Venezuelas kollaps

Hvorfor vender befolkningen i Venezuela seg mot Nicolas Maduro nå? Mye har gått galt lenge i dette stakkars landet, og valgene har blitt stadig mindre demokratiske, men som grafene til høyre viser opplever en hardt prøvet befolkning at hastigheten i landets nedgang øker faretruende.

BNP per innsbygger faller kraftig, valutakursen stuper, oljeproduksjonen er halvert på 10 år, barnedødeligheten har økt kraftig og antall personer som søker politisk asyl i et naboland har eksplodert. The Economist skriver:

"Under Mr Maduro, Venezuela’s descent into economic chaos and human misery has been staggering. Since 2013 GDP has nearly halved and inflation has rocketed to more than 1m percent. The sovereign bolívar, launched in August 2018, has already lost over 95% of its value against the dollar. Food and medicine have become scarce. Three-quarters of Venezuelans have lost an average of 8.7kg per person. Infant mortality has jumped by almost one percentage point. The misery has prompted 3m Venezuelans, a tenth of the country’s population, to flee, mostly to neighbouring states such as Colombia."