bolibombis

Pharmaceuticals are a myth, even basic stuff like Loratadine or Ibuprofen. Toiler paper/soap/shampoo/you name it, is astonishingly expensive due to the current inflation that is of course if you find it on a store. Food is the same as the latter.

They are incredibly expensive and yeah, the teen pregnancy rate here is off the roof, child mortality is also through the roof sadly.

Honestly its hard to know for sure, you could say it does but I think the main factor is corruption, the money we made when the country hit its peak in oil export was never seen, sure the real fall in the bottomless pit we are now started with Maduro but with Chavez there was a slow but noticeable decay in the infrastructure of the country. Socialism looks fine on paper but I doubt very much we will ever see a PURE socialism country thrive, I think I went off track with your question but I hope it at least clear some doubts.

Yes, it makes my blood boil but is understandable that people will think that way if they haven't experienced something of this sort. I don't feel like the current leadership even is willing to work this out but even if they were in my opinion they're too incompetent to turn things around.

I'm currently on my last semester on Electrical Engineering, my short-term plan is leaving, I still don't know how or where but even if I'm starving in another country I'll probably be better than this, I'm used to hard work so I think I could work in anything that I can found in another country.