Anonymous ID: 356609 April 7, 2018, 1:26 p.m. No.940125   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0166 >>0540

Venezuela's downward economic spiral has led to widespread food shortages, hyperinflation and now mass migration. Many Venezuelans are opting for the easiest escape route โ€” by crossing the land border into Colombia.

 

There were more than half a million Venezuelans in Colombia as of December, according to the Colombian immigration department, and many came over in the last two years. Their exodus rivals the number of Syrians in Germany or Rohingya in Bangladesh. Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group, a political risk consulting firm, calls it the world's "least-talked-about" immigration crisis.

But Colombians are taking notice. In fact, President Juan Manuel Santos is asking for international aid to cope with the large numbers of immigrants, many of whom are

-impoverished

-hungry

-desperate.

 

Weaponized migration coming to a border near you

Anonymous ID: 356609 April 7, 2018, 1:36 p.m. No.940267   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

Fix Venezuela

 

So far 2017 has been marked by worrisome levels of political confrontations in Venezuela. The South American nation is by far the region's worst performing economy. Venezuela's GDP is expected to continue to contract in 2017. Inflation is expected to top 700% this year. The country's economy remains hamstrung by a nonsensical system of currency controls. Maduro has so far been unable to do much of anything to try and get Venezuela's economy back on track. Aside from a massive state-owned oil company Venezuela's economy has few major employers. Maduro's government has exacerbated the problems it faces by seizing a factory operated by GM. (Other major companies such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Ford, and Colgate have also faced major problems in Venezuela.) Venezuela's insane currency controls mean that political insiders can get access to dollars at a criminally low official exchange rate but ordinary citizens and companies can't trade in their nearly worthless Bolivars for dollars to import basic goods. According to one estimate, Venezuela's black market dollar exchange rate now sits at over 5383 to one.

 

President Maduro has proved to be an inept but surprisingly (and scarily) stubborn leader.

 

Or meet and great at the border

Choices to be had

Anonymous ID: 356609 April 7, 2018, 1:50 p.m. No.940456   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

http: //www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chavez-chain-migration-20180131-story.html

 

The weaponization of words and migration

From their own mouths

 

Changing the words to change minds

Anonymous ID: 356609 April 7, 2018, 1:52 p.m. No.940493   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

https:// calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/56815/17Dec_Steger_Nathan.pdf?sequence=1

 

PDF - Explains How Migration is the NEW WEAPON OF CHOICE for today's conflict.

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