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51. Note in the chart the dip that bottomed out in Chile in 1975 and continued until 1991.

Mon May 16, 2016, 05:22 PM

May 2016

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The chart exhibits exactly what I described in the previous approach.

One is looking at three factors in the graph:

(1) The dip in Chile and recovery of slack resources and the rising arm of the sigmoid GDP per capita.

(2) The general systematic rise of the Latin America.

(3) Chile is wealthier in natural resources and education per capita than many other nations in Latin America.

The chart does not include the last decade.

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Venezuela has fallen/been pushed over the cliff. [View all] cali May 2016 OP

That is a mistranslation. AngryAmish May 2016 #1

Thread win on the first reply. Nt msanthrope May 2016 #7

Exactly. Venezuela is spelled C h i l e. leveymg May 2016 #53

Pushed over the cliff is correct malaise May 2016 #2

If you have proof that Maduro is a CIA plant, then, yes. Nt msanthrope May 2016 #8

As if that's the question. Octafish May 2016 #10

Funniest post, evah! Nt msanthrope May 2016 #11

No one pushed Venezuela off the cliff, they jumped. FLPanhandle May 2016 #3

Oh yes...the old America's fault excuse. ileus May 2016 #4

Anyone recall this? PufPuf23 May 2016 #5

Yep. Chavez' gratuitous ploy to gain support in the US by sending heating oil COLGATE4 May 2016 #6

Venezuela under Chavez just could not benefit regardless of actions. PufPuf23 May 2016 #9

Interesting. But it says nothing about 18 years of complete and total incompetence by Chavez COLGATE4 May 2016 #13

Chavez was President of Venezuela for 14 years; the first several years included PufPuf23 May 2016 #15

Seeing as the US is Venezuela's greatest trading partner I don't see how COLGATE4 May 2016 #16

Examples of where we cooperated in internal sabotage of industry? PufPuf23 May 2016 #19

The US bases in Colombia are and have been in support of Plan Colombia COLGATE4 May 2016 #21

There were two bases on the Dutch Antilles established under Plan Colombia, PufPuf23 May 2016 #26

So you're talking about 2 bases in the Dutch Antilles COLGATE4 May 2016 #31

The two Antilles FOLs and Manta were staffed with US military and contractors. PufPuf23 May 2016 #43

Agreed. COLGATE4 May 2016 #44

What "help" would you suggest the US give Maduro? COLGATE4 May 2016 #17

Bulk food and life necessities, no strings attached. PufPuf23 May 2016 #22

Doubtful. Venezuelan oil is of such low quality that it is COLGATE4 May 2016 #30

You are generalizing. Not all Venezuelan oil is heavy crude. PufPuf23 May 2016 #37

Not "all" - just most of it. COLGATE4 May 2016 #42

Do you realize the enormity of what you're suggesting? Bulk food for the population COLGATE4 May 2016 #32

I never said to feed all of Venezuela nor to take responsibilty for Venezuaelan woes. PufPuf23 May 2016 #39

I did a lot of work in and with Venezuela in the late 1990's and I can assure COLGATE4 May 2016 #41

I recall this... TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #12

Are you serious? Pinochet was installed in a US-backed coup on 1973 and PufPuf23 May 2016 #14

Straw man is very strawy TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #48

I don't doubt that the rate and period of per capita income growth in Chile you cite is OK. PufPuf23 May 2016 #49

Not quite... TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #50

Note in the chart the dip that bottomed out in Chile in 1975 and continued until 1991. PufPuf23 May 2016 #51

Pardon me if I disagree TampaAnimusVortex May 2016 #56

Fine. eom. PufPuf23 May 2016 #57

Pretzel Logic Octafish May 2016 #18

Thank you for noticing Octafish. Made my day. eom PufPuf23 May 2016 #27

I've been fighting with the idiots over this, they are crowing about that bad socialism. Rex May 2016 #34

They are a member of a price fixing oil cartel mathematic May 2016 #52

It is a stretch to say OPEC has been a successful cartel in the 21st century. PufPuf23 May 2016 #55

Always enlightening to see non-capitalism in action. Nye Bevan May 2016 #20

For a government dependent on oil revenues... bhikkhu May 2016 #23

This. killbotfactory May 2016 #25

And despite being colonized longer than any other nation on the planet 1939 May 2016 #33

Chavez and Maduro fucked up Venezuela, not the US. Adrahil May 2016 #24

OPEC might be done, the bottoming out of oil has destroyed the nation and others are soon to follow. Rex May 2016 #28

This thread exposes the neoliberals on this board kcjohn1 May 2016 #29

Where do you get 5% from? NobodyHere May 2016 #35

Many places kcjohn1 May 2016 #36

That's a pretty old number NobodyHere May 2016 #40

LOL WSJ as source LOOOOOL kcjohn1 May 2016 #46

Except it hasn't; extreme poverty in Venezuela has doubled since 2007 Spider Jerusalem May 2016 #45

That's from before the Venezuelan collapse. Adrahil May 2016 #47

Yep. Only 5% are forced into eating dog meat. The others get to stand in line COLGATE4 May 2016 #38

Today Venezuela, tomorrow the U.S.A. hunter May 2016 #54

Bad decisions compounded by some very shitty luck. Lancero May 2016 #58