🇻🇪 The Battle for Venezuela | The Big Picture | La batalla por Venezuela
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- Venezuela is gripped by crisis. Economic collapse and political meltdown have devastated a country that boasts the world’s largest oil reserves.
Latin America’s once ‘model democracy’ now struggles to maintain order and feed a divided people. But the seeds of its current demise were sewn a century ago, when the events of its formative years ensured that the fate of Venezuela would be written in oil.
The Big Picture: The Battle for Venezuela examines how the exploitation of oil created the modern nation of Venezuela and, how the oil industry helped create a divided society as well as endemic inequality.
We chart the impact of industrialisation and the flux between dictatorships and democracy, highlighting the legacies of prominent leaders to shed contextual light on the troubles afflicting Venezuela today.
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As a young Venezuelan I want to thank Al Jazeera for this amazing documentary.
viva hugo chavez from germany
Do you still live in Venezuela? I want to do business there
Lord Blackfire ✊🏾🇻🇪 no soy de Venezuela pero Viva Venezuela! Viva tu país ❤️
Lando Parada When did this happen?
Thanks Al Jazeera for this wonderful documentary interview. This shows the hard work the news network does and journalists spreading independent news all over the world. Keep it up for the important work you guys make! 🙂
And there still Venezuelans thinking and affirming Hugo Chávez was a bliss for them. They are still iliterate.
This is a materpiece to understand the current situation in Venezuela. So well done. From the production stetic to the deep analysis. Thanks AlJazaeera for being a referent for not just journalists but the whole world.
So sad what’s happened there. Praying for these people.
Praying: Doing nothing while pretending to do something.
Mark Garner Don't believe anything this video is showing it's all about Venezuela natural resources that the US wants to conquer.
chris fromm prayer is the only thing I can offer them. If I could help them I would do it in a second.
jp unity you don’t think it has anything to do with Maduro poor handling of the economy?
Mark Garner The government has made mistakes for sure but these shortages of some basic and food items are created by the opposition elites business men utilizing price gouging and the smuggling of goods into Colombia to create shortages in Venezuela. The state of Santarder in Colombia and it's two main cities Bugaramanga and Cucuta you can find hundreds of items made in Venezuela for sale. Many Venezuelan cross the Tachira bridge into Cucuta to buy stuff then return to Venezuela but the main stream media doesn't talk about that.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Great 1 h documentary about Venezuelan history. This explains prefect what has truly happened. Now you should make an other 1 h documentary about WHY it happened; economic and political decisions that lead to social collapse that our genaration would never see it recover.
He asked Cuba for advice...I Lol'ed so hard. The blind leading the blind.
And Cuba has nothing at least this country has lots of oil.
So sad to see such wonderful people suffering like this.. get rid of that corrupt government!!😠.. love from Ireland 🇪🇨🇮🇪
...the closing comments -..."there is no going back to pre-1998 Venezuela". I wonder if it is ever possible to bring any country back from 2000%/year inflation and 30$ average monthly income? I think it is simply crazy that people still argue about what happened there! To me it is obvious that whatever problems that country had with over reliance on oil, state corruption and income inequality before Chavez , when he died all those problems were ten had become ten times worst. AND that is the sad truth - placing a 30million country in the hands of socialist demagogue just does not work. It is one thing to have Swedish socialism model but that model requires a solid economic base of productive private enterprises albeit taxed to the limit. So not having any of that economic base and taking advice from Castro always leads to disaster...I wish people realize that talking populism for hours might be nice music to some poor people's ears, but will only lead them to more poverty in the end, which is exactly what happened in Venezuela!!!
I am lead to believe it's more complex. Failures in socialism seem to arise from their vulnerability to internal corruption coming up against severe external pressures from capitalist regimes. Capitalist nations have undercurrents of socialist corruption, like state protection of corporate interests, and the opposite is true of the opposite. The ones with the most power end up "winning". Just a thought.
I still remember when Bush Jr was in his second term (2006), Chavez was speaking hard on how Latin America would gain its independence of the Western Colonizers. Brazil, Columbia, and Cuba as well as others supported the idea of an independent region. Latin unification and pride was on the rise, anyone on the inside knew what was going happen next. Conspiracy theory? Not likely. Fast forward, Venezuela will be up for grabs and in the background, the Chinese are making huge investments in the country. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. By the way, thank you Venezuela for helping our poor with heating oil in the USA. That was not your responsibility.
The Venezuelan people did not have a say regarding Chavez's
generosity to various causes. He treated Venezuela's oil
reserves as if those were his personal property. He gave
money to Joe Kennedy (who could afford to buy the oil
himself) He gave oil to Cuba (for years). He gave oil to
the Assad regime, etc.. It was not his oil to give away!
Fantastic Program. One of the best I've seen on this topic.
My country is forever doomed. There is no hope, no chance of prosperity. I am selling all my assets, leaving behind my inheritance. It's been a good run but the show is over, everyone is packing their bags. Thanks to all of you that voted for Hugo and Nicolas, you did this to yourselves.
Hope you do better wherever you end up.
Try to come to Canada. If you are a hard working person, you will love. I can to find you people there.
@Jay G lol, really? Justin to Hugo Chávez? Trumpsie much? You don't live in Canada right?
CptnJCFG don't come to America when you're not welcome and we are full
@@THX-bh7dn if he gets his paperwork done he is more than welcome here. We need more people that have seen the dangers of socialism first hand.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. - WINSTON CHURCHILL
It definitely takes discipline. I believe there to be two factors to the idea, one political and one spiritual.
In 50 years nobody will need oil and coal,and only those who really reconstruct economics
for other enegry sources will survive.
The guy with the most American accent is the guy that is most vocal about anti-western sentiments and how fair the elections are. Interesting how the other two with more Venezuelan accents are more level-headed and more sensitive to the corruption of the elections and the Venezuelan government.
I feel that language says a lot about where these people got their education and their experiences.
Imposible no llorar con este vídeo, todo esto es real. Pronto te veremos libre mi hermosa Venezuela 😢😢🇻🇪
En Venuzuela hay tierra fertiel, agua ysol pero mucha gente joven no quiere trabajar o producir carne.
La gente quiere ser reggaetonero sin trabajar, no quiere producir pollo ...
es mejor decir Hambre, Hambre, viva la gente facilista.
cuando el gobierno de Ecuador da el dinero de petrol a poblacion? o colombia, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru,.....
emnaul monte ... La gente aprendio ser perezoso debajo el sistema (free handouts) de Chavez, y ahora, Maduro.
da me 5, tienes toda la razon la uniquia culpa que tiene chavez, su gente ahora esta vaga.
Mario Sanabria disculpa?
Ojala. Si, libre de capitalistas.
EXACTLY WHEN WAS IT A MODEL DEMOCRACY?
It was never touted as a model democracy. It was simply something hopeful, at a time when their neighbour Colombia's version of democracy was to kill its entire third party, killings which numbered over 5000 people. Considering what passes for democracy in Latin America, yes, it was something that gave people hope. But we have seen the mistakes that were made and now it's time to learn from them.
Gracias Prof. Lopez Maya y Dr. Carlos Blanco por sus comentarios tan importantes~
I loved how in the end, the comentarists started discussing haha they represented very well what must be happening in the streets,
Ma Z yes, listen yo Gregory saying that elections are already fear...
Each time when I see my country like that , i cry!!
go back and fight for it
Brilliantly done, thank you AJE
i like the balance of the documentary. nicely done
Reason is oil .. oil .. oil....some countries (superpower) dont let them to sell petrol to any country... What can they do...
I really like the debate format. I also like very much the civility of the debate at least to the 20 minute mark. Which is when I am writing this comment.
Excellent reporting, thank you.
I wondered how such a beautiful country and people could go downhill so fast. Now I get it. Wow.
Thank you Al Jazeera. This video offers a lot of info about Venezuela.
Oil is a curse for third world countries.
It is callled Dutch Syndrome in economics. It is where you over rely on only one product and screw up the rest of your production.
I misspoke. It is called 'Dutch disease'.
Leftist Socialists, like Maduro, are a curse for third world countries.
Oil? More like SOCIALISM.
Ignorance is a curse for people.
Very interesting documentation.I agree that the Government was to slow in the transition of the economy and diversification .The education system ,agruculture,housing ....all these sectors have to be syncronized to be successful. Without doubt and sadly Venezuela is at its knees now. 2018 will be the year of change ,but change to what ?
It matters not to a decent person whether a country is capitalist or socialist, the only thing a decent person should be concerned about, is how well the leaders and rulers of a country, help to care for the people living in their country. Furthur, that the leaders of the country, use all talent and resources of the country, for the betterment of the average common persons living standards in that country, that is the true worth of a leadership of a country.
WOW! I learned soo much.... Thanks
This monumental crisis of mega proportions has their birth with the general mentality of the Venezuelan people in governamental power.
the people of Venezuela mentality was " we got oil, we are rich, we are better off than the rest of the world, we are more important than other people in the world", they had this very arrogant attitude until and after one Hugo Chavez and Maduro came to power.
this exceptions of great Venezuelans like Lorenzo Mendoza, Antonio ledezma and wife, Maria Corina Machado, Daniel Ceballos and wife, Leopoldo Lopez and wife and so many others which did not to get mentioned on this writings which constitute less than 5% of the Venezuelan population.
Today, Jaime Romero Pinto, who works in the Venezuelan post office here on the Island of Margarita off the main land of Venezuela is with President Maduro. Today Jaime receives the keys and the title deeds to his apartment thanks to the Maduro government. So far more than 4 000 000 houses and apartments have been built for the poorer Venezuelan people. Today is a perfect day for my beautiful friend and his lovely family. Muchos Gracias 😘 Presidente Maduro.
To all the idiots parroting "Socialism is what did this to Venezuela". There is nothing, absolutely nothing about the mistakes of Chavez and Maduro that are inherent to socialism. All you have to do to realize this is to look at two other Latin American countries, Uruguay and Argentina. One (Uruguay) is ruled by a center-left government and thriving, while the other (Argentina) is ruled by right-wing neoliberals and is in chaos.
democracy democracy . I am fed up with this word
@1manuscriptman do you belong to the electoral college?
Democracy is overrated
It showed video footage of the armed guards loyal to Chavez, retaking the palace, and made it seem as if they were against Chavez. The footage is from the great documentary film "The Revolution will not Be Televised".
It is a bit surreal looking at a documentary discussing authoritarian government in Venezuela produced by a media organization owned by an authoritarian government. Well if nothing else gulf arabs do have a lot of experience with authoritarianism so media organizations based in the gulf might have some expertise with the topic. The irony of Venezuela is democracy brought with it the election of a charismatic demagogue who then proceeded to dismantle the institutional safeguards of the democratic system itself. All the while a large segment of the Venezuelan people enthusiastically supported the demagogue who would in the course of time severely impoverish them. BTW Eva Golinger and Gregory Wilpert strike me as people who will never admit that their ideas don’t work. People like them were big fans of Stalin in his day - they will never learn from history.
We should be helping this country and the people, instead of looking the other way and ignoring them, my heart hurts for the people of Venezuela... God be with them...
You don’t need to be Nostradamus to see there will be blood in the streets before this gets fixed.
David Chapman, Well said!
I feel sorry for the people who live there!
Oil isn't the problem. Mismanagement of the oil reserves and
mismanagement of the economy by Caesar Chavez and now
by Maduro, is the reason that Venezuela is in such a mess!
*Marxism/Socialism fails when it runs out of victims to steal*
*from -- "Expropiar!" was Hugo Chavez's favorite phrase*
*China "owns" Venezuela because Venezuela owes it so much money!*
*Cuban troops protect Maduro; his own army wants him out*
Yeah, I blame Caesar Chavez, that commy pinko!
Dam this needs more views
"Revolution" When you want to bring change and you are on the other side of ruling side, this word means something, but when you are ruling the state and talk about Revolution, that asks a question, Revolution against what and whom? What you failed achieve and must be against you....
Great Documentary.
Venezuela pra sienpre in mi coracao. Yo me fui de Venezuela en 1989 quando empecaron los problemas pero mi coracao se quedo alla......1 grande abraco para el mejor pueblo del Mundo el pueblo Venezuelano
From all blacks in america.........we LOVE you Venezuela! GOD Bless ALL!!
It is really sad. 1989 was not only the year the people voted against austerity to stabilize their country, it was also the year that the Soviet Union Dissolved and eastern Europe countries voted FOR austerity so that they could have their current prosperity. Same start date, but two paths with two very different results. In addition, Eastern Europe didn't have Venezuela's oil reserves. The Venezuelan people totally screwed themselves and are going to pay a horrendous price. The videos on TH-cam of 6 year old children that are the same size as 2 year old children in ALL the rest of the world are as gruesome as any horror movie.
I lived in Caracas in the early 80s during the Lusinchi years (I'm Costa Rican). I've been a firm supporter of Chavismo considering that I knew the pre-Chavez Venezuela, but what's most urgently needed now is relief for the people, if it means the end of the Bolivarian experiment, so be it.
I don’t understand why the government did not diversify its economic portfolio with depending on oil will lead to an economic crisis
Man i just wanna thank and hug the bold head gut with and the mature woman...they are good intelligence...
If you want to find out what and why is happening in Venezuela watch
70's documentary Battle of Chile (Guzman) & you will find same
(strategy) pattern & how it played out.
Immanuel Kant said: Dare to think!
I started watching this video because I have sincere and honest interest in world economics and business, I recently finished "Why Nations Fail" to further enlighten myself on the historical roots of today's landscape in certain parts of the world, but the profound feminine beauty of Maryam Nemazee in the video provides great difficulty to concentrate for my simple yet humble male mind.
READ AS: The moment when you are trying to watch and concentrate on a expose of Venezuela and precise interworkings of world economics but the interviewer is an Iranian goddess...
Can you tell whats going on in pakistan in terms of economy.
Sadly coming to a California near you!!
One thing for sure.
It's not the US corporations to decide.
is there a version of this in spanish?, for the latin american audience
History repeats itself, over and over and over again
Dios bendiga Venezuela 🇻🇪...donde la vida es “Ma-duro!”
“All things truly wicked started from innocence” - Hemingway - the altruistic principal of giving creates nothing but dependency
Good luck to those Venezuela people who Fight for a better freedom and democracy
As a american ..i can tell u we would help...but only if theres something in it 4 us.....its sad...
The 4 persons in this discussion could not even agree.. how can a nation unite in this condition???
Makes me wonder...what happens when everyone runs out of oil?
Bernie Sanders needs to go down there and rescue them
rescue what ? socialist ?
huh ?
He has to rescue the US from the disaster of Trump. Let venezuelans rescue themselves
Ecléctico Iconoclasta trump didnt do anything really stupid for now...
joe mcginn Bernie can’t balance his own checkbook
bernie are disaster. Trust me, you will not allow him to become president.
They are trying at least to change the capitalist exploitation. Chavez and Maduro love their people.
they changed it, alright. four million bolivar for a cup of coffee
The fact of US sanction and meddling are censored from the discussion.
Though change is certainly needed, but I'm surprised that people still think democracy is the magic pill to solve the American countries' crisis
*There is no thing like a free lunch. Unfortunately the poor in Venezuela suffers today for beliving in it in 20 years ago. 😔😢*
Could they have made that stage any smaller.
fore some reason there a stretch of road where they toss out veggies and newspapers? i call bullshit
Democracy and reelection is not the problem, the problem is the oil, greed, stupidity, neglect, the absent of wealth distribution to the lower class foreign governments and industry interferences, dominance over the oil wealth and control of the government (while all turn their heads and allowed the proliferation of corruption, anarchy and chaos)... This is the way it all started since the discovery of the oil. All the suggestions in this debate might help to a point, but none of it will make this better for the lower class.
i just hope they will rise again..so sad to see people starving from basic neccessities of life.. Philippines were not a first world country but we are blessed to have a president who really cares for his people..I am praying a new leader will be elected in Venezuela and make it a great nation again 🙏🙏🙏
Were heading to be the Venezuela of Asia stop living in the good old times of past.
9 ads!!! Are you insane?!?!?!
really even i dont live and never been there..i thinks everybody knows wha t is really happen...and whos behind it.
The only thing wrong with Venezuela is the USA's constant interference. www.diplomatico.co/en/post/govport/Hoodwinked
Maryam Nemazee : In a panel of discussion: "The Battle for Venezuela." Venezuela complex problematic situations form one to another, issue upon issue. The question is: What does the future holds for the people of Venezuela apart from gloomy and blinking future with economic dessater? No one can tell due to the on going crisis with lives and properties destructions as the people on demonstrations, expressing their civil liberty and rights to freedom of expressions, calling for democracy and for a change of leadership. But the dictator leadership continues defiant of the will of the people. What lesson can people learn from this situation? Where Is the United nations? Where is the rule of law? Politics of failures. Dead laws, the rule of no body. Getting free tax prayers mondh6
To save you time: The Big Picture of Venezuela is a history of dictatorships, coups, inequality, corruption, civil unrest and economic crisis. Bottom line: just like any other third world country. The huge oil resource is what brings this third world country in international public's eyes.
K Marx says:
"To save you time: The Big Picture of Venezuela is a history of dictatorships, coups, inequality, corruption, civil unrest and economic crisis. Bottom line: just like any other third world country. The huge oil resource is what brings this third world country in international public's eyes."
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You forgot most important part.
Foreign intervention.(foreign governments and foreign media)
Does the constituent assembly not have to put its new constitution to a public referendum before it is applied? This means it doesn't matter what the constituent assembly writes, it has no power other than that which the population approves... referendum results are ALWAYS democratically legitimate (assuming the results are accurate)
USA need to left up the sanctions and try to help the people at our borders
The ineptness of past administrations or their economic policies couldn't have caused such devastating socio-economic collapse. It's greed and opportunism that did it. Most of these petrodollars, in billions and billions, was simply lost to corruption.
It is not about socialism it is about poor management. There is socialism in many countries that are doing well. You can be benevolent and still have great management. America had its biggest socialist democracy during and after WWII and its greatest growth during that same time. Every social policy established that still works in America happened in the early 1900s and during their growth. Socialism in Venezuela and other nations where it didn't work were run by corrupt leaders. America isn't without its corruption but it was able to stay clear of possible dictatorship which could make all the decisions, until now.
i hop they get this sorted, poor people
My frend is from that land his name is Andres he learned me to say hola Amiga eres un caro
When the leader of a country wears a uniform you know the country is a mess.
i wish they'd tell us specifics. these generalities of election irregularities and political manipulation could be said about the US system. "the president manipulated supreme court appointments" .. ya, i thought that's what presidents do.
It is clear that Venezuela was never a rich country then.
Bernie Sanders should go help them.
Where is Abby Martin?
Wow, this is terrible.
Excellent report.
Venezula still looks like a smoking disaster - from which no recovery is possible.
She didn't mention who Venezuela was "renting" the land to. Interesting Omission
Oil didn't kill Venezuela. Socialism did.
Why didn't socialism kill Scandinavian countries?
I would bet Bernie Saunders name is somwhere in the comments.
Nice how they have so much oil but can't feed there people 👌👍👏👏👏
Sure "democracy" let's see how long it lasts if they even manage to achieve that, they need a real constitution for that too.
In Venezuela, when money from OIL was flowing, they enjoyed the best of socialism, they tried to become an ideal for all leftist around the world, they got that tag of ideal socialist state and enjoyed the further appreciation in Oil prices, but during those golden days, they never transformed their economy from oil based to other sectors, and this is one of the most pathetic face of communism. The downfall was marked on the walls of Venezuela........
Wish TeleSur was back. Abby Martin is a great reporter
The factionalizaton of a country . America's future ?
With a population of 30 million it would be possible from oil revenue alone to give every individual 1 million dollars each and still have money left over for Infrastructure. Where has all the money gone? Does the bank for international settlements work hand in glove with dictatorial regimes? I wonder!***
Oil/Shell owners the Dutch !
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