So you're saying you were an investigative journalist there or you read the newspapers there? Or were you living in a rich envlave in the capital and still were able to know about the goings-on in far-flung provinces. And you were privy to what was going on in Chavez' and Maduros' camp, as well as to the CIA trade attachés of the US embassy and knew the ambassador had a strict policy to support the Peace Corp but not the CIA?I don't rely on the media for my knowledge of communist countries like Venezuela. I rely on my experience living there. Just because the MSM says so doesn't mean it's not true. The MSM does tell some truth. The alt media tells lies as well as the MSM, so both are questionable.
Having lived in Venezuela, the MSM is not telling you had bad it is there. It's actually worse than they are saying.