This may not be politically correct, but the audience these politician are talking to may not be the best educated. If you have a hate of the foreigners just make any mumbo jumbo up and it can get everyone in a stir. i.e these foreigners are taking our land, they commit fraud against the people of Venezeula. Thus, Venezeula officals Scapegoat the foreigners for their own lack of ability and intelligence. The best example is Venezeula's own oil projects where countless dollars have gone missing under this new nationalization. Via via Chavez, the plant managers says as they walk out of their offices with US greenback stuff pockets.

In addition, do reporters not question anything in Venezeula. I would say the reporters in Venezeula are probably experts at dictation, and nothing else.