fire, cause if it wasnt, half of the american population would not have private insurance, as they have. Only people who dont want to get a job didnt have health insurance.

[@ms42662]

@@adalgisounoqualunque9033 this is so incredibly incorrect I don't even know where to begin...

[@KPG113]

@superfuresh I can feel the toxic ultranationalism bleeding through your comment. "FrEeDoM aIn'T fReE. SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs! SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs! SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs!". Yeah it may not be free, but I'll gladly pay the government a reduced rate through taxes or some other system without having copays than having to pay a corporation an exorbitant amount of money and STILL having ridiculous copays. Or you could be like me, broke and uninsured because of this healthcare system.

[@HerpaDurpVg]

@1,618 φ So jealous. People demonize "socialism" like installing free national healthcare is gonna roll back the clock some 40 years, suddenly everyone will be living in shacks and not having anything to eat, apparently socialism is a rundown favela. At least thats what all the elitists would like you to believe.

[@crocorobinn]

I live in a Brazilian city in Amazon Jungle that has received hundreds of Venezuelan refugees the last couple of years. It's heartbreaking, especially as someone studying International Relations, to see what is going on in Venezuela and how delicate of a situation it is, where a lot of good intended acts might cause more harm than good. I'm not religious, yet I pray for my Venezuelan brothers and sisters.

[@lovethyneighbour8287]

Rach F. Thanks for sharing your experience and emotions. Love to Venezuelan people who are suffering.

[@bennyton2560]

I hear you. I study IR too. And China has done a great job creating jobs and growth, altho not without tough acts throughout history. I hope China can at least persuade VZ to accept aids, which China would be happy to provide

[@InvaderTool]

Isn't Brazil also going through some very rough times?

[@hardencryption]

They sure are, but they kinda deserve it as the country is falling apart on bribery schemes and corruption, but all people worry about is what´s gonna happen on the next episode of whatever soap opera is on TV or the next soccer match...

[@crocorobinn]

Invader Tool Brazil is going through hard economical problem, yes, but it's not in any way comparable to what is going on in Venezuela. It's even of poor taste to try to compare those two cases... We still have jobs. Our money is still able to buy our necessities. We still have food at reasonable prices and without having to spend hours on extreme lines. We have a terrible government, yes, but also liberty to protest and to actually oppose it. For some time, I thought news on Venezuela were exaggerated propaganda, but after meeting those people, listening to them... it's really hard not to worry for our neighbours. Brazil is going through a rough time, but Venezuela is going through a economical, political and humanitarian catastrophe.

[@justanotherweirdhumanbeing6862]

9:11 "... making up missing revenue by simply printing more money... " * heavy german breating *

[@tompraeger]

10 billion for a loaf of bread

[@NoahPurdyFR]

@@tompraeger lol, nice joke Heinrich, how about 700 billion?

[@josephpeeler5434]

Notice what our own Federal Reserve has been doing for 15 years now? We have privilege of Reserve currency, and much of new funny money has gone into stocks and bonds bubbles, else we would have very high inflation here already.

[@CaliforniaGirl-qk5kq]

Are you talking about $2.3 Trillion "lost" by Pentagon?

[@MrJJ042804]

@@CaliforniaGirl-qk5kq, $10 Trillion!

[@drewsmotherinlaw7365]

The InfoWars “reporters” are arguing that Socialism results in a huge wealth disparity where an alarming amount of people are going hungry. Thankfully nothing like that would happen in a Capitalist country.

[@KevinSmile]

Wait, I'm a socialist, but isn't America suffering from obesity?

[@i_dont_know_who_i_am69]

@@KevinSmile a country having problems with obesity while also having problems with people going hungry isn't mutually exclusive, especially in a country as large as America

[@nomasterabovemenoslavebelo3628]

Info wars while being a disinformation site is a lot more credible than this jackass. Go down to Venezuela, I hope you like rodents or insects. The country is very rich in oil yet a shitstain of country. Imbeciles are socially engineered to believe lies so easily because they can't critically think for themselves. Good luck Less-ons. Morons are so happy that they are not the lowest forms of life. Late-night talk show hosts now educate our youth. Please make sure you take as many doses of Bill CEMETERY Gates poison as possible.

[@martinhg1977]

That’s exactly what people said in my country, Venezuela, when Chávez came into power, and here we are

[@ajon6205]

So you just admitted that socialism does cause mass hunger and poverty, but it doesn’t matter because it happens in capitalism as well?

[@Vlagstaf]

To be honest, if I saw a "Infowars" microphone, I would talk to the person the same way.

[@kegsofvomitspit]

It’s really the only tone of voice an Infowars goon is worthy to receive.

[@nesurame]

The best thing you could do if you saw an Infowars mic is to blast Disney music and follow them around; Disney is very big into strangling the life out of people that violate their copyrights.

[@Vlagstaf]

Lucifer R and?

[@70mjc]

Vladimir Hery until you check his record of actually being correct...

[@panda-phat]

@@70mjc he's right about some things but Alex Jones is literally mentally unwell

[@ThePlockets]

That analysis of American political discourse is so tragically spot on: "Two people, who don't really know what they're talking about, condescending to each other nonsensically until one of them lands a sick burn"

[@Seth9809]

I see stuff like that all the time. It's here in the comment sections.

[@TheSarahskaninchen]

Tevo77777, yeah it may be bad in the comment sections but it is really unacceptable from political figures.

[@bisboptheclown]

So why would he contribute to that

[@marylawrence2218]

Problem is EVERYONE probably nodded knowingly and only thought it applied to other people

[@festethephule7553]

@@marylawrence2218 Exactly. It infuriates me that people don't seem to get this. ...Wait, was what I just said hypocritical? It feels hypocritical.

[@SHB2000-p]

I am Venezuelan, and I appreciate that you took the time to talk about the terrible things that my country has been going through, but I thought it was important to mention that Maduro not only mishandled the economic crisis but also became an all-out dictator imprisoning and killing many innocent people just for opposing his government.

[@sunrisewolfy]

That was mentioned by the woman at the end of the video. Not by John but it was in there.

[@Tespri]

Socialism always ends up with dictatorships. That is what happens when your life in someone's else hands.

[@LordMephistoteles]

i am venezuelan and i aprove this message and @taspri, thats not true, europe has PLENTY socialist govs and policies and they aint dictatorships, you gotta realize its not bout capitalism or socialism, its bout kleptocracy vs accountability, tyvm *drops mic*

[@beartanks4343]

ReX Slayer There is no socialist govt in Europe.

[@aarongeorge8876]

ReX Slayer there’s no true socialist government in Europe. No socialist government has ever ended up good.

[@carolinamurtha3102]

7:42 every Latino has a dad who tell stories with those sound effects. We’re so used to it.

[@jlife9092]

The Venezuelan lady choking back tears as she struggled to maintain an air of dignified defiance even as she detailed the atrocities dealt out to civilians who dared to speak out publicly against the government, the equal parts of her frustration and humiliation so palpable, I couldn't help but feel immense sorrow for her sense of utter helplessness at the situation of her beloved country.

[@jmlkinc]

"That's basically the state of our political discourse, two people who don't know what they're talking about, condescending at each other until one of them lands a sick burn". Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the comment section.

[@jacksimpson8529]

That is honestly true, I can't tell you how many times I've come across a comment chain that's erupted into a flame war between two fired-up toxic assholes who want to start something.

[@richardsmart4988]

@@jacksimpson8529 Although not, usually, on John Oliver videos...

[@jacksimpson8529]

@@richardsmart4988 Yeah, that's good right? It shows that the people here at least care enough about this issues to form a consensus, I suppose.

[@Sonofstagg]

I think you mean welcome to life

[@MasouShizuka]

It is adorable to look at 2 children trying to measure their peens and trying to one up each other in size.

[@tyleriobilletera]

As a Venezuelan, I love how the comments are Americans trying to deviate the whole point of Socialism and political parties in the US from the ACTUAL MESSAGE of the video. Venezuela needs help and it starts with you giving at least 19 min to pay attention of the atrocities that are going on in my country. TE AMO VENEZUELA!

[@abbacomtek]

Tyler Wallett why cant you guys fix that among yourselves ?? Why would you need help from foreign countries, Just asking

[@asperRader]

in this thread we see people who didnt even watch the video

[@abbacomtek]

Publius Scipio relax sister, no need to get all wet and exited. We get your point!!

[@tyleriobilletera]

Ivan King How can you possibly say that. First of all Ivan, my people can not even find FOOD or proper HEALTHCARE, my people are THREATENED not to speak against it and to top it off DYING in the hands of the government. Therefore, Ivan I ask you not to put yourself in MY shoes but rather in MY PEOPLES shoes, and tell me Ivan- How would it make you feel if the whole world did not notice that your mom comes home CRYING because she doesn’t have food to bring home or how you are FORCED to leave the country in order to have a prominent future, TO RISK everything and leave it behind so that your son has FOOD to eat, while you clean houses. So Ivan, AS A HUMAN to another HUMAN please understand that without each other at least CARING about it, we will get nowhere and continue to neglect the problem.

[@meowing_wolf]

The people aren’t responsible for the poor decisions of their government. People are starving and their leaders won’t do anything to help them. They need humanitarian aid so people won’t starve. You can’t say capitalism is superior when you see a failed socialist economy and essentially say “I told you so”. People will die and all you do is criticize the fact they used social policies. So admirable of you.

[@YTNFSCC]

I loved the part in the coffee girl interview where she want "You can have healthcare without socialism" "I want free healthcare, that everybody pays for" "Why should everyone pay for it?" "Because they want free healthcare"

[@shalyfemusic]

Earning 40,000 a year and giving away 20,000 is that really free healtcare

[@Rissa_1322]

@@shalyfemusic I think you are wilfully overestimating that. No tax would be fifty percent of anyone's income. And I should not have to point out to you that many people's medical emergencies that are not covered by insurance for a variety of reasons do very much ACTUALLY end up costing half a year's income Right Now.

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@@shalyfemusic Paying a few thousand extra a year and saving thousands upon thousands dollars by not paying deductibles, premiums, and co-pays.

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

@@shalyfemusic I spend more than that on healthcare EASILY and I purposely put off going to the doctor because it’s too expensive. My medication alone costs more than my rent. But freedom, am I right?

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

@@teutonicterror0365 if I could get healthcare for $300 a month, my life would change sooooo much. I could actually afford to save for the other medical devices I need and can’t afford

[@sircrabsalot9507]

"You people have, like, worms in your brain, honestly..." There is so much beauty in this world.

[@JustNatax3]

Pretty sure she was baked out of her mind.

[@vertsang5424]

i'm pretty sure anyone would be confused by what that "journalist" said

[@burtosis]

You misspelled propagandist, it's not spelled with a J.

[@burtosis]

@santiago Ferrari she was only speaking in the infowars native tongue. 10/10 best response possible.

[@morriscolenbrander1395]

Can someone explain? I didn't get this roast

[@AlejandraPerez-sv3tr]

HBO you the real MVP. I'm definitely too poor to have HBO, but I appreciate you posting to KZbin so I can be a less naive human being 💯

[@willritter4076]

it's too bad Trump can't be the president of Venezuela... I'd greatly appreciate it if some John Oliver fans who like 80s power ballads would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of Whitesnake's IS THIS LOVE and Phil Collins' AGAINST ALL ODDS on my channel in tribute to the legends. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.

[@CRASHjester]

Same here. Kinda wish HBO was free but NAHHHHH, Time Warner wouldn't approve that

[@nerdyninjatemptress]

This is only part of the whole episode but I agree. I completely agree.

[@HadesJambix]

Uhhh... you know this is propaganda right? Evidently you're still naive. By the way, socialism kills. Every. Single. Time. (Except in Nordic countries where we pay their defense budgets... and they're about to collapse)

[@cian2168]

Jambix McHades Yes, all this factual evidence documenting the horrors of Venezuela is just "propaganda."

[@danielsuperlano]

I’m from Venezuela an when ever I hear or talk about what’s happening it makes me angry, sad, depressed... But this time I laugh, so thank you Mr. John Oliver!

[@iluvearth99]

Daniel Superlano Vegas +++++

[@abrilgomez4671]

I felt bad for laughing too hard! And I remember all of the news he is referring

[@Elenrai]

@@abrilgomez4671 How are things there these days?

[@jackxv]

My mom is from Venezuela, and I lived there for a while, too. I was kind of hesitant to watch this one, but I’m glad I did.

[@thepathofeden73]

Man you must love Socialism ❤ This is a joke

[@jdizzle9011]

Wilder Valderrama was in a tv documentary about returning to Venezuela for the first time since he left as a child and his whole family asked why did he abandon them and never call or write or help them. He was caught by surprise and the tv show didn’t edit it out. Was pretty telling.

[@MarceloRamos-uk8cd]

Can you give me the link?

[@lisaboo596]

He is awful. I’m shocked this a guest on this show 😠

[@bozotheclown9973]

@@lisaboo596 what do you mean by that?

[@deborahk6311]

It's Monday. My soul is healed. Praise be, Praise be.

[@gort668]

Praise be.

[@penelopepetite2228]

This comment made so 2:30AM happy

[@gort668]

Stop it. Get some help.

[@denizkendirci]

That sassy popeye was really cool.

[@OpalMonkey.]

I'm convinced she was cosplaying something. Probably something from a niche anime series, or possibly a parody of every anime series. And now that I see that in writing, I kind of want to know what anime and where I can watch it.

[@silverzombie4477]

She did not give a single fuck. 😂

[@wguid]

@@OpalMonkey. She was cosplaying Sailor Moon. It's an anime, but can hardly be considered "niche".

[@OpalMonkey.]

@@wguid What makes you say it was Sailor Moon? I mean, yeah, the top is in a sailor-style, but that isn't uncommon, especially in Japan. I don't see anything that points to Sailor Moon specifically though. But I'll admit, it's been a while since I watched it.

[@theocean1973]

*InfoWars BETA* : "Lame right-wing talking points, believes in conspiracies, paranoid about stuff, doesn't want people to have healthcare, has worms in brains." *Sassy Female Popeye CHAD* : "Calm, collected, as cool as the iced coffee she's sipping, chic sailor outfit ON POINT, doesn't have time for your bullshit, chill AF."

[@isabelminerva8632]

Helo! Venezuelan here (feel free to ask any question). I'm glad you guys talked about us - even though our "President" is a joke and our state is deplorable at the moment - and I know there's obviously a shitload of stuff you missed, but the most important and in my opinion the worse thing of this Regime (this isnt a socialist government - this isn't a government, it's a Dictatorship) is the number of people dying everyday from malnutrition and lack of eating. And when I say that, I mean that there are thousands dying, specially the younger generations. *Kids die in hospitals and because of the government crackdown, Doctors aren't allowed to put the cause of death as starvationg (usually putting something like heart attack, or whatever it is that finally did kill them, but the obvious reason for those is starvation)* I hope one day things get better here, but to be honest I'm one of those venezuelans who're trying to escape (looking to leave the country in the course of this year if all goes well). Which hurts and sucks because I love my country, but it´s not even the shadow of what it used to be - and I would know, because I grew up as Chavez rose to power and I saw how things changed for worse every year in my life.

[@isabelminerva8632]

@Atrid Well, there are many varying opinions both on the internet and off. Also, I want to just clarify that you're getting an answer from a 23yo so I was just a toddler when he came to power, but I did grow up noticing the changes in the country. And I'll try to be as unbiased as possible, but it's hard for me on this particular subject. 1. He certainly had a huge following when rising. Politically speaking, his opposing candidate when running for elections made a huge mistake, and that led him to winning the elections with a pretty big number (even my mom voted for him that one time, which she regrets to this day). Not to mention that he made sure to make a lot of "socialist" moves (giving a lot of free stuff to those in lower social classes). 2. Life during Chavez' time wasn't better - it was basically the same as it was before... and then slowly grew to be worse. It was only "better" than Perez Jimenez' time (he was a borderline dictator President during the 4th republic, he did the usual Political police thing, killing some political opposition and whatnot, but nowhere near as bad as Chavez*). As I grew up, what I can tell you changed the most was this: security became worse, as in, there was more delinquency and said delinquency got more and more violent as time passed by; the economic ability people had slowly diminished, and the same goes for quality of life; corruption started to be felt everywhere (you knew a guy who could get you X document done instead of going thru the normal process, for a price; i actually got my license without ever going through any paperwork). I'm sure I'm missing more stuff, but those are the most blatant imo. I think this needs to be prefaced, but our economy has always relied on Oil (big, bad mistake). The thing is, while other presidents sought to put some economic policies, and make jobs or infrastructure or whatever (while obviously stealing some money for themselves), Chavez did not. In fact, he made a big effort to destroy most producers and industries while getting lower classes to rally behind him with classism (hate speech basically? i guess?). He pushed the blame of their social status on those that created jobs and brough food to the supermakets. That in turn partially affects how we're so scarcely supplied for food and most things have to be imported. Well, that and the whole price laws (certain products are forced to be sold at X amount of mney, and that basically means that by selling, companies would be losing money... you can see the problem with that). So when Chavez died, Maduro came to power, the oil price plummeted, and there was no backup (no economic policies, no stash of money for emergency situations). As if it wasn't enough, we also had Maduro putting the whole country in debt to Russians and Chinese for exhorbitant ammounts in exchange for weapons, arms, etc. This because of the protests in 2014 and then later in 2017. And while there's no official proof of this, it's general knowledge that Maduro and its regime depleted the country's Gold Reserves. So really, they milked this country dry and atm we're pretty much a bankrupt country... * _Actually, when Chavez was voted in, people wanted a new face that wasn't related to the 4th Republic or the two main political parties (Copei and AD), mostly because of the corruption. Oh booy did they get that wrong by voting for Chavez_ . 3. I'm adding another disclaimer here because a) I was part of the 2017 protests, and it will play a part in the answer and b) it is a political stance that not all people agree with (both from opposition side, and pro-Maduro side). The opposition technically rallied behind the MUD (Democratic Union Table, if translated word by word). Because we all know that divided we would be less powerful, and our opposition figures were kinda divided up to 2016, they figured it was a good move. If it had been a move without hidden political agendas, it would've been. Before 2016, our opposition leaders (exempting Leopoldo Lopez) were shitty af. In retrospect, that is, because they only had their best interest in mind and not the country's. Leopoldo is the exception, but that is too long of a story to get into. So when in 2017 they banded together we thought it meant a change. Mind you, the protests started naturally from the rest of the society, when the MUD saw that we were gathering a relatively big number of people, they started calling for protests as well. People like to forget that they weren't the ones who came up with the idea, they just jumped into it when it was convenient for them. Now, fast forward a few months, around 150 kids-to-young-adults deaths, and some international viewership. The MUD suddenly calls for us to stop march-style protests. The ANC (basically an illegal National Assembly that was to be made up by Maduro's regime) voting thing shows the amount and scale of cheating they applied to it, from International sources. All good and great. But slowly the MUD cools down the streets. And things eventually go back to normal. ANd then new elections come (regional, state, etc). And the MUD basically uses this whole time of protests as their promotion campaign to get us to vote for them. There's also the "dialogues" they make with the government in other countries. At this point, ther have been a few reputable journalist that have brought to light that quite a few of the MUD members are in cahoots with the Government. So now we don't have the MUD. ANd those "barbaric" resistance groups? Those were just kids, students, wanting a better country, and were led to their deaths basically to serve some BS MUD politicians' agenda. They were venezuelians, guys my age, not some US-pushed agenda (ridiculous). So we no longer have a political figure that can rally us up. Actually, that's mostly the reason I've given up on this changing anytime soon. I saw so many die (one of the most gruesome happened just down my street, actually), I gave my all during those protests and stretching myself thin mentally and emotionally, heck my mother almost got killed because of that! And we got brutally backstabbed by what we thought were people on our side? The depression and disappointment is incredibly big. Inmensely so. I have hopes that one day things will change, but there's a saying that each country gets what its' people deserve. And while half the blame lies on politicians, so does on the rest of the society that didn't move a finger and expected things to be magically saved by a few. Also I'm so sorry this went on for so long. And the fact that I tried to not go into detail as much makes it worse 😅

[@isabelminerva8632]

@Catawallupin thank you! It is horrible, and half of it is not covered internationally so I can tell you with all certainty that you've no idea the extent of it, but I appreciate the fact that people are willing to take a bit of time from their lives to listen/read about it!

[@timeaesnyx]

Isabel Minerva I hope you do find a better life

[@Royo2013]

A rational discussion in one of the comments. That is a rare thing to see. I wish you all the best in or outside Venezuela

[@dianacarbonate]

This is so insane. Thank you so much for your story. It's been really hard to know what news to believe on Venezuela here in the US, or what to make of it. All I really knew was that I was sick of conservatives acting like we would somehow end up the exact same if we voted for Bernie Sanders, as if our countries were identical in every other way. But while we don't fully understand what is going on, I think most of us at least hopefully know that the protestors are just good, desperate people in the worst possible situation, that you got into through not real fault of your own. I think that's the main thing we have in common with you: many of us see the horrible things our government is doing, but we don't have any real power to stop them. We just vote and then cross our fingers, and it's not working. I'm scared for my country and horrified for yours. I hope you and your loved ones are able to get out and go somewhere decent.

[@stormyprawn]

"I just want healthcare honey" Omg the sass in that 😂 the "honey" at the end was amazing!

[@kk8490]

“Oh my god, you people have worms in your brains honestly” What a legend 😂

[@infinitysalinity7981]

They're probably crying in their kitchen sink, having seen their Great Leader Commie Sanders booted from his path to presidency. The only brain worms are in the smooth brains of communists.

[@ricochet4674]

@@kk8490 literally the only reasonable response to these assholes anymore. They are not going to listen to you so you're better off just ignoring them or telling them to fuck off.

[@infinitysalinity7981]

@Jacob Tsutsumi Oh yeah? Which 78 year old doddering politician advocated for a 30 TRILLION dollar project that has ZERO chance of working and 100% chance of destroying the economy? Oh I remember. Communists worship the government more than creationists worship their god. Sad and disgusting.

[@klaus1420]

Free health care. Hahaha. Just check out Canada, 3 week wait times. Workers actually recommending private health care.

[@camcantrun]

When you're about to go to sleep but you realize John Oliver just blessed us with Our Lady of Perpetual Venezuela.

[@penelopepetite2228]

This comment made me so 3AM happy

[@tmseh]

Poop be with you

[@parvativillarba753]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZe5XnZndsxoqas You all are sheep

[@vamsikrishna9501]

There is a difference between "Socialism" and "Social Benefits". Having a state-sponsored health care system doesn't make a country any socialist. It is a social benefit where the country's resources are spent on the welfare of its own citizens. A country can have a proper NHS and still be a healthy capitalist country or not have an NHS and succumb to crony capitalism at the expense of people's lives. It's the decision of citizens what they want. May sense prevail!

[@LudwigSauerteig]

Excuse but citizens got insurence it is may, that they don't dept us because we can't buy.

[@mo2gen364]

I'm sorry but the NHS is a bad example of a working health care system

[@helenwhs]

Angel Budgie “crony” is when bribery is used to climb the social ladder where true capitalism judges you on the value of your work. Free market and fair prices with little government. In practice, v\cronyism always creeps in, since we are humans after all.

[@helenwhs]

@Angel Budgie But you gotta admire the revolutions of the dreamers like America's founders. They cleared the rot for a while.

[@helenwhs]

@Angel Budgie That was the Civil War, wasn't it? The Revolutionary war was for freedom from Britain.

[@harmenbreedeveld8026]

"Oh my God ... You people have like worms in your brain, honestly." 😂😂😂

[@holyg33z]

Harmen Breedeveld watch the whole interview that sanders supporter is a braindead stoner

[@harmenbreedeveld8026]

Mike Oxlong Better stoned than worms in your brain 😊

[@holyg33z]

Harmen Breedeveld 🤦🏻‍♂

[@harmenbreedeveld8026]

Mike Oxlong 😂😂😂

[@HistoricLife]

Sure she is. However Alex Jones people are moron conspiracy nuts. The crap they spew is stupid beyond belief and only suckers listen to them and buy that garbage he sells.

[@kellyb7321]

This topic really needs a follow up. So much more has happened in the last 2 years.

[@daveyboygee]

And it would show what an idiotic idea it is to keep defending socialist policies

[@nxthy6978]

@@daveyboygee The socialist policies like schools and healthcare?

[@ethantemple506]

@@daveyboygee you do realize that the US uses a lot of socialist policies right? Such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, public infrastructure, public education, food stamps, public broadcasting, labor union protections, subsidies for businesses…we benefit from all of these apparently devilish socialist policies and we’re still a capitalist state.

[@immortalsun]

@@daveyboygee What about the dozens of socialist countries that have some of the highest standards of living in the world? If you think this is a socialist problem and not a corruption problem, you need to watch the video again.

[@jhonatancock2302]

Yeah right now is a bigger turd. 5.4 million escaped the country , the money is worth dirt and Maduro will stay as president until either he dies or kill all the venezuelans of hunger.

[@n1ckelp858]

We are in need of Lord Buckethead

[@hoihoi12250]

N1ckel P where is Mr Fishfingers

[@ferchains]

I concur~

[@andregomeztorres]

I appreciate you taking the time to put a light on the issues in Venezuela... It sometimes feels exactly as a joke, turns out it's just a real nightmare

[@henryvaltsart9849]

Pray for them

[@Tibbles11]

Praise Be John Oliver Praise Be for another week of Last Week Tonight and a crisis that most people have not heard of and NEED to understand.

[@RayasNegroOvejas]

Matt Hayes it feels crazy that ”most people have not heard of” this. Either it’s bad reporting on it where you are, or I’m too optimistic on what people know/hear/care about

[@Saternalia]

Praise be

[@TheKueiJin]

I honestly LOVE LWT, unfortunately i despise the people he works for. So every time i hear him mention "Times Warner" i need a few min before i can continue the video.

[@swanpride]

Yeah, though in this case, he didn't delve into how exactly the country was mismanaged (basically they put the oil business under state control and then replaced the people working their with incompetents whose only recommendation was that they were close to the president, and then they forced those companies to work without any money allocated for investments). The US should take a good look, because that is their future of they don't stop Trump.

[@Lux7355]

PJ - Probably a bit of both, though I'd suggest Americans be a given a _bit_ of latitude on the "state of world events" that don't directly involve the crazy person currently occupying the WH. He tends to dominate the headlines, which usually are of the *_WTF??!!_* variety, and in turn, change every few hours, it's honestly difficult to keep up with it. ;cD

[@PlanetaryFacts]

Imagine if they just brought the Duolingo Bird.

[@absentcoder4552]

Planetary Facts Slow down inflation or emasculation.

[@yurikendal4868]

I use that app. It's Great for learning a language

[@arigadatred5395]

@@yurikendal4868 Fear is a powerful motivator.

[@kyleking3839]

@@yurikendal4868 we all know you are being held hostage by the duolingo bird

[@orangelake2268]

@@ishaannag4545 (send us a message, we will rescue you)

[@chanel-z2544]

Thank you for talking about Venezuela. Everybody seems to forget. Thank you!

[@CoffeeFresh_]

chanel-z no body has forgotten. It's just the socialist who want to sweep Venezuela under the rug to prop up that old couk Bernie Sanders. I honestly don't know how to spell couk. I almost put cook.

[@MichaelaCloyd]

Iced coffee girl will forever be an icon.

[@dan8085]

bae

[@anonamous365]

Michaela Cloyd ...yup what when the shit goes down and people try to figure out why. The icon of stupidity

[@emeyeenaych]

She was definitely on something

[@marfology]

i'm in love with sassy popeye

[@Kwijiboz]

Come on, that woman can´t be real, I mean she es more extreme than a parody could be. Fuck we are screwed...

[@jman8904]

my Sunday night lunch break isn't complete without John making me sad about life

[@kirdnehh]

J. Kelly Sunday night lunch??

[@aidanyelsma7762]

I watch it at 2:30 in the morning because of insomnia.

[@jman8904]

Aidan Yelsma also 2:30 am, but I work at night lol

[@jman8904]

Kirdneh I work while you slumber, sweet one

[@mindofmandy]

Scrolling through comments. This one made me laugh out loud. Thanks, pal.

[@Canada1994]

Venezuela's hyperinflation is as bad as Germany's was in the 1920's and Zimbabwe's in the 1990's and 2000's.

[@manuelmuller1658]

And Argentina in the late 1980's and early 1990's.. And also Argentina in the last 6 years. I know because I live here.

[@Canada1994]

@@manuelmuller1658 My aunt lived in Argentina for a years a while ago.

[@manuelmuller1658]

@@Canada1994 I'm an argentinian. And the current government of my country is an ally of the venezuelan dictatorship. And the economic soluction that the government is giving to the inlation problem is very much like Venezuela did.

[@Canada1994]

@@manuelmuller1658 I'm sorry to hear that

[@manuelmuller1658]

@@Canada1994 My country is not a dictatorship (yet) but the current administration has authorritarian tendencies just like Trump and Bolsonaro's administrations.

[@metfan4l]

2:26 *haha wow that was spot on*

[@Photologistic]

Triple M -John is only dismissing the navy chick because she is right. Hillary hates socialism, or anything that doesn’t prop up the rich, just as her close friends in the GOP do. The have the same donors, who are the only ones who matter. DNC absolutely CHOSE to lose to Trump, rather than win with Bernie. That was clear as Day from their convention, and the fact that the “superdelegates” completely ignored the Bernie voters. Bernie won in so many places and got almost no votes from superdelegates!

[@daemonelectricity]

He's not dismissing her. He just applauded her, but he's obligated to make a joke about it, because that's the nature of the show.

[@floris831]

Triple M i

[@dan5609]

Triple M not an argument tho

[@saytax]

Daemon Electricity And not to drive a political idea? Could've fooled me.

[@MultiSciGeek]

It's amazing that we live at a time where satirical shows explain news better than actual news channels while being much more neutral. This episode was well balanced. Great work, John!

[@Distimmer]

OHM-968692 ...eh...he's kind of leaving out the whole "history of US interference" thing. It matters.

[@snoopyfod1807]

Distimmer time constraints will do that

[@FlamasNegras]

phoenixkhost And that why he praised neutrality, because of people like you.

[@alexkrasnic3850]

this is about as neutral as one end of a AA battery. are you like 12 years old??

[@ozone2639]

Well thank God it's got your ever important approval....

[@JCBassCovers]

"You people have worms in your brains." is probably the best and most accurate response to anyone who works for or consumes InfoWars.

[@mrmattlakin]

Sassy Popeye

[@lightzaber1437]

we stan dasha in this house

[@leannaburnell1745]

Stick to your narrow minded left wing echo chamber, loser.

[@mariaclaudiaquintanaestrad7053]

I still didnt know how the reporter didnt realize that the girl just dont care about that info

[@gabesachse5391]

@@leannaburnell1745 hi racist fucker, stop being a racist fucker.

[@Mel-lj5cq]

"I should know...I'm a bird." and "Every time a bird poops on you, you should know it was a political statement" killed me

[@severtone263]

Venezuela should learn from Zimbabwe, where ALL OF THIS, was already tried and failed.

[@badredfinn2982]

Evertone Siwela Really? The most productive economy in Southern Africa is a failure? Do tell.

[@badredfinn2982]

Evertone Siwela You must either be from Zimbabwe, or just know something we don't. But you MUST know that the UK still owes Zimbabwe a lot of money promised after Independence, so, another example of a colonized nation.

[@severtone263]

@BadRed Finn, I think that is a debatable statement. When unemployment is at 90% and hyperinflation shatters records to 89.7 sextillion (10^23) percent, I beg to differ. Virtually every country around Zimbabwe in Southern Africa is doing better than Zimbabwe.

[@severtone263]

I am 100% Zimbabwean, I do not dispute all the ills contributed by the UK from colonization as they surely contribute to the status quo, but we also have our own bad governance to blame for where we are. I believe that we are on a better path now since we hit rock bottom in 2008. Venezuela's path is EXACTLY what Zimbabwe used to do in years past.

[@obo2999]

lurocp8 someone is touting zimbawe economy as a success. Wow

[@TsukiNaito1]

"Honey, I just want people to have healthcare." Talking to people that don't know the difference between social programs and full on communism. I just want to catch up with the UK, guys, not mimic Venezuela.

[@crappyusername69]

Socialism is just social programs. Its where the government takes control of all industries that provide a public service, so that they can't be churned for profit like they are in a capitalist country. Communism is when they take control of ALL industries, including things like steel production and IPod sales, control for the sake of control. Rereading your comment I feel like we are on the same page anyway, but i suppose its good to clarify for anyone else reading.

[@shawnstrittmatter4783]

No it is not! Social Security is a social program but you can have a private retirement plan if you would like...

[@bsgvlog5640]

TsukiNaito1 The problem is that Americans don't want to PAY for that healthcare ...If the government can offer as good or BETTER insurance than I'm getting today then fine I'm in . Otherwise no way.

[@changjeffrey829]

BSG Vlog you’re paying for it either way. The only difference is one guy will try to max his profit and the other guy don’t need to be profitable.

[@dinolandra]

BSG Vlog how good is your insurance? My insurance is shitty and expensive, especially with copays. It's the same as state insurance/Medicaid in my state.

[@theruisu21]

Please, make another program about the current situation in Venezuela.

[@etniks69]

...you mean "another program" where the facts. not lies are stated?

[@theruisu21]

etniks this program was pretty accurate considering the typical reports in USA about my country.

[@ConstantChaos1]

But this time he shpuld have sailor socialism as a guest host

[@zombierevel]

Current situation = SHIT^2, also it spread to all latinamerica

[@jbsmith86]

It's basically the same except now Trump is trying to make it impossible to get out of

[@SantiagoTorrealba-m6u]

Please do another one with what’s going on now as a follow up to this episode. We need it

[@RobAGabor]

Sassy Popeye knew what she was talking about. She just didn't know what Info Wars Lady was saying, because it was so nonsensical. And when Info Wars Friend spoke up and she realized what they were actually trying to say, that's when her eyes got big and she landed that sick burn.

[@idenree8606]

Or she was just an idiot.

[@skinniemcfats5292]

Why do we dislike socialism? Because we prefer to walk our dogs, not eat them.

[@promethium-145]

@@skinniemcfats5292 Yeah, socialism doesn't work.

[@brainwashedbytheleft6384]

@@promethium-145 ok what abt the Netherlands? Finland? Basically all of Northern Europe?

[@brainwashedbytheleft6384]

@@skinniemcfats5292 ummm what are you trying to say? Do you understand how anything works?

[@camcantrun]

This girl that InfoWars interviewed is the real MVP. Can we get her an award?

[@cookiebandit18]

Honestly though, that's probably the ideal way to argue with the reactionary right. You don't let them fit in most of their buzzwords and shut them down quickly. It doesn't add credibility to their ideas and saves energy for talking to people who can actually have their minds changed.

[@BossGalka]

She didn't do that though... she was high as fuck and just responded slowly and with as few words as possible lol. She was hilarious, but she didn't shut anyone down or stop them from using buzzwords.

[@elfsong713]

She was hilarious!

[@Narrenspiel6]

Well the InfoWars Reporter did a better job arguing than her. If there is an award for that, i hope i never get it.

[@nhagan001]

That girl is hella hot. I assumed he said "sexy Popeye" instead of "sassy". Well I said it, that is for sure.

[@ruanfernando]

Wait, as a Brazilian I must correct you: The US has backed coups in ALL of Latin America, Brazil included. There were freaking US destroyers stationed less than 5 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro when the military coup happened (Spoiler: they weren't there for in case the coup succeeded)

[@gmoney5947]

ruanfernando my grandmother is royalty from panama she had multiple cousins (Arosemana) become president and her mother’s (Arosemana) high school sweet heart (Arnulfo Arias) went to medical school at Harvard and when he came back she had already married (David Octavio Medina) but he cared for her so much that when he became president he got my grreat grandfather a job in his administration. In 1951 CIA backed gorillas stormed the palace and killed my great grandfather, while my great grandmother and her daughters (aunts) were upstairs. Anyways the president was overthrown but was back into power a few years later. My grandfather (American Navy) said that while living in the palace there were a couple German men who he believed were spies for either West Germany or the USSR but supposedly the president was a nazi supporter. I need to record my grandma and grandpa on tape. They’re 90 and 92. Anyways I’m just a normal poor American whose Panamanian grandma was of royalty.

[@gmoney5947]

Ruanfernando I got side tracked, what I was getting at is that the United States was involved in this coup de taut and they had my great grandfather murdered and would have done the same with the rest of them if they were on the first floor.

[@DanielRM92]

Indeed, even Colombia, the trained lap dog of the USA in the region, have been victim of the USA influence in the region

[@NuncaSeMeOcurreUnNik]

America backed up and supported severals coups d'Etat, but they did not organize it, not even one of them. Every Latin America country is guilty of their own fate. Stop blaming the others for the things your own people have done it.

[@DanielRM92]

yeah, so kind of the US to leave Guyana and Suriname alone... and as much as I appreciate the acknowledgement of the coups backed by your government, I feel the need to remind you that those coups took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this countries, we are still dealing with the backlash

[@gurkenhamster]

"We couped so many nations, but guys, I pinky-promise we have nothing to do with this one"

[@dashx1103]

Yep. This was my last straw with Oliver. I just popped in today to see if anyone else caught the USAID report that came out confirming what we all should have known at the time -- that the US was trying to pull a coup in Venezuela. Citations Needed did a new brief on it today, if anyone is interested.

[@Fifthelement203]

I was in Columbia recently and the people from Venezuela are coming in In droves. It’s insane there

[@therebelliousenglish6653]

Lmao probably because he is misleading people

[@En2AM]

He's right, many Venezuelans are leaving for Colombia/Brazil looking for a better life because this shit gets worst each day that passes. I'm Venezuelan.

[@a2falcone]

Wait, maybe he was in the DC.

[@Carol-fy2qr]

It’s cOlOMbia

[@therebelliousenglish6653]

USA probably triggered all this to happen, safe to assume lol

[@24alejouribe]

I'm colombian and i'd love to pretend to be offended, but, let's get real hahahahaha

[@clamarroan]

Jajaja...that makes two of us!

[@luzaleja2]

I got offended for one second and then I was like... damn... true. What a mess. I heard they're sending some money to Colombia to help with the Venezuelan people who are coming here to try and survive, and I hope it's not all stolen by the corrupt people in our government.

[@juanalviz7705]

I was mad for a second, then I got sad

[@Klefth]

Crude drug joke aside, yeah, that's pretty real. I'm colombian as well and boy do I know this place is a fucking mess. But oh, don't you worry, I'm pretty sure the third coming of best-president-ever Uribe is gonna steer us in the right path! What with their proposal of basically crippling the nation's division of powers and pretty much taking over all three branches... Hoo boy, these coming elections are scary...

[@gabrielamoreno9678]

I’m Venezuelan AND Colombian

[@Minox_]

'Bad timing Zazu' was this a hint that he was going to voice zazu in the lion king or were the voice actors already known back then

[@RykinNewman]

Most likely it is a reference to how people made fun of him online for looking like a bird... He did it again a few weeks later. kzbin.info/www/bejne/habFfmuYeZ6emc0

[@chromeorihara1949]

@@RykinNewman Nope, it had already been announced that he was going to voice Zazu and it's a reference to that.

[@chromeorihara1949]

@Christian Chavarria Yes, he had been calling himself a bird since before the new Lion King was announced but the Zazu thing in this video was clearly a reference to his role as Zazu.

[@fournsevenhzerofive7617]

The Jonestown Juice Cleanse got a very distinct reaction from the audience. He should definitely do more dark humour, in my opinion.

[@kohinarec6580]

Definitely. I find most of the jokes on the show lukewarm.

[@alanchoichang8336]

that bird story is so hilarious... but damn, his whistling is pretty good

[@avedic]

Wow...that girl interviewed by InfoWars might be my favorite human ever....for so many reasons. How can anyone be that cool?

[@mysteriosamsqwanch8801]

avedic Xanax

[@ryant4411]

She’s high

[@kappadarwin9476]

I don't see how you think being a pothead is cool.

[@fangsabre]

A huUUUGE bag of weed

[@surelyurcrazy7671]

Alec Norton white bread Suburban nightmare

[@FOLIPE]

The US needs to learn to how to use the word socialism better, so it can understand the world better. If your word for socialism fits both the Nordic countries and USSR, you are wired to have a foggy view of the world and think every step left is a step towards authoritarian planned economy. It isn't. That's why the left should stop calling everyone fascist too, btw. Fascism is a concept with a definition, and lumping everyone right of you under it is a disservice to the political discussion.

[@MazeFrame]

In b4 angry US americans

[@Leo-pw3kf]

"But socialism is when governments do stuff! The governmentier a country is, the socialister it is!" - A liberal, probably

[@9doggie12]

F. OPE huh nothing you said makes any sense. Socialism isn’t just the success stories it includes the many epic failures.

[@BladeValant546]

Lets see, USSR, Vietnam, North Korea, China, Cuba vs Norway, Iceland, Germany, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Britain (to some extent), Poland?

[@Groober2365]

What if everyone is a fascist?

[@just_a_head-u5s]

Rewatching this after a while, and the thing I'm shocked about the most is how most of the comments are about the Infowars interview, disregarding all the suffering the people in Venezuela are going through. Shows that we're nothing but a cautionary tale for some people.

[@christianvennemann9008]

12:59 Let's not forget about our boy, Marlon Bundo! 🐇🐇

[@imiguifurr]

we never did ;)

[@DanboReviews]

the lore thickens!

[@christianvennemann9008]

Don'tMindMeJustAnotherCommentorMoveAlong I'd say it's Legends, but it's because HE is a legend!

[@kurisu7885]

Just putting this out there, when Chavez was in office he had a video game banned in Venezuela because he thought it might inspire an uprising. The specific game was Mercenaries 2, which took place in Venezuela.

[@ericcl5313]

kurisu7885 Sidenote: The mercenaries games were awesome.

[@JackMorris916]

Great game, always wanted a third

[@richardleonhard3971]

It came out three years after a coup that had Chavez temporarily out of office that was rumored to be supported by the US and as I understand it the game rewarded creating as much chaos as possible. When you consider that, the fact that mercenaries are war criminals and America's long and bloody history of intervening in Latin American countries by literally all means imaginble, I can understand where he's coming from. I'm not saying it's great but hey, the CIA tried to get castro overthrown by infiltrating the Cuban rap scene. The are even involved in funding or making hollywood movies like Argo or Animal Farm. So this would definitely not be out of character.

[@m.a.____c.5892]

shurednichso if you think Chavez was democratic is probably because your mom let you fall while you were a baby

[@The80sWolf_]

Yea fkn americans have no idea what even their own governments have done in the past and is doing now. That is how sucessful brainwashing works. Do they even know that USA is a major reason for the Korean war in the first place? Do they know that USA dropped more bombs on Vietnam than on Nazi germany? Even heard of Operation Northwoods/Condor? There are so much dirt in recent history about USA/CIA that never gets spoken about, but the lies about socialism/communism are spread as truths.

It is not a joke for those of us who live in Venezuela the terrible social, economic, political and health crisis. Millions of Venezuelans have seen our quality of life diminish even when working more. Many people are starving to death. Many young people have been killed, imprisoned and tortured by the regime. I do not forget the massacred in the Junquito and the political prisoners. Thousands of people seek medicines that they can not find or can not afford to save their lives. Thousands of pets that have been abandoned to their fate, because their owners can not feed them or have left the country. Worse yet, they have also abandoned children and old people to their fate who migrate desperate due to an unsustainable situation. Thousands of families have had to separate, shops and businesses have closed, schools and universities are deserted, public and private transport have collapsed due to lack of spare parts and lubricants, hospitals can not care for the sick. Worse yet is the total destruction of values, the growth of crime, and the endless situations that I could keep on listing. I never saw destruction of such magnitude on the part of a government. It is a total lack of respect to take this terrible humanitarian crisis as a joke and here every day people are still dying, Venezuelans eat from the garbage in one of the richest countries in the world. Come live in Venezuela and see if it still seems so funny, I've cried each one of those deaths and it isn't a joke!

[@aflo2010]

Desirée Depablos I am so saddened about what is going on in your country. One day I hope this world will be at peace.

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

What is interesting is people think all of that is NOT happening in the united states.

[@abecedang]

@@CantEscapeFlorida if you think you're having a bad time in the US just go to Venezuela... You have no idea how lucky you are, to be able to go to your local grocery store and have the possibility of buying bread (an amount for the day only) without having to get in a line for 2 hours, getting tampons or period pads without having to go to 10 drugstores and having to struggle to find money to pay them because they're so expensive. You don't get random calls from prison bosses (and I mean, prisoners who lead the prison) trying to extort you by threatening to kill your family because they have people outside that put their eyes on you because you have a somewhat "comfortable" life. I guess that you haven't been pointed at your head with a gun while waiting on a red light so they can take you and you car, and kidnap you to ask for ransom (common practice over there). Or maybe you have seen your grandma fade and lose her sight to glaucoma because her medicine (easily found in other countries) can't be found in any drugstore, and hear her cry because she can't do anything about it. Never mind the people who have cancer or diabetes and are dying because they can't find the treatment that would be easily accessible in any other country, including the US (expensive, but it's there if you can afford it). Maybe you have also had to wipe your butt with napkins you had to take from your workplace, because -guess what- you can't find either toilet paper nor napkins in the super market. Living there beats your dignity up so much that there's a point where you start dying inside, and little by little, it never stops. You feel hopeless and powerless everyday and depression has become a common situation for a lot of people. So I ask you politely, please, don't tell people that suffer this everyday that you suffer the same or more, because that's just disrespecting their huge effort to try and survive one day at a time.

[@busfahrer09]

omg I have tears in my eyes reading this, I'm so sorry for my useless government. I will write my MP directly tomorrow morning and demand fuckin answers.

[@tthaibr9035]

We are following the same steps in Brazil, sorry for you Venezuelans and sorry for us Brazilians. I hope one day my children can live in a good place.

[@TKOTDtvMusic]

The OJ joke legit had me guffawing lmao

[@nikolai3620]

I never thought I'd say this, but... I think I'm in love with sassy Popeye.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

-nation-proof holy flak jacket.

[@Meltorizor]

i have the impression she's high af

[@greenbrain8725]

Dude, you got worms in your brain? :-)

[@davidrouton997]

I had the uncontrollable urge to watch a Fellini film...

[@KazzProx]

I cant stop watching that section

[@gopherdon3783]

Who else waits until 2 in the morning for the new John Oliver video

[@jinxshaddix]

Gopher Don 8'30 am here, perfect start of the week. Coffee, some breakfast. And a new John Oliver. Is perfect.

[@Dc-yt7xc]

It's 11pm for me

[@Piecemaker1975]

In Europe no need to stay up late.

[@teosprock3508]

Gopher Don it's 9AM where i live lol

[@OhNikk]

S. I. V. Obviously hes up anyways. Come on man you gotta see hes just fishing for them likes.

[@jessetorres8738]

John, whenever you're going to give President Trump any ideas, good or bad, you really should use the Catheter Cowboy to explain them.

[@Ramsteinrig]

I honestly thought he was going to do a Cath Cowboy or variation of it lol

[@hansbass8119]

Apperently, catheter cowboy is a terrible device to explain anything, seeing that he failed to persuade that turd on every single issue (Not because of lack of of effort, though)

[@omarjimenez8895]

The cowboy has become one of my favorite characters of the show

[@armedwombat6816]

Don't blame the Cowboy, just because he's not a lobbyist of a terrible multi-billion dollar company, a ruthless dictator, or a family member who Trump wants to bang.

[@akashalihazarika4690]

Anyone else got the "1984" reference from those eyes painted on the walls for surveillance?

[@marzuqahmed218]

yeah

[@AgoristsRising]

IngSoc!

[@david4rancibia34]

as a Venezuelan, whenever i see those painted eyes (very often actually) i can only think in the Big Brother

[@gpgara]

Oi! That joke about Colombia is... accurate. Totally accurate. 😂😂😂 Sincerely, A Colombian.

[@ryanbranigan231]

We just want all people to have health care, Honeyyy

[@Grapesoflol]

you have to pay for my medical bills sweetieeeeeee~!

[@bryanhall2661]

Zyoop changa You just have to let people die with bad genes and poverty bruh *sarcasm*

[@abdalln8554]

A society where we all chip in for a greater good? HERESY!

[@I-DIG-IT-CT]

subsidizing healthcare drives prices up, not down. Free market and less government involvement brings the most people the best healthcare.

[@bryanhall2661]

AbdallN Hey, at least people who read stuff only at face value can get that new expensive thing they don't need at the cost of not giving a shit about a societal problem. Greediness is America's favorite thing to do. From the rich to idiots supporting the rich because of not giving a shit.

[@evanclark311]

The woman in the first interview is an absolute legend.

[@karimqk1895]

14:16 But this isn't actually true. Like, the US has actually had a hand in creating economic instability, through funding of oppositional business interests to sanctions on the country. John got it wrong on this one.

[@Rissa_1322]

I think it's safe to assume "the US had a hand in creating economic instability" is always the case.

[@Eche_8]

John, one more time I thank you on behalf of the Venezuelan people. The world needs to be aware of the massacre that occurs each day in Venezuela. Maduro and his comrades need to go. Venezuela needs a new sunrise.

[@Eche_8]

I wish! hehe. Just a regular guy here, working 9 to 5, 6 days a week so I and my family can have a roof over our heads

[@rodrigofalcao2490]

How are you even commenting on the internet If the media tells us you're Starving over there? Like, isn't the internet supposed to be the same price of cars over there? Just curious!

[@rodrigofalcao2490]

Alexander Santana and How are you working If the media here tells there's no jobs over there and over 1000 Venezuelans are coming to Brazil literally to work? Hahahahahahafhaa

[@XBarajasX]

is a generalization u dumb ass, there's diversity of classes like Brazil, only that 80% belong the the poorest, 15% middle and 5% to the richest, mostly realted to government or something illegal. "there's no jobs" Are u idiot? U expect somewhere to have 100% of unemployment?

[@Eche_8]

'cause I don't live there anymore. It is said that over 3 million people have left Venezuela looking for a better and brighter future in the last 3 to 5 years

[@brendanwhiting1235]

“I would like to make one thing clear. Denmark is far from a socialist planned economy. Denmark is a market economy.” - Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark

[@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_]

It is very embarrassing that many of my fellow Americans don't know the difference between all the terms. They just says words without knowing what they mean.

[@fggf803]

True. In other news Bernie is not advocating a "planned economy". His "democratic socialism" is much closer to social democracy than classic socialism. He is is also not the first one who uses the term "democratic socialism" like that.

[@firehot427]

I don't believe any country in the world is. There are many aspects of socialist parts in countries like universal healthcare and even here in the states we have social security which may it rest it peace it's going to die as it's going to go into too much debt. Either war we also have the anti trust act here in the U.S which can be seen as socialism. Either war there isn't really capitalism the closest we ever go to a actual capitalist society was when the industrial age started.

[@Paintchipsrocks]

Why republics are better.

[@fggf803]

Ursus Americanus Wow, youre one of those people with worms for a brain. I bet you would like it in Somalia, no democracy and none of those evil regulations on capitalism.

[@MakingStuffco]

this was so light in comparison of how it really is! My country is completely destroy because of them!

[@Deckardpr]

Making Stuff no te gusta? Fuck off!

[@bernardoperez953]

que ?

[@mcasthq]

Fuerza ! y viva Venezuela !

[@MakingStuffco]

Como que no me gusta? Claro que me gusta que muestren lo que sucede en mi país, solo digo que no comentaron todo lo que sucede, esta mucho peor que lo que mostraron!

[@JohnzeeMr]

Chairman Mao Incarnate: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5i2YoF6qtx6ldk So Serbia how did the UN's George Soros your very own Clinton Foundation do in Serbia did you like Hillary's bombs? Apparently mega corporations don't like politicians meddling around, Samsung punished its former president because its thousands of employees got pissed about some rumors about an economic collapse and plan to layoff Samsung employees. Too many G.I Joe's in South Korea their inbreeds are probably employed by Samsung if not themselves cause Samsung has a military department. That raises the question does the Malaysian government even matter in Malaysia if it cuts itself from the Malaysian economic boom and the Malaysians that benefit from it? With all those construction by the belt and road do any of this political parties even have the via veritas vita right to fuck those Malaysians who want a better opportunity? Does voting mean you are at the mercy of this political swindling parties if so why do Malaysians even bother voting at all? This is going to be interesting will Mahathir via veritas vita fuck Malaysia like Venezuela can he really go against Chinese Investment and how much organized is the Shanghai Cooperation Sphere and what will be there response to Mahathir's declaration? Perhaps they could drag Akihito's lazy arse and tell Mahathir to just play Prime Minister and let the big boys play. That's right Papa Benedict your via veritas vita is nothing without the power of purse, faith is good but you do know God is not real right.

[@missingfaktor]

That sassy Popeye girl is Dasha Nekrasova. She has a podcast called the Red Scare.

[@rasharddavis321]

Thank you so much

[@GameplayandTalk]

Damn, it's bad in Venezuela. :(

[@felopez6545]

indeed it is

[@UHavABadConnection]

Gameplay and Talk their money is actually literally worth less than gold in WoW right now. I think the rate is like 5:1 in conversion to WoW gold. Also why do people not know the difference between a socialist economy and a command and control economy?

[@carlosalbertofurtado3043]

UHavABadConnection because is the same thing

[@RjM777]

that what they get for given us lele pons

[@Ravendark42]

Not really. I have seen journalists who actually bothered to go there. No people begging in the streets, no breadlines, people shopping in the supermarkets, food on the shelves. SOME products, like diapers and toiletpaper, are undersupplied, but thats because those products are monopolised by a few oligarchs who are in opposition to the government, and they have produced the scarcity to simulate a crisis. Western news, especially the US media, have ofcourse hated the Venezuelan government since they threw out the oilcompanies and nationalized their resourses. Thats the kind of thing you get overthrown by the US for doing. So this is why Olivier is doing this. Its sad, really, but mostly for the Americans.

[@lucasaoyagi4178]

what is the definition of socialism in the US? It seems that this word is used to define communist or URSS influenced countries. Here in France the Socialist party is/was one of the most popular party and won some elections tho i don't think i live in a totalitarian regime (or maybe that's propaganda that makes me feel that) neither do i eat shampoo...

[@kiuremneitor5425]

Lucas Aoyagi America still believes the cold war propaganda of anything that is not free market and tries to help the people=communist. The simple act of commenting of something as normal as universal healthcare is a sin.

[@edictzero]

Socialism is to Communism as being HIV positive is to having AIDS.

[@xXLgtscopsXx]

It's happens to be a counter argument to central planning by the u.s. government lmao.

[@markjohnson206]

Socialism is the government taking my money and giving it to someone else who they say needs it more. It's stealing. Furthermore the money they steal through taxes isn't spent wisely because governments notoriously suck at money management. Edit: And because the government is necessarily more powerful in socialist states, rights are eroded and gov officials fall into corruption. Imagine if instead of lobbyists, US Congressmen were just giving a bunch of tax money to do their job and execute their programs. If you really think that money is the root of all evil, then you should prefer capitalism to socialism. At least in the former power isn't as concentrated.

[@nielsstentoft2458]

Mark johnson Yes, socialism isn't really that great, but socialistic programs are one of the most essential parts of a functional society. Most countries should thrive to have democracy, free market, and socialistic programs. Countries like Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are probably some of the best examplest of great "socialistic" countries. :)

[@aeringossett6430]

I want to be sassy popeye girl's best friend.

[@aestheticxx6077]

BIG FACTS. EAT THE RICH

[@oblivious93massacre]

I volunteer as sassy Olive Oyl.

[@markussalmia3872]

Listen to her podcast Red Scare

[@PennyPennyPennyPennyPenny]

she is hilarious

[@saytax]

So there will always be someone dumber than you in public? Good plan.

[@richgerow3472]

I love the subtle jabs at Mike Pence with the Marlon Bundo jokes. Good shit, John.

[@pezpeculiar9557]

A comment on the humanitarian aid: Venezuela doesn't want to take aid from the US since our country has had a history of using aid as a Trojan horse for attempting to overthrow Latin American governments. This is why Red Cross, for example, is permitted.

[@fast-yi9js]

This episode is older than the US's increased efforts to topple their government ~6 months ago, the perpective has obvoisly changed quite a lot on this. And of course theres a decent probabilty of weapons beeing in there since sanctioning medicince and then sending "medice" has indeed happend quite a few times now

[@jaimevargasalvarado579]

He's not talking about right now, hes talking about since forever ago, you guys use aid to micro mange us all the time. And by us I mean South America.

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

We don't do that, anymore, that we know of

[@LB341_]

Escuela de las Américas and the genocides it led to. South America will never forget.

[@Nice-mf7sv]

Anyone get the feeling you could totally see trump giving away tv's and firing people every sunday on tv?

[@kai615k]

The sequel to the Apprentice.

[@abrilgomez4671]

Trump had quoted Chavez...

[@BlueUncia]

Well, it wouldn't be out of character.

[@bigbadbob7070]

I could see him firing people on TV, but not the giving away TVs part, he’s too much of a selfish bastard to do that.

[@AlimentariasPeru]

You know this show is good when you have a Nobel Laureate to tell a 3 seconds joke.

[@masonldn8647]

As much as I wanted to laugh at Wilmer, knowing that he was one of the lucky ones to leave way before this, I know he suffers inside because he has family there .

[@rohana351]

in love with sassy popeye

[@DUDEGUY-de4zt]

Patriarchy

[@marceloenriquegarciagarcia4754]

Happy to see I wasn’t the only one, angry to know I got a rival now.

[@palbo4]

Damn it, me too

[@76Pou]

It really is terrible. I have a friend in Venezuela, she and I both have a very rare, painful vasculitis. She tells me she spends weeks to months bed ridden because they always run out of the medication in the pharmacies, so she has to wait for it :-( I find it outrageous that these morons end up in power.

[@beartanks4343]

That's what happens with socialism.

[@rjtheripper931]

Yes because you have to wait in line for your turn. Here be acknowledging scarcity in capitalism we actually conserve resources to a price. Thus eliminating all those people who can't afford it. You are your own worst enemy when it comes to economic stability.

[@obo2999]

rjtheripper931 because as we all know, no one in America has any medicine. I can't just walk to the store and buy some... Oh wait, I can. Thank you capitalism.

[@rjtheripper931]

Obo299 that's what I said. Capitalism gives things scarcity and a value where as socialism doesn't. Once something is used up it can't be produced anymore.

[@johngil3692]

Lucia Pou stop voting for socialist ideas

[@PaulVotava]

Worms in your brain LMAO

[@anonamous365]

Paul Votava , not an argument

[@tas991000]

Honestleh...

[@SpinTheWords]

@@anonamous365 it's more of a statement

[@a.b.h.6668]

I love how john acctually recognize the animosities that America does all around the world instead of coating that with "freedom" to the people I deeply respect every American that is smart or at least honest enough to say that

[@MrSlanderer]

MOROCCAN NEWS But do you acknowledge that Maduro is a highly unqualified (and frankly, very calloused) President?

[@a.b.h.6668]

Yes

[@MrSlanderer]

I love to hear that. Even with the US doing bad things, the blame can’t always be solely theirs. These types of dictators can’t be allowed to constantly deflect blame off of themselves. Greetings from a brother of the ummah (even if you’re not religious)! Stay clean and safe; we can’t risk losing intelligent folk like you!

[@eduardosanchez7827]

You are right about many things but Chavez didn't eliminate 50% of poverty, he just replaced the prior methodology to measure poverty. For example, he found out that only a few products and services affect greatly the poverty index: flour, milk, fuel, electricity, house rent, etc. Then he forbid by law increase of those prices, of course it gave the impression of less poverty, but 2 years later no one would rent a house and dairy products, flour, etc became scarce

[@lotus8878]

yup, lots of people made a legend out of him, like Che...so Chavez is an icon now, and since he did speak his truth to the US ( and not without some good reasons) he's now a saint of social justice to lots of leftist westerners who have a very hard time to come to grips with the disaster Venezuela has become.

[@Derna1804]

Price fixing while destroying domestic industry in favor of imports, no less. How absurd is it that a country with vast fertile lands and a year-round growing climate is starving? Or that a country with a modern infrastructure and experience with shipping, which is in close proximity to the rest of the developed world is not receiving and distributing ample aid to feed everyone? This famine is being enforced by the government, because people who are starving are incapable of effecting a revolution. It's democide, slaughter of the people by a government.

[@LudwigSauerteig]

... to stop vandalisation ... to prevent usury ... concerts subventionen .... money works ? people, animal sometimes wood but money ?

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

“When powerful leaders die, they become birds” Somewhere out there is a bird that was once FDR who enjoys those old style long cigarettes

[@quinndavis3955]

It's a flightless bird; his disability transfers over to the next life.

[@Ostentatiousnessness]

I mean, I wanted to go there but I just wasn’t sure where the line was on that.

[@TennantJunkie1993]

And inbreeding and spreading his seed.

[@1080lights]

They aren’t long cigarettes, they’re normal cigarettes in a cigarette holder.

[@MasterArchfiend]

So...he became the Penguin?

[@syystomu]

Can we all just agree that the term "socialism" has lost all meaning in mainstream discussion? Also btw the rabbit plan was already implemented in Europe during and after WWII. My parents grew up eating rabbit meat. Not that I particularly want to recommend it, being a vegetarian, but that idea didn't come out of nowhere.

[@gaelic229]

the downside is that rabbit meat has no vitamins. and yes it seems that almost no one has actually read what the different types of socialism mean.

[@ofardo8046]

It may be an idea that already existed, but comparing WW2 with Venezuela's current situation is insane. Venezuela's situation was completely avoidable! Why on earth would a politician suggest the idea of eating rabbits when they could easily stop inflation and just make them buy out of a grocery store like normal people in normal countries do?

[@RosiAguirreMar]

In WW2 they used to treat open wounds with sugar to stop the bleeding. Would you like a doctor to use that method on you today?

[@airmaxrd67]

they still do that on some US prisons, check olivers video on the us prisons

[@gaelic229]

i thought that was honey and cobwebs for wounds ... and wouldn't open trade markets be more adaptable than stores?

[@petromaria9502]

Thank you for using your Show as a channel to showed the world the reality in Venezuela. Well done Mr. Oliver. I will like to see an updated version. Thanks again Mr. Oliver.

[@javiercastillo7516]

There a good episode on EMPIRE FILES VENEZUELA.

[@javiercastillo7516]

There a good show on EMPIRE FILES

[@petromaria9502]

Thank you Javier, I will definitely check it out. 🇬🇷🇻🇪🇺🇸👍

[@1308HK]

"reality"? I laughed

[@javiercastillo7516]

@@1308HK check out immortal technique

[@SLKibara]

Oh boy Johnny! What terrible thing about the world will you inform me about today?

[@aidanyelsma7762]

He's going to be Zazu in Iron Man Lion King.

[@ronaldvongrayson7428]

In The Mind of Kibara US Regime Change Airlines has switched destination from Syria to Venezuela and will complete it's sortie in 1 year

[@a2falcone]

This was OK, but surprisingly soft on the Venezuelan regime. I think they didn't have enough time and focused too much in the economic aspect. Nothing about the populism inherent to the Chavista regime, how Chávez got famous when he led a failed coup against a democratic government in the 90s, how Chávez bought out or got off the air all the independent media, how these people have gotten rich by stealing from the state and partnering up with drug cartels, how they basically bribe people by giving them stuff in return for their vote, how they erased the rule of law by filling all public institutions with impartial Chavistas, how they prosecuted the opposition and even dissident Chavistas, and a long etcetera. Furthermore, a bunch of amazing stuff could've been added to the economic management aspect, for example: gas is literally cheaper than water thanks to pointless subsidies, a subway ticket in Caracas is 5 bolivares, which actually means it's free because there are no longer 5 bolivar coins or bills, they bought most of the industries and then let them to rot, they destroyed Venezuela's agriculture, etc.

[@AntonioBuonoG]

Andrés Falcone yeah this was fine and I'm glad they did it but explaining the whole clusterfuck of shit that is Venezuela would require a 3 hour special at least.

[@romelsnake]

Not enough time. It would take at least a 10 hour show to be able to expose everything those fuuckers did and are still doing...

[@surelyurcrazy7671]

Andrés Falcone they focused on the policy because the comment section is completely flooded with fat white Americans from Alabama saying socialism is going to kill us all. They arent interested in who was actually making the decisions they're only interested in three words capitalism socialism and communism

[@21boxhead]

BLAH BLAH BLAH DIMWIT REPEATING THE SAME AMERICAN PROPAGANDA MOVE ALONG

[@Nyah420]

As sad as the situation is, the Venezuelan people let this happen, and they let it happen because of what they are. Even if someone invades the country and expells Maduro, in a few generations, a new leader like him or Chávez will end up in the same place. You can't defeat biology on this.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I was born in Venezuela while my dad worked there. Left as a baby. Always wanted to visit there, but nah.

[@alonsocardenal3328]

Johnny4eyes dude that is literally me

[@LordMephistoteles]

yeah well venezuela in the 2000s was nice, but then we became a shithole so keep your distance

[@21boxhead]

FUCK YOUR LIFE STORY

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

21boxhead My life story? Glad you asked. Pull up a chair. It's fascinating. My life began much the same as many. Actually, just about the same as most. There was reportedly a lot of screaming and crying, and tears of joy were shed. Not about my birth. That would not occur for about another nine months...

[@GAndreC]

Expect to be treated as a foreigner unless you have some basic civil knowledge of the country. Knowing who the founding father's were or the national anthem goes a long way towards avoiding getting screwed by vendors (this applies everywhere in to world to varying degrees)

[@jsm3876]

5 years later, Venezuela isn't doing better & Venezuelans are arriving to the US by the thousands, i think is worth doing an update show John Oliver !!!

[@joeschmoe21]

John Oliver (not his real name, he is a British Jew), was just doing propaganda for the US government, probably on CIA cash bribe. US wanted to remove the Democratically elected leader (Maduro). US hates Democracy.. if they leader does not bow to them. US started the Vietnam war by destroying Democracy there. US didn't like the way Vietnamese people voted. But... Maduro is still there, while Brandon and Trump are both looking weaker than before. Democracy in Venezuela survived in spite of the USA. But USA has given up on destroying Democracy. CIA is no longer paying the British Jew any more money to do propaganda against Venezuela. So don't expect a follow up. Jewish people are clever.

[@zazocar]

Thanks for bringing this report. It is a tragedy what we are living wether is in in Vzla or outside. Many of us have lost hope.

[@disconnect9084]

zazocar i am so sorry for what's going on over there but can i ask how is he going to win under these circumstances and with the support of only 5 percent.i couldn't understand.can you explain?

[@Naught359]

At your girth, I'm sure you're doing just fine.

[@xF3arl]

SkepticalContrarian, why do you choose to be this person? You had so many other avenues of thought, but you chose to be mean for literally no reason.

[@Naught359]

Fearl, don't you find it kind of ironic that an obese women is talking about losing hope when it comes to starvation? It's a lot like Kim Jung Un being the only fat person in North Korea. She doesn't deserve sympathy, the people she's stealing food from do.

[@necromax13]

I am a Venezuelan who fled the country two weeks ago, ask me anything

[@abbacomtek]

Victor the Kid ok,,, “why cant you fix that shit among yourselves ???

[@necromax13]

Thomas Buchovecky At some point between the 70s and 80s. The architecture and urbanism was the highest in the continent. Quality of life was also really high, as so was acquisitive power.

[@necromax13]

Ivan King Because the venezuelan equivalent of the American baby boomers, is either too old, or too disinterested in protesting, and they're quite the important group of citizens. They're the majority of state workers and professional manpower. Two years back, groups led by student assemblies successfully managed to start a nationwide movement of protests, which were met with deadly force use by police, military, and paramilitary groups. Facing this situation, and without support by the preceding generation of citizens, teenagers and young adults began what is currently a the biggest emigration process in out history. Also, the government has now finalized its takeover of the legislative system and electoral college. TL;DR: Citizens didn't pull a coup when they could.

[@necromax13]

Sensitive Atheist Allow me to answer in English, as I'm comfortable with the language. Short answer: No. Rabbit/hare was a delicatessen type of meal, but overall, the stereotypical Venezuelan preferred to eat chicken, pork, and to some extent, goat, before eating rabbits. The recent "solution" proposed by the government to promote and stimulate agriculture based in rabbits is nothing more than a scheme to appear in the international press and make it seem like they're at least trying. (No es como si yo estuviese en contra de comer conejos, de hecho me parece una solución potencialmente parcial a los problemas de escasez en Venezuela, sin embargo, lo que se ha hecho en relación a los conejos es entregar un número determinado y escaso de conejos a ciertos "agricultores informales", y poco más. Nada semejante a una estructura productora de carne de conejos a nivel industrial)

[@alphasierra.]

In your opinion, how can this be changed for good? And how can I help?

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

“Hurricane of shit” is a new way I found I can describe a bad situation.

[@vaerii9094]

I just heard him saying that as I'm reading thru this

[@katherynemero9355]

This Venezuela from two years ago is now starting to sound like the United States in 2020.

[@mrindia1]

Right??!! And I liked this video back in the day for some reason. It's gonna get worse. Watch

[@tifforo1]

He didn't even address one of the worst aspects of Maduro's rule, the colectivos, AKA extortionists with total impunity

[@fengardice]

When the woman at 16:23 says "the militias" that's what she's talking about, the word she uses in Spanish is "colectivos"

[@GorhamP]

Fabio García as tifforo1 said, although the issue was mentioned, it was not addressed. And neither was Diosdado Cabello, who most everybody who've been following what has been happening in Venezuela know is the real guy running the show. Maduro's just a retarded puppet

[@ozone2639]

It's a 19 minute segment, some things are going to be left out because of time constraints. But really who else is reporting on Venezuela at the moment? Most people in the U.S. wouldn't be aware of half of this if it weren't for this segment. I say quit bitching and appreciate the fact that he is trying to bring this to people's attention.

[@quqbalam5089]

tifforo1 You mean the fascists pretending to be Chavistas that are members of or allied with Colombian paramilitaries like the Urabeños and Rastrojos.

[@quqbalam5089]

ozone263 "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't be aware of half of this if it weren't for this segment." In what world do you seriously live in? CNN, BBC, The New York Times, Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, all mainstream media outlets, have vigorously engaged in all out propaganda war against Venezuela. I would dare to say that Venezuela is the third most talked about topic in US mainstream media, only behind Trump and Syria.

[@atamay]

I appreciate this, it is way more complicated, a lot less funny and much more tragic, but I do appreciate it.

[@PBPTLP]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/op3HfKZ-pbWjeKs

[@themandokero1410]

The only problem is that you cut too much slack to Chavez. He was the one responsible for destroying the institution of democracy in the country in the first place.

[@dan8085]

Chavez was democratically elected and he did nothing of the sort. This type of bullshit is pure propaganda.

[@manfredh236]

C Chavez did ruin the country. All businesses need modernization and maintenance to remain relevant. He instead used that oil budget to hire more workers, finance his political campaigns and buy voters basically. Nowadays Venezuela's oiling infrastructure is in such a dire state, it's even cheaper to buy and import US oil than refine it in their own country(4times cheaper to be exact). Chavez was a moron. He did the equivalent of filling a credit card to show off to your neighbourhood how well you're off, only now he died and his family have to deal with his idiotic spending.

[@propane2729]

C In 2009 Chavez used what is kown as "eminent domain" or expropriation, he took away more than 50% of the private property and companies from their owners, this is only legal under some serious cases, he just started expropriating everything without a reason, putting the mayority of private business, and ownerships in the hands of the state, this is illegal, and this is what caused the lack of basic products (socialism) So yes he did not follow the constitution, he began the destruction of democracy.

[@bernardoperez953]

oh yeah this is propaganda , like facts are propaganda

[@trollpolice]

C take your commie loving head out of your ass.

[@AFN2750]

If sassy Popeye is out there: you’re the greatest. Fucking marry me.

[@jp57604]

she wont let you hit incel😂