Truly, no good deed goes unpunished. The Venezuelan Government is not getting any thanks for helping poor American households, by providing free heating oil, for eight straight years, during the harsh winters in the US, some years ago. I will not include my own opinion but prefer for voices to be heard, better informed on this topic than I am. But, I can sense something is askew, and I will present some questions begging for answers.
"In 2005, Hugo Chavez launched a program to assist 5,000 Americans by
providing 100 gallons of heating oil to those in need. The
Citgo-Venezuela Heating Oil Program was originally created to help
victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Although the US government
doesn't think highly of Venezuela and Chavez, not everyone shares the
same sentiment. Marina Portnaya reports.
https://youtu.be/scgsTsOUrBQ
"Despite what many well-meaning (and some less so) liberals claim, Nicolas Maduro, the current president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is not Bashar al-Assad, nor is Venezuela Syria, Libya or Iraq.
In fact, applying the lens of Middle Eastern politics to the ongoing
situation in Venezuela is absurd if not extremely dangerous. As tensions
along Venezuela's borders with Colombia and Brazil are at an all-time high, the US war machine, its allies and their liberal media cheerleaders are beating the drums of war."
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/venezuela-syria-maduro-assad-190225120459902.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-47095311/why-venezuela-matters-to-the-us-and-vice-versa
Questions:
Is Venezuela's huge oil reserves (largest in the world) a curse rather than a blessing?
Why would one place damaging sanctions, affecting mainly the poor, while at the same time profess great concerns for their well-being?
Why are we allowing a vast number of our people to live at or below the poverty-line, but have funds available to support the poor in Venezuela (whose plight was worsened by US sanctions), as well as fund foreign militaries of other countries (Israel, Egypt, etc.), not to mention our costly, never ending wars, in foreign lands?
Why is our 'Infrastructure' (e.g., roads, trains, bridges, etc.) substandard when compared to other nations?
Why can Nordic countries (Iceland, Norway & Sweden) provide free medical and college education for all? Is it because they mind their own business, and don't squander their tax money resources for conquests? Are they making their countries great by action instead of talk?
Why are so many of our students, and graduates up to their eyeballs in student debt?
Why are so many of us bankrupt as a result of serious illnesses?
Why are we Americans silent in the face of these affronts?
