> since the Venezuelan government seems to do the impossible -- running an oil country into the ground.
Most oil countries are badly run; and whatever you think of Hugo Chavez and his party, Venezuela was already at least halfway into the ground before they came along, tbqfh.
Are there really other oil countries that have a hard time to even get credit?
And then there are the large social problems? A command economy that kills local business might be common, but the size must be worse in Venezuela? Etc.
To close the opposition media and using the TV is quite standard in places like that. But as much as in Venezuela?
(Libya and possibly Iraq has problems from violence and Iran has sanctions. They are a bit special cases.)
Most oil countries are badly run; and whatever you think of Hugo Chavez and his party, Venezuela was already at least halfway into the ground before they came along, tbqfh.