If the world’s economy were a haircut, it would be a comb-over. The strands from the earlobe periphery are being greased across an increasing barren bald patch. It’s not looking good.
While left and right play the blame game Venezuela has been exiled from the international community. It has been banished from international money markets and has been demonized by all sides. Venezuela today is no more a victim of its own political policy failure than it was twenty years ago. The country has been abandoned and crippled by US-endorsed economic sanctions.