Tag: Venezuela collapse

Guest Post by Ann Coulter

The massive news coverage of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “political stunt” of sending 50 illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard reminds me of the media’s “political stunt” of referring to illegals as “legal asylum-seekers.”

Number one: They broke into our country. They’re illegal aliens. Number two: All asylum claims are frauds. Every single one.

Asylum is nothing but a conveyer belt to bring the worst people on Earth to our shores. You say you turned your own country into a hellhole? Fantastic! Come right in!

No one gets asylum from a well-run country. Why would we want to admit people who have demonstrated the wisdom, foresight and diligence to produce a functioning society? Rewards await only those who’ve participated in the creation of complete disaster zones. (Just think of what these great thinkers could do for our country!)

Continue reading “Venezuela’s Welfare Has Run Out. Now They Want Ours”

Guest Post by Bill Bonner

LONDON – We first came to London a half-century ago. Back then, the city was tired and drab.

We stayed in a hotel, where we had to put coins in a heater to get any warmth and use the bathroom down the hall.

Now, London is a different city, full of young people, energy, and money.

Streams of people flood across Blackfriars Bridge in the morning – heading for one of the many daring new office buildings. As T.S. Eliot put it, we did not think death had undone so many.

Then, in the evening, the tide reverses; people return to the train stations… or wash up in one of the thousands of chic restaurants or trendy bars throughout the city.

“There is nothing like this in any other city in the Western world,” said a friend. “Paris is a museum. New York and San Francisco are tired and pale by comparison. This place is so dynamic.

“There are so many new buildings… so many people coming in from all over the world… and so much money pouring in, too.”

Where the money comes from is the dot we’re looking at today.

Continue reading “How America Goes Full-Venezuela”

Guest Post by Jeff Thomas

History has an extraordinary tendency to repeat itself time and again.

The same mistakes that rulers make in one era are repeated in subsequent eras. Political leaders have a nagging habit to want to grow governments to unmanageable proportions, invading other sovereign nations, whilst increasingly dominating the electorate at home.

Invariably, this proves extremely costly and the bill is always passed to the people, first in the form of taxation and, ultimately, in the form of confiscation. Eventually nations and empires collapse under the great weight of their own governments.

And, time after time, the same patterns are followed, particularly during the declining stages. Declining nations follow similar patterns with uncanny regularity.

Let’s have a look at just three – first, Rome – an ancient empire that collapsed, then Venezuela – a country that’s currently collapsing, then the US – a country that’s well along in the process, but is just now entering the final stages prior to collapse.

Continue reading “Diocletian in Venezuela”

Via Casey Research

Justin’s note: Venezuela is in a state of despair.

The country’s economy has collapsed… inflation is through the roof… and food and medicine shortages are rampant.

But there’s hope. I say this because Venezuela has a new president. Well, sort of… You see, Juan Guaidó just elected himself interim president of Venezuela.

And many countries, including the United States, now recognize Guaidó as Venezuela’s active president instead of Nicolás Maduro.

It’s a promising development, and not just for Venezuelans. As you’re about to see, a major crisis investing opportunity could be shaping up there…

Continue reading “Doug Casey on the Crisis in Venezuela”