1,563-Word NYT Venezuela Oil Crash Essay Didn’t Mention Socialism Once

Business
October 8th, 2020 4:47 PM

Leave it to The New York Times (The Times) to publish a 1,000-plus-word story on the failed state of Venezuela’s collapsing oil sector without saying anything about socialism.

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