Comments by "VisibilityFoggy" (@VisibilityFoggy) on "HOW is it that the BOLIVARIAN Regime still EXISTS in Venezuela? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

  1.  @danielramirez8298  - They also have the potential to be a pharmaceutical manufacturing powerhouse, and with Brazil next door, inroads in aerospace as well. It's a shame. Caracas could be Dubai.
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  2. It depends. Embraer has the chance for real growth as the airline sector returns, and their defense industry is growing. Now they're going to be manufacturing Saab Gripen-E fighter jets as well, and can potentially build them for export with permission from the Swedes. Brazil has a lot going for it. If they could crack down on the crime, or encapsulate it in areas where it does not seep into the greater metropolitan areas or suburban regions, you're looking at real potential. I'm also expecting them to begin operating an aircraft carrier again within the next 10-20 years.
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  3. Yeah, I've always referred to it as "Chavismo," but I guess they're going for an English analogue?
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  4. China has no power projection capacity to send troops to fight a war in Venezuela – nor is it in their interest to do so. The U.S.'s best friend, Colombia, is right next door as a giant staging area, whereas China would have to cross the Pacific Ocean and hope they're not intercepted by the US Navy along the way. China only cares about its monetary investments there. The U.S. could easily get rid of Maduro, but the fact of the matter is that Americans are sick of wars and there is no political support for it in the U.S. Perhaps if Venezuelans rose up themselves, that would change, but (unfortunately) until Maduro does something incredibly stupid, he's sticking around.
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  5.  @ojonasar  - Iceland can't have too many people – the bridges only allow one car at a time to cross lol.
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  6. The U.S. had great deals with them, as did the Dutch and the British. Chavez canceled them all and stole the assets, so no foreign business is willing to invest in the country anymore since it knows the government can just take what it wants with the snap of a finger. Russia bribes them with military equipment (that they can't afford to operate anyway... their S-300 SAM systems had to be fixed after the damn electrical grid knocked them out of power) and China bribes them with surveillance systems that helps them crack down on dissent. No western country is going to do either of those things – except perhaps the U.S. on the military front if there is a regime change.
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