Venezuela: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- John Oliver discusses the devastating economic crisis in Venezuela and enlists the help of a large bird who bears a striking resemblance to Wilmer Valderrama.
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Coffee girl interview was much longer than that...you left out the part where she *starts* to answer and then looks at the mic and says "Oh... Info Wars..." *sips coffee* "Nah."
Lennydotdotdot Exactly. People on here rarely do their own research.
Lennydotdotdot wait omg I want to watch it now, where can I find it?
Don’t forget the part where Ashton (the interviewer) asked if she knew of Venezuela, to which Sailor Moon replied, “Heard of it”. It’s obvious she doesn’t care throughout the interview and fails to make any valid points.
Ella X Ashtonbirdie
BlakeGM because the Venezuela argument to discredit universal healthcare, public funded colllege, not lowering taxes for mega rich people, is so stupid it deserves trolling.
"Politicians turn into birds when they die"
At least they still get to shit on poor people
how the f*ck is this not the top comment?!?!
This is fucking gold
I made this comment like 4 months ago while sleep-deprived, how did it suddenly become my most popular comment?
Sounds like an eternal job
OMG! 😂👏
The InfoWars “reporters” are arguing that Socialism results in a huge wealth disparity where an alarming amount of people are going hungry. Thankfully nothing like that would happen in a Capitalist country.
Wait, I'm a socialist, but isn't America suffering from obesity?
@@KevinSmile a country having problems with obesity while also having problems with people going hungry isn't mutually exclusive, especially in a country as large as America
Info wars while being a disinformation site is a lot more credible than this jackass. Go down to Venezuela, I hope you like rodents or insects. The country is very rich in oil yet a shitstain of country. Imbeciles are socially engineered to believe lies so easily because they can't critically think for themselves.
Good luck Less-ons.
Morons are so happy that they are not the lowest forms of life.
Late-night talk show hosts now educate our youth.
Please make sure you take as many doses of Bill CEMETERY Gates poison as possible.
That’s exactly what people said in my country, Venezuela, when Chávez came into power, and here we are
So you just admitted that socialism does cause mass hunger and poverty, but it doesn’t matter because it happens in capitalism as well?
7:42 every Latino has a dad who tell stories with those sound effects. We’re so used to it.
"I just want people to have free healthcare, honey." XD
@1,618 φ oh yeah if you discard 160 million americans who enjoy their private plans and have the way to convince the restof the population to pay up to 50/55% income tax like the revered "northern european countries", that by the way are not socialist, they are capitalist with a strong welfare state.
@1,618 φ The reason why you would never do that it's cause you dont live in America and you have no idea whatsoever how the American system works.
In the USA you can either purchase the insurance you want or get it by having a job.
This is the reason why Obama said "your jobs are not coming back".
His objective was to have as many people as possible to be unemployed and on welfare (which reached the highest record ever under him, together with the debt) and then have as many as possible sign on Obamacare. This meant that premiums skyrocketed. Cause more then 20 million people started getting insurance on the back of the taxpayer system.
Also Obama made having either private or Obamacare mandatory, or else you would pay the so called Obamacare tax, of some thousand dollars a year.
160 million americans would beg to differ from your idea that that is a dumpster fire, cause if it wasnt, half of the american population would not have private insurance, as they have.
Only people who dont want to get a job didnt have health insurance.
@@adalgisounoqualunque9033 this is so incredibly incorrect I don't even know where to begin...
@superfuresh I can feel the toxic ultranationalism bleeding through your comment. "FrEeDoM aIn'T fReE. SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs! SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs! SuPpOrT oUr TrOoPs!". Yeah it may not be free, but I'll gladly pay the government a reduced rate through taxes or some other system without having copays than having to pay a corporation an exorbitant amount of money and STILL having ridiculous copays. Or you could be like me, broke and uninsured because of this healthcare system.
@1,618 φ So jealous. People demonize "socialism" like installing free national healthcare is gonna roll back the clock some 40 years, suddenly everyone will be living in shacks and not having anything to eat, apparently socialism is a rundown favela. At least thats what all the elitists would like you to believe.
9:11 "... making up missing revenue by simply printing more money... "
* heavy german breating *
10 billion for a loaf of bread
@@tompraeger lol, nice joke Heinrich, how about 700 billion?
Notice what our own Federal Reserve has been doing for 15 years now? We have privilege of Reserve currency, and much of new funny money has gone into stocks and bonds bubbles, else we would have very high inflation here already.
Are you talking about $2.3 Trillion "lost" by Pentagon?
@@CaliforniaGirl-qk5kq, $10 Trillion!
I loved the part in the coffee girl interview where she want
"You can have healthcare without socialism"
"I want free healthcare, that everybody pays for"
"Why should everyone pay for it?"
"Because they want free healthcare"
Earning 40,000 a year and giving away 20,000 is that really free healtcare
@@shalyfemusic I think you are wilfully overestimating that. No tax would be fifty percent of anyone's income. And I should not have to point out to you that many people's medical emergencies that are not covered by insurance for a variety of reasons do very much ACTUALLY end up costing half a year's income Right Now.
@@shalyfemusic Paying a few thousand extra a year and saving thousands upon thousands dollars by not paying deductibles, premiums, and co-pays.
@@shalyfemusic I spend more than that on healthcare EASILY and I purposely put off going to the doctor because it’s too expensive. My medication alone costs more than my rent.
But freedom, am I right?
@@teutonicterror0365 if I could get healthcare for $300 a month, my life would change sooooo much. I could actually afford to save for the other medical devices I need and can’t afford
Wilder Valderrama was in a tv documentary about returning to Venezuela for the first time since he left as a child and his whole family asked why did he abandon them and never call or write or help them. He was caught by surprise and the tv show didn’t edit it out. Was pretty telling.
Can you give me the link?
He is awful.
I’m shocked this a guest on this show 😠
I like how 90% of the comment section doesn't get that countries aren't either 100% capitalist or 100% socialist, and now they're all confused because they don't know what label to stick on which country.
this fucking comment
i feel that we need a video what is socialist what is capitalist and to what extend
Venezuela is most definitely not capitalism.
i love it, the moment socialism shows again whats it worth, u have throw definitions out the trash can and mud the waters for everyone, its the hole typical atitude, "hooo it wasnt real socialism" . By theway what do u think about the USA, so its not a capitalist country now?
so the USA is not a capitalist nation... that IS what you are saying after all
To be honest, if I saw a "Infowars" microphone, I would talk to the person the same way.
It’s really the only tone of voice an Infowars goon is worthy to receive.
The best thing you could do if you saw an Infowars mic is to blast Disney music and follow them around; Disney is very big into strangling the life out of people that violate their copyrights.
Lucifer R and?
Vladimir Hery until you check his record of actually being correct...
@@70mjc he's right about some things but Alex Jones is literally mentally unwell
"I just want healthcare honey"
Omg the sass in that 😂 the "honey" at the end was amazing!
“Oh my god, you people have worms in your brains honestly”
What a legend 😂
They're probably crying in their kitchen sink, having seen their Great Leader Commie Sanders booted from his path to presidency. The only brain worms are in the smooth brains of communists.
@@kk8490 literally the only reasonable response to these assholes anymore. They are not going to listen to you so you're better off just ignoring them or telling them to fuck off.
@Jacob Tsutsumi Oh yeah? Which 78 year old doddering politician advocated for a 30 TRILLION dollar project that has ZERO chance of working and 100% chance of destroying the economy? Oh I remember. Communists worship the government more than creationists worship their god. Sad and disgusting.
Free health care. Hahaha. Just check out Canada, 3 week wait times. Workers actually recommending private health care.
This topic really needs a follow up. So much more has happened in the last 2 years.
And it would show what an idiotic idea it is to keep defending socialist policies
@@daveyboygee The socialist policies like schools and healthcare?
@@daveyboygee you do realize that the US uses a lot of socialist policies right? Such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the VA, public infrastructure, public education, food stamps, public broadcasting, labor union protections, subsidies for businesses…we benefit from all of these apparently devilish socialist policies and we’re still a capitalist state.
@@daveyboygee What about the dozens of socialist countries that have some of the highest standards of living in the world? If you think this is a socialist problem and not a corruption problem, you need to watch the video again.
Yeah right now is a bigger turd. 5.4 million escaped the country , the money is worth dirt and Maduro will stay as president until either he dies or kill all the venezuelans of hunger.
The Venezuelan lady choking back tears as she struggled to maintain an air of dignified defiance even as she detailed the atrocities dealt out to civilians who dared to speak out publicly against the government, the equal parts of her frustration and humiliation so palpable, I couldn't help but feel immense sorrow for her sense of utter helplessness at the situation of her beloved country.
"That's basically the state of our political discourse, two people who don't know what they're talking about, condescending at each other until one of them lands a sick burn".
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the comment section.
That is honestly true, I can't tell you how many times I've come across a comment chain that's erupted into a flame war between two fired-up toxic assholes who want to start something.
@@jacksimpson8529 Although not, usually, on John Oliver videos...
@@richardsmart4988
Yeah, that's good right? It shows that the people here at least care enough about this issues to form a consensus, I suppose.
I think you mean welcome to life
It is adorable to look at 2 children trying to measure their peens and trying to one up each other in size.
Imagine if they just brought the Duolingo Bird.
Planetary Facts Slow down inflation or emasculation.
I use that app. It's Great for learning a language
@@yurikendal4868 Fear is a powerful motivator.
@@yurikendal4868 we all know you are being held hostage by the duolingo bird
@@ishaannag4545 (send us a message, we will rescue you)
There is a difference between "Socialism" and "Social Benefits". Having a state-sponsored health care system doesn't make a country any socialist. It is a social benefit where the country's resources are spent on the welfare of its own citizens. A country can have a proper NHS and still be a healthy capitalist country or not have an NHS and succumb to crony capitalism at the expense of people's lives. It's the decision of citizens what they want. May sense prevail!
Excuse but citizens got insurence it is may, that they don't dept us because we can't buy.
I'm sorry but the NHS is a bad example of a working health care system
Angel Budgie “crony” is when bribery is used to climb the social ladder where true capitalism judges you on the value of your work. Free market and fair prices with little government. In practice, v\cronyism always creeps in, since we are humans after all.
@Angel Budgie But you gotta admire the revolutions of the dreamers like America's founders. They cleared the rot for a while.
@Angel Budgie That was the Civil War, wasn't it? The Revolutionary war was for freedom from Britain.
That sassy popeye was really cool.
I'm convinced she was cosplaying something. Probably something from a niche anime series, or possibly a parody of every anime series. And now that I see that in writing, I kind of want to know what anime and where I can watch it.
She did not give a single fuck. 😂
@@OpalMonkey. She was cosplaying Sailor Moon. It's an anime, but can hardly be considered "niche".
@@wguid What makes you say it was Sailor Moon? I mean, yeah, the top is in a sailor-style, but that isn't uncommon, especially in Japan. I don't see anything that points to Sailor Moon specifically though. But I'll admit, it's been a while since I watched it.
*InfoWars BETA* : "Lame right-wing talking points, believes in conspiracies, paranoid about stuff, doesn't want people to have healthcare, has worms in brains."
*Sassy Female Popeye CHAD* : "Calm, collected, as cool as the iced coffee she's sipping, chic sailor outfit ON POINT, doesn't have time for your bullshit, chill AF."
It's Monday. My soul is healed. Praise be, Praise be.
Praise be.
This comment made so 2:30AM happy
Stop it. Get some help.
"And that's a region that has Colombia on it"
As a Colombian, that hurt. But also it IS accurate, and funny.
i rlly said “hey that’s not true!” but....
pa que pero pues aca como votan por empanas que se puede hacer... literalmente por eso no somos el pais mas corrupto de la region y son tan hps que robaron a los que estan muriendo de hambre en cuarentena.
Pego duro..😠😠
@Luno Tube lol what?
@Luno Tube That's like accusing the Czechs of coping Slovakia.
"I should know...I'm a bird." and "Every time a bird poops on you, you should know it was a political statement" killed me
As a Venezuelan, I testify this and much more that is not shown here. Thanks Oliver for reaching more people to see and understand this horrible crisis we got here since years. Hope we can all learn from this kind of history examples of what blind power and sick people who claim and even some people claim to be "leaders".
Freedom for Venezuela and the whole world. We are more than this. We can change.
he mocked the info war girl when she was telling the truth. and he didnt condemn socialism even though thats why the economy crashed. he did a huge disservice
alex krasnic This video is basically an exposition on how Venezuela's problems arose from mismanagement rather than socialism itself. He LITERALLY said so at the beginning of this piece.
Karl Echiverri Exactly!
alex krasnic You have no idea with socialism is; you just heard it's "bad" and associated it with liberalism, which you also have been told to hate, so you blame Venezuela's problem on something completely unrelated.
Yimi Ipsa yo también soy Venezolano. Despidieron a mi papá con el resto de PDVSA. Tengo 14 años y me hace sufrir ver a mi familia no encontrar comida.
Translation: Yimi Ipsa I am also Venezuelan. They fired my dad with the rest of PDVSA. I am 14 years old and it makes me suffer to see my family not find food
I live in a Brazilian city in Amazon Jungle that has received hundreds of Venezuelan refugees the last couple of years. It's heartbreaking, especially as someone studying International Relations, to see what is going on in Venezuela and how delicate of a situation it is, where a lot of good intended acts might cause more harm than good. I'm not religious, yet I pray for my Venezuelan brothers and sisters.
Rach F. Thanks for sharing your experience and emotions. Love to Venezuelan people who are suffering.
I hear you. I study IR too. And China has done a great job creating jobs and growth, altho not without tough acts throughout history. I hope China can at least persuade VZ to accept aids, which China would be happy to provide
Isn't Brazil also going through some very rough times?
They sure are, but they kinda deserve it as the country is falling apart on bribery schemes and corruption, but all people worry about is what´s gonna happen on the next episode of whatever soap opera is on TV or the next soccer match...
Invader Tool Brazil is going through hard economical problem, yes, but it's not in any way comparable to what is going on in Venezuela. It's even of poor taste to try to compare those two cases... We still have jobs. Our money is still able to buy our necessities. We still have food at reasonable prices and without having to spend hours on extreme lines. We have a terrible government, yes, but also liberty to protest and to actually oppose it. For some time, I thought news on Venezuela were exaggerated propaganda, but after meeting those people, listening to them... it's really hard not to worry for our neighbours. Brazil is going through a rough time, but Venezuela is going through a economical, political and humanitarian catastrophe.
The OJ joke legit had me guffawing lmao
"You people have, like, worms in your brain, honestly..."
There is so much beauty in this world.
Pretty sure she was baked out of her mind.
i'm pretty sure anyone would be confused by what that "journalist" said
You misspelled propagandist, it's not spelled with a J.
@santiago Ferrari she was only speaking in the infowars native tongue. 10/10 best response possible.
Can someone explain? I didn't get this roast
That analysis of American political discourse is so tragically spot on: "Two people, who don't really know what they're talking about, condescending to each other nonsensically until one of them lands a sick burn"
I see stuff like that all the time. It's here in the comment sections.
Tevo77777, yeah it may be bad in the comment sections but it is really unacceptable from political figures.
Paul Giles Not really though. Many on the left actually know what they are talking about. Places like Info Wars specifically show only those they think look foolish.
Sassy Popeye was awesome though.
So why would he contribute to that
Problem is EVERYONE probably nodded knowingly and only thought it applied to other people
Venezuela's hyperinflation is as bad as Germany's was in the 1920's and Zimbabwe's in the 1990's and 2000's.
And Argentina in the late 1980's and early 1990's.. And also Argentina in the last 6 years. I know because I live here.
@@manuelmuller1658 My aunt lived in Argentina for a years a while ago.
@@Canada1994 I'm an argentinian. And the current government of my country is an ally of the venezuelan dictatorship. And the economic soluction that the government is giving to the inlation problem is very much like Venezuela did.
@@manuelmuller1658 I'm sorry to hear that
@@Canada1994 My country is not a dictatorship (yet) but the current administration has authorritarian tendencies just like Trump and Bolsonaro's administrations.
If sassy Popeye is out there: you’re the greatest. Fucking marry me.
I’m from Venezuela an when ever I hear or talk about what’s happening it makes me angry, sad, depressed... But this time I laugh, so thank you Mr. John Oliver!
Daniel Superlano Vegas +++++
I felt bad for laughing too hard! And I remember all of the news he is referring
@@abrilgomez4671 How are things there these days?
My mom is from Venezuela, and I lived there for a while, too. I was kind of hesitant to watch this one, but I’m glad I did.
Man you must love Socialism ❤
This is a joke
HBO you the real MVP.
I'm definitely too poor to have HBO, but I appreciate you posting to CZcams so I can be a less naive human being 💯
it's too bad Trump can't be the president of Venezuela... I'd greatly appreciate it if some John Oliver fans who like 80s power ballads would check out my acoustic piano & vocal covers of Whitesnake's IS THIS LOVE and Phil Collins' AGAINST ALL ODDS on my channel in tribute to the legends. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and peace.
Same here. Kinda wish HBO was free but NAHHHHH, Time Warner wouldn't approve that
This is only part of the whole episode but I agree. I completely agree.
Uhhh... you know this is propaganda right? Evidently you're still naive. By the way, socialism kills. Every. Single. Time. (Except in Nordic countries where we pay their defense budgets... and they're about to collapse)
Jambix McHades Yes, all this factual evidence documenting the horrors of Venezuela is just "propaganda."
Anyone else got the "1984" reference from those eyes painted on the walls for surveillance?
yeah
IngSoc!
as a Venezuelan, whenever i see those painted eyes (very often actually) i can only think in the Big Brother
The Jonestown Juice Cleanse got a very distinct reaction from the audience. He should definitely do more dark humour, in my opinion.
Definitely. I find most of the jokes on the show lukewarm.
"Oh my God ... You people have like worms in your brain, honestly." 😂😂😂
Harmen Breedeveld watch the whole interview that sanders supporter is a braindead stoner
Mike Oxlong Better stoned than worms in your brain 😊
Harmen Breedeveld 🤦🏻♂
Mike Oxlong 😂😂😂
Sure she is. However Alex Jones people are moron conspiracy nuts. The crap they spew is stupid beyond belief and only suckers listen to them and buy that garbage he sells.
I am Venezuelan, and I appreciate that you took the time to talk about the terrible things that my country has been going through, but I thought it was important to mention that Maduro not only mishandled the economic crisis but also became an all-out dictator imprisoning and killing many innocent people just for opposing his government.
That was mentioned by the woman at the end of the video. Not by John but it was in there.
Socialism always ends up with dictatorships. That is what happens when your life in someone's else hands.
i am venezuelan and i aprove this message and @taspri, thats not true, europe has PLENTY socialist govs and policies and they aint dictatorships, you gotta realize its not bout capitalism or socialism, its bout kleptocracy vs accountability, tyvm *drops mic*
ReX Slayer There is no socialist govt in Europe.
ReX Slayer there’s no true socialist government in Europe. No socialist government has ever ended up good.
As much as I wanted to laugh at Wilmer, knowing that he was one of the lucky ones to leave way before this, I know he suffers inside because he has family there .
This man didn't have to chop on Colombia like that lol
We are in need of Lord Buckethead
N1ckel P where is Mr Fishfingers
I concur~
As a Venezuelan, I love how the comments are Americans trying to deviate the whole point of Socialism and political parties in the US from the ACTUAL MESSAGE of the video. Venezuela needs help and it starts with you giving at least 19 min to pay attention of the atrocities that are going on in my country. TE AMO VENEZUELA!
Tyler Wallett why cant you guys fix that among yourselves ?? Why would you need help from foreign countries, Just asking
in this thread we see people who didnt even watch the video
Publius Scipio relax sister, no need to get all wet and exited. We get your point!!
Ivan King How can you possibly say that. First of all Ivan, my people can not even find FOOD or proper HEALTHCARE, my people are THREATENED not to speak against it and to top it off DYING in the hands of the government. Therefore, Ivan I ask you not to put yourself in MY shoes but rather in MY PEOPLES shoes, and tell me Ivan- How would it make you feel if the whole world did not notice that your mom comes home CRYING because she doesn’t have food to bring home or how you are FORCED to leave the country in order to have a prominent future, TO RISK everything and leave it behind so that your son has FOOD to eat, while you clean houses. So Ivan, AS A HUMAN to another HUMAN please understand that without each other at least CARING about it, we will get nowhere and continue to neglect the problem.
The people aren’t responsible for the poor decisions of their government. People are starving and their leaders won’t do anything to help them. They need humanitarian aid so people won’t starve. You can’t say capitalism is superior when you see a failed socialist economy and essentially say “I told you so”. People will die and all you do is criticize the fact they used social policies. So admirable of you.
14:16 But this isn't actually true. Like, the US has actually had a hand in creating economic instability, through funding of oppositional business interests to sanctions on the country. John got it wrong on this one.
I think it's safe to assume "the US had a hand in creating economic instability" is always the case.
That sassy Popeye girl is Dasha Nekrasova. She has a podcast called the Red Scare.
Thank you so much
Helo! Venezuelan here (feel free to ask any question). I'm glad you guys talked about us - even though our "President" is a joke and our state is deplorable at the moment - and I know there's obviously a shitload of stuff you missed, but the most important and in my opinion the worse thing of this Regime (this isnt a socialist government - this isn't a government, it's a Dictatorship) is the number of people dying everyday from malnutrition and lack of eating. And when I say that, I mean that there are thousands dying, specially the younger generations. *Kids die in hospitals and because of the government crackdown, Doctors aren't allowed to put the cause of death as starvationg (usually putting something like heart attack, or whatever it is that finally did kill them, but the obvious reason for those is starvation)*
I hope one day things get better here, but to be honest I'm one of those venezuelans who're trying to escape (looking to leave the country in the course of this year if all goes well). Which hurts and sucks because I love my country, but it´s not even the shadow of what it used to be - and I would know, because I grew up as Chavez rose to power and I saw how things changed for worse every year in my life.
I have few questions I'd like to hear Venezuelan answer since Internet sources say one thing and the opposite...
- It is said where I live that Chavez had a massive support from Venezuelan people during his rise to power and I always thought it was true considering who was ruling before Chavez, but is it?
- Some say that life under Chavez was also better than before, is it true? Why things changed this much with Maduro? What made the situation so critic except oil price?
- Some also say the country's economic failure can be due to USA's aggressive policy trying to weaken geopolitical enemies, sacrificing the entire country. Is it true, at least a little, or total bullshit spread to defend Maduro's?
- But the main question is: is there a political force in Venezuela ready to handle the power and to federate ALL the Venezuelan? From here we often picture Maduro as a dictator but we also see Venezuelan "resistance" as some barbaric groups not realy united and many servicing non-venezuelan interests (too bad oil countries attract predators) ?
Anyway, no matter the answer I know Venezuelan can do it and save their country! Your people need hope and you'll only obtain it by trusting each others and federate yourself for a brighter future. One day this horrible mess will be over so you can make Venezuela grow once again!
@Atrid Well, there are many varying opinions both on the internet and off. Also, I want to just clarify that you're getting an answer from a 23yo so I was just a toddler when he came to power, but I did grow up noticing the changes in the country. And I'll try to be as unbiased as possible, but it's hard for me on this particular subject.
1. He certainly had a huge following when rising. Politically speaking, his opposing candidate when running for elections made a huge mistake, and that led him to winning the elections with a pretty big number (even my mom voted for him that one time, which she regrets to this day). Not to mention that he made sure to make a lot of "socialist" moves (giving a lot of free stuff to those in lower social classes).
2. Life during Chavez' time wasn't better - it was basically the same as it was before... and then slowly grew to be worse. It was only "better" than Perez Jimenez' time (he was a borderline dictator President during the 4th republic, he did the usual Political police thing, killing some political opposition and whatnot, but nowhere near as bad as Chavez*).
As I grew up, what I can tell you changed the most was this: security became worse, as in, there was more delinquency and said delinquency got more and more violent as time passed by; the economic ability people had slowly diminished, and the same goes for quality of life; corruption started to be felt everywhere (you knew a guy who could get you X document done instead of going thru the normal process, for a price; i actually got my license without ever going through any paperwork). I'm sure I'm missing more stuff, but those are the most blatant imo.
I think this needs to be prefaced, but our economy has always relied on Oil (big, bad mistake). The thing is, while other presidents sought to put some economic policies, and make jobs or infrastructure or whatever (while obviously stealing some money for themselves), Chavez did not. In fact, he made a big effort to destroy most producers and industries while getting lower classes to rally behind him with classism (hate speech basically? i guess?). He pushed the blame of their social status on those that created jobs and brough food to the supermakets. That in turn partially affects how we're so scarcely supplied for food and most things have to be imported. Well, that and the whole price laws (certain products are forced to be sold at X amount of mney, and that basically means that by selling, companies would be losing money... you can see the problem with that).
So when Chavez died, Maduro came to power, the oil price plummeted, and there was no backup (no economic policies, no stash of money for emergency situations). As if it wasn't enough, we also had Maduro putting the whole country in debt to Russians and Chinese for exhorbitant ammounts in exchange for weapons, arms, etc. This because of the protests in 2014 and then later in 2017. And while there's no official proof of this, it's general knowledge that Maduro and its regime depleted the country's Gold Reserves. So really, they milked this country dry and atm we're pretty much a bankrupt country...
* _Actually, when Chavez was voted in, people wanted a new face that wasn't related to the 4th Republic or the two main political parties (Copei and AD), mostly because of the corruption. Oh booy did they get that wrong by voting for Chavez_ .
3. I'm adding another disclaimer here because a) I was part of the 2017 protests, and it will play a part in the answer and b) it is a political stance that not all people agree with (both from opposition side, and pro-Maduro side).
The opposition technically rallied behind the MUD (Democratic Union Table, if translated word by word). Because we all know that divided we would be less powerful, and our opposition figures were kinda divided up to 2016, they figured it was a good move. If it had been a move without hidden political agendas, it would've been.
Before 2016, our opposition leaders (exempting Leopoldo Lopez) were shitty af. In retrospect, that is, because they only had their best interest in mind and not the country's. Leopoldo is the exception, but that is too long of a story to get into. So when in 2017 they banded together we thought it meant a change. Mind you, the protests started naturally from the rest of the society, when the MUD saw that we were gathering a relatively big number of people, they started calling for protests as well. People like to forget that they weren't the ones who came up with the idea, they just jumped into it when it was convenient for them.
Now, fast forward a few months, around 150 kids-to-young-adults deaths, and some international viewership. The MUD suddenly calls for us to stop march-style protests. The ANC (basically an illegal National Assembly that was to be made up by Maduro's regime) voting thing shows the amount and scale of cheating they applied to it, from International sources. All good and great. But slowly the MUD cools down the streets. And things eventually go back to normal. ANd then new elections come (regional, state, etc). And the MUD basically uses this whole time of protests as their promotion campaign to get us to vote for them. There's also the "dialogues" they make with the government in other countries. At this point, ther have been a few reputable journalist that have brought to light that quite a few of the MUD members are in cahoots with the Government.
So now we don't have the MUD. ANd those "barbaric" resistance groups? Those were just kids, students, wanting a better country, and were led to their deaths basically to serve some BS MUD politicians' agenda. They were venezuelians, guys my age, not some US-pushed agenda (ridiculous).
So we no longer have a political figure that can rally us up. Actually, that's mostly the reason I've given up on this changing anytime soon. I saw so many die (one of the most gruesome happened just down my street, actually), I gave my all during those protests and stretching myself thin mentally and emotionally, heck my mother almost got killed because of that! And we got brutally backstabbed by what we thought were people on our side? The depression and disappointment is incredibly big. Inmensely so.
I have hopes that one day things will change, but there's a saying that each country gets what its' people deserve. And while half the blame lies on politicians, so does on the rest of the society that didn't move a finger and expected things to be magically saved by a few.
Also I'm so sorry this went on for so long. And the fact that I tried to not go into detail as much makes it worse 😅
@Catawallupin thank you! It is horrible, and half of it is not covered internationally so I can tell you with all certainty that you've no idea the extent of it, but I appreciate the fact that people are willing to take a bit of time from their lives to listen/read about it!
Isabel Minerva I hope you do find a better life
A rational discussion in one of the comments. That is a rare thing to see. I wish you all the best in or outside Venezuela
Iced coffee girl will forever be an icon.
bae
Michaela Cloyd ...yup what when the shit goes down and people try to figure out why. The icon of stupidity
She was definitely on something
i'm in love with sassy popeye
Come on, that woman can´t be real, I mean she es more extreme than a parody could be. Fuck we are screwed...
Rewatching this after a while, and the thing I'm shocked about the most is how most of the comments are about the Infowars interview, disregarding all the suffering the people in Venezuela are going through. Shows that we're nothing but a cautionary tale for some people.
I love the subtle jabs at Mike Pence with the Marlon Bundo jokes. Good shit, John.
my Sunday night lunch break isn't complete without John making me sad about life
J. Kelly Sunday night lunch??
I watch it at 2:30 in the morning because of insomnia.
Aidan Yelsma also 2:30 am, but I work at night lol
Kirdneh I work while you slumber, sweet one
Scrolling through comments. This one made me laugh out loud. Thanks, pal.
"You people have worms in your brains." is probably the best and most accurate response to anyone who works for or consumes InfoWars.
Sassy Popeye
we stan dasha in this house
Stick to your narrow minded left wing echo chamber, loser.
I still didnt know how the reporter didnt realize that the girl just dont care about that info
@@leannaburnell1745 hi racist fucker, stop being a racist fucker.
Wow! Wilmer Valderama KILLED IT! 😂 That was fucken hilarious delivery, bro! 👍
Just back here to say that the “worms in your brain” is absolutely the new assistant for Ken in Succession. No way that’s not her
I appreciate you taking the time to put a light on the issues in Venezuela... It sometimes feels exactly as a joke, turns out it's just a real nightmare
Pray for them
When you're about to go to sleep but you realize John Oliver just blessed us with Our Lady of Perpetual Venezuela.
This comment made me so 3AM happy
Poop be with you
czcams.com/video/_fV-C1Ag5sI/video.html You all are sheep
The reaction from Robert the economist sounded like Toby from the office
In the days before COVID, I would like to high five Sassy Popeye for that sick burn.
She sounded mentally challenged.
Sassy Popeye nailed it, Titan. Well-timed burn. That in itself is mentally challenging.
@@KarrieFord It's not a burn, a burn is clever, that's just a condescending insult that a 5 year old would use.
Shows that there are Champagne Communists and apparently, Latte-drinking-soft-brain privileged white kids that couldn't give two shits about brown people in Venezuela.
She's a loser.
'Bad timing Zazu' was this a hint that he was going to voice zazu in the lion king or were the voice actors already known back then
Most likely it is a reference to how people made fun of him online for looking like a bird... He did it again a few weeks later. czcams.com/video/OubM8bD9kck/video.html
@@RykinNewman Nope, it had already been announced that he was going to voice Zazu and it's a reference to that.
@Christian Chavarria Yes, he had been calling himself a bird since before the new Lion King was announced but the Zazu thing in this video was clearly a reference to his role as Zazu.
in love with sassy popeye
Patriarchy
Happy to see I wasn’t the only one, angry to know I got a rival now.
Damn it, me too
This Venezuela from two years ago is now starting to sound like the United States in 2020.
Right??!! And I liked this video back in the day for some reason. It's gonna get worse. Watch
love that dasha is back on hbo in succession...just full circle
It's amazing that we live at a time where satirical shows explain news better than actual news channels while being much more neutral. This episode was well balanced. Great work, John!
OHM-968692 ...eh...he's kind of leaving out the whole "history of US interference" thing. It matters.
Distimmer time constraints will do that
phoenixkhost And that why he praised neutrality, because of people like you.
Yep, I noticed back during the Colbert Report days it was clear the most rigorous journalism was being conducted by comedy staff writers; now it includes some late night, but yeah. But zero percent of conservative "news" has any clue about the value of objectivity; hard to tell which comes first.
this is about as neutral as one end of a AA battery. are you like 12 years old??
I'm colombian and i'd love to pretend to be offended, but, let's get real hahahahaha
Jajaja...that makes two of us!
I got offended for one second and then I was like... damn... true. What a mess. I heard they're sending some money to Colombia to help with the Venezuelan people who are coming here to try and survive, and I hope it's not all stolen by the corrupt people in our government.
I was mad for a second, then I got sad
Crude drug joke aside, yeah, that's pretty real. I'm colombian as well and boy do I know this place is a fucking mess. But oh, don't you worry, I'm pretty sure the third coming of best-president-ever Uribe is gonna steer us in the right path! What with their proposal of basically crippling the nation's division of powers and pretty much taking over all three branches...
Hoo boy, these coming elections are scary...
I’m Venezuelan AND Colombian
The government telling people to eat bunnies is the opening of “Us”.
I love the Colombia shoutout 😂 thanks!
Thank you for talking about Venezuela. Everybody seems to forget. Thank you!
chanel-z no body has forgotten. It's just the socialist who want to sweep Venezuela under the rug to prop up that old couk Bernie Sanders.
I honestly don't know how to spell couk. I almost put cook.
that bird story is so hilarious... but damn, his whistling is pretty good
6:46 as a colombian I can say that's 100% true
You know , you can have free healthcare without becoming Venezuela.
Example: my country, Czechia
This girl that InfoWars interviewed is the real MVP.
Can we get her an award?
Honestly though, that's probably the ideal way to argue with the reactionary right. You don't let them fit in most of their buzzwords and shut them down quickly. It doesn't add credibility to their ideas and saves energy for talking to people who can actually have their minds changed.
She didn't do that though... she was high as fuck and just responded slowly and with as few words as possible lol. She was hilarious, but she didn't shut anyone down or stop them from using buzzwords.
She was hilarious!
Well the InfoWars Reporter did a better job arguing than her. If there is an award for that, i hope i never get it.
That girl is hella hot. I assumed he said "sexy Popeye" instead of "sassy".
Well I said it, that is for sure.
12:59 Let's not forget about our boy, Marlon Bundo! 🐇🐇
we never did ;)
the lore thickens!
Don'tMindMeJustAnotherCommentorMoveAlong I'd say it's Legends, but it's because HE is a legend!
0:06 i swear on my life the second that i saw that i barfed and almost choked
Thank you for using your Show as a channel to showed the world the reality in Venezuela. Well done Mr. Oliver. I will like to see an updated version. Thanks again Mr. Oliver.
There a good episode on EMPIRE FILES VENEZUELA.
There a good show on EMPIRE FILES
Thank you Javier, I will definitely check it out. 🇬🇷🇻🇪🇺🇸👍
"reality"? I laughed
@@1308HK check out immortal technique
Who else waits until 2 in the morning for the new John Oliver video
Gopher Don 8'30 am here, perfect start of the week. Coffee, some breakfast. And a new John Oliver. Is perfect.
It's 11pm for me
In Europe no need to stay up late.
Gopher Don it's 9AM where i live lol
S. I. V. Obviously hes up anyways. Come on man you gotta see hes just fishing for them likes.
Sassy Popeye knew what she was talking about. She just didn't know what Info Wars Lady was saying, because it was so nonsensical. And when Info Wars Friend spoke up and she realized what they were actually trying to say, that's when her eyes got big and she landed that sick burn.
Or she was just an idiot.
Why do we dislike socialism?
Because we prefer to walk our dogs, not eat them.
@@skinniemcfats5292 Yeah, socialism doesn't work.
@@promethium-145 ok what abt the Netherlands? Finland? Basically all of Northern Europe?
@@skinniemcfats5292 ummm what are you trying to say? Do you understand how anything works?
My fiancé is from Venezuela. She’s told me the horror stories and how corrupt the country is. It makes me want to cry just seeing these images. Thank god John Oliver adds humor to the situation.
Haha when she takes your half money after divorce you will know how gold digger are more corrupt
@@oooonnn7050 lol, too realistic!
@@oooonnn7050 what
The fact that I don’t see a single “Robin from Stranger Things” comment is frankly tragic.
It took me a hot second to realize that you meant the "sassy popeye" and now I can't unsee it.
J B RIGHT?!
I was in Columbia recently and the people from Venezuela are coming in In droves. It’s insane there
Lmao probably because he is misleading people
He's right, many Venezuelans are leaving for Colombia/Brazil looking for a better life because this shit gets worst each day that passes. I'm Venezuelan.
Wait, maybe he was in the DC.
It’s cOlOMbia
USA probably triggered all this to happen, safe to assume lol
Please, make another program about the current situation in Venezuela.
...you mean "another program" where the facts. not lies are stated?
etniks this program was pretty accurate considering the typical reports in USA about my country.
But this time he shpuld have sailor socialism as a guest host
Current situation = SHIT^2, also it spread to all latinamerica
It's basically the same except now Trump is trying to make it impossible to get out of
I love how john acctually recognize the animosities that America does all around the world instead of coating that with "freedom" to the people
I deeply respect every American that is smart or at least honest enough to say that
MOROCCAN NEWS But do you acknowledge that Maduro is a highly unqualified (and frankly, very calloused) President?
Yes
I love to hear that. Even with the US doing bad things, the blame can’t always be solely theirs. These types of dictators can’t be allowed to constantly deflect blame off of themselves.
Greetings from a brother of the ummah (even if you’re not religious)! Stay clean and safe; we can’t risk losing intelligent folk like you!
Love that "Sassy Popeye" now hosts one of the best political podcasts (The Red Scare) and wrote, directed, and starred in one of my favorite movies of last Year ( The Scary of Sixty First.)
"Honey, I just want people to have healthcare." Talking to people that don't know the difference between social programs and full on communism. I just want to catch up with the UK, guys, not mimic Venezuela.
Socialism is just social programs. Its where the government takes control of all industries that provide a public service, so that they can't be churned for profit like they are in a capitalist country. Communism is when they take control of ALL industries, including things like steel production and IPod sales, control for the sake of control.
Rereading your comment I feel like we are on the same page anyway, but i suppose its good to clarify for anyone else reading.
No it is not! Social Security is a social program but you can have a private retirement plan if you would like...
TsukiNaito1 The problem is that Americans don't want to PAY for that healthcare ...If the government can offer as good or BETTER insurance than I'm getting today then fine I'm in . Otherwise no way.
BSG Vlog you’re paying for it either way. The only difference is one guy will try to max his profit and the other guy don’t need to be profitable.
BSG Vlog how good is your insurance? My insurance is shitty and expensive, especially with copays. It's the same as state insurance/Medicaid in my state.
Worms in your brain LMAO
Paul Votava , not an argument
Honestleh...
@@anonamous365 it's more of a statement
Wilmer Valderrama as a bird. Jeez, the lengths this show does.
5 years later, Venezuela isn't doing better & Venezuelans are arriving to the US by the thousands, i think is worth doing an update show John Oliver !!!
John Oliver (not his real name, he is a British Jew), was just doing propaganda for the US government, probably on CIA cash bribe. US wanted to remove the Democratically elected leader (Maduro). US hates Democracy.. if they leader does not bow to them. US started the Vietnam war by destroying Democracy there. US didn't like the way Vietnamese people voted.
But... Maduro is still there, while Brandon and Trump are both looking weaker than before. Democracy in Venezuela survived in spite of the USA.
But USA has given up on destroying Democracy. CIA is no longer paying the British Jew any more money to do propaganda against Venezuela. So don't expect a follow up. Jewish people are clever.
Anyone get the feeling you could totally see trump giving away tv's and firing people every sunday on tv?
The sequel to the Apprentice.
Trump had quoted Chavez...
Well, it wouldn't be out of character.
I could see him firing people on TV, but not the giving away TVs part, he’s too much of a selfish bastard to do that.
I never thought I'd say this, but...
I think I'm in love with sassy Popeye.
-nation-proof holy flak jacket.
i have the impression she's high af
Dude, you got worms in your brain? :-)
I had the uncontrollable urge to watch a Fellini film...
I cant stop watching that section
Lol, "you people have worms in your brain, honestly."
Thank you, Fates, for John Oliver and Wilmer Valderrama!
Praise Be John Oliver Praise Be for another week of Last Week Tonight and a crisis that most people have not heard of and NEED to understand.
Matt Hayes it feels crazy that ”most people have not heard of” this. Either it’s bad reporting on it where you are, or I’m too optimistic on what people know/hear/care about
Praise be
I honestly LOVE LWT, unfortunately i despise the people he works for. So every time i hear him mention "Times Warner" i need a few min before i can continue the video.
Yeah, though in this case, he didn't delve into how exactly the country was mismanaged (basically they put the oil business under state control and then replaced the people working their with incompetents whose only recommendation was that they were close to the president, and then they forced those companies to work without any money allocated for investments). The US should take a good look, because that is their future of they don't stop Trump.
PJ - Probably a bit of both, though I'd suggest Americans be a given a _bit_ of latitude on the "state of world events" that don't directly involve the crazy person currently occupying the WH. He tends to dominate the headlines, which usually are of the *_WTF??!!_* variety, and in turn, change every few hours, it's honestly difficult to keep up with it. ;cD
I want to be sassy popeye girl's best friend.
BIG FACTS. EAT THE RICH
I volunteer as sassy Olive Oyl.
Listen to her podcast Red Scare
she is hilarious
So there will always be someone dumber than you in public? Good plan.
Juan Guaidó 🫰🏻👀
Trump: “We almost got their oil”.
It's not about "Socialism" nor "Capitalism", it's about how the Venezuelan people are suffering every day and the government doesn't even care about nothing.
exactly. the government is corrupt and im sick of people blaming it on socialism. venuzuala isn't even socialist!
@@violet6968 The government elite keeps a lot of money and lives like monarchs, while us, the people live literally out of the crumbs, with only 4$ per month.
Outrageous and I wanna live in Australia thanks.
Rubén that’s truly awful. people try to pin it on socialism to further an agenda, but not because they really care. i hope that one day Venezuela gets better💗
Kinda like the US government right now.
@@violet6968 it actually socialist you pig
Wow...that girl interviewed by InfoWars might be my favorite human ever....for so many reasons. How can anyone be that cool?
avedic Xanax
She’s high
I don't see how you think being a pothead is cool.
A huUUUGE bag of weed
Alec Norton white bread Suburban nightmare
Wait, as a Brazilian I must correct you: The US has backed coups in ALL of Latin America, Brazil included. There were freaking US destroyers stationed less than 5 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro when the military coup happened (Spoiler: they weren't there for in case the coup succeeded)
ruanfernando my grandmother is royalty from panama she had multiple cousins (Arosemana) become president and her mother’s (Arosemana) high school sweet heart (Arnulfo Arias) went to medical school at Harvard and when he came back she had already married (David Octavio Medina) but he cared for her so much that when he became president he got my grreat grandfather a job in his administration. In 1951 CIA backed gorillas stormed the palace and killed my great grandfather, while my great grandmother and her daughters (aunts) were upstairs. Anyways the president was overthrown but was back into power a few years later. My grandfather (American Navy) said that while living in the palace there were a couple German men who he believed were spies for either West Germany or the USSR but supposedly the president was a nazi supporter. I need to record my grandma and grandpa on tape. They’re 90 and 92. Anyways I’m just a normal poor American whose Panamanian grandma was of royalty.
Ruanfernando I got side tracked, what I was getting at is that the United States was involved in this coup de taut and they had my great grandfather murdered and would have done the same with the rest of them if they were on the first floor.
Indeed, even Colombia, the trained lap dog of the USA in the region, have been victim of the USA influence in the region
America backed up and supported severals coups d'Etat, but they did not organize it, not even one of them. Every Latin America country is guilty of their own fate. Stop blaming the others for the things your own people have done it.
yeah, so kind of the US to leave Guyana and Suriname alone... and as much as I appreciate the acknowledgement of the coups backed by your government, I feel the need to remind you that those coups took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in this countries, we are still dealing with the backlash
17:54 Nice episode, but as a Venezuelan i can say that nobody in this whole country says COMPADRE
That's not a thing
That's a lie. As a Venezuelan, I know a lot of people that say compadre.
@@krissve quien? donde? no conozco a nadie que lo diga de forma no ironica
@@david4rancibia34 yo si, que jode. Pero no hablo de gente de la ciudad..
why didnt he talk about the sanctions
2:26 *haha wow that was spot on*
Triple M -John is only dismissing the navy chick because she is right. Hillary hates socialism, or anything that doesn’t prop up the rich, just as her close friends in the GOP do. The have the same donors, who are the only ones who matter. DNC absolutely CHOSE to lose to Trump, rather than win with Bernie. That was clear as Day from their convention, and the fact that the “superdelegates” completely ignored the Bernie voters. Bernie won in so many places and got almost no votes from superdelegates!
He's not dismissing her. He just applauded her, but he's obligated to make a joke about it, because that's the nature of the show.
Triple M i
Triple M not an argument tho
Daemon Electricity And not to drive a political idea? Could've fooled me.
We just want all people to have health care, Honeyyy
you have to pay for my medical bills sweetieeeeeee~!
Zyoop changa You just have to let people die with bad genes and poverty bruh *sarcasm*
A society where we all chip in for a greater good? HERESY!
subsidizing healthcare drives prices up, not down. Free market and less government involvement brings the most people the best healthcare.
AbdallN Hey, at least people who read stuff only at face value can get that new expensive thing they don't need at the cost of not giving a shit about a societal problem.
Greediness is America's favorite thing to do. From the rich to idiots supporting the rich because of not giving a shit.
the United States’s role in the destabilization of Venezuela’s economy is heavily understated.
I am South African, I love your show. You are missing out, do a story about my country.
It’s gone to shit since Apartheid ended.
@@californiaslastgasp6847 I'm sure some one like you would say that... Pale face🤫 I'd rather keep my corrupt politicians then to have people with your attitude run this country ever again. And that is why the ANC keeps winning, there's a lot more me then you in this country 🤣😅🤣😅
@@ntandokunene3610 love this comment. You are a real one.
Oi! That joke about Colombia is... accurate. Totally accurate. 😂😂😂
Sincerely,
A Colombian.
Just putting this out there, when Chavez was in office he had a video game banned in Venezuela because he thought it might inspire an uprising.
The specific game was Mercenaries 2, which took place in Venezuela.
kurisu7885
Sidenote:
The mercenaries games were awesome.
Great game, always wanted a third
It came out three years after a coup that had Chavez temporarily out of office that was rumored to be supported by the US and as I understand it the game rewarded creating as much chaos as possible.
When you consider that, the fact that mercenaries are war criminals and America's long and bloody history of intervening in Latin American countries by literally all means imaginble, I can understand where he's coming from.
I'm not saying it's great but hey, the CIA tried to get castro overthrown by infiltrating the Cuban rap scene. The are even involved in funding or making hollywood movies like Argo or Animal Farm. So this would definitely not be out of character.
shurednichso if you think Chavez was democratic is probably because your mom let you fall while you were a baby
Yea fkn americans have no idea what even their own governments have done in the past and is doing now. That is how sucessful brainwashing works. Do they even know that USA is a major reason for the Korean war in the first place? Do they know that USA dropped more bombs on Vietnam than on Nazi germany? Even heard of Operation Northwoods/Condor? There are so much dirt in recent history about USA/CIA that never gets spoken about, but the lies about socialism/communism are spread as truths.
7:43 Reminds me a lot of C-3PO telling the story of the Jedi in "Return of the Jedi".
Saying al socialist countries are like Venezuela is like saying all restaurants are Taco Bell.
The woman in the first interview is an absolute legend.