They can't operate a spoon in a soup bowl

Lucky then that the stores are bare and they have no soup. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ3AOmZ2fps

Two things are very clear: (1) Venezuela is unable to run anything well, (2) they exaggerate the output of their industries -- things are actually worse than they admit.

Enter China. The world's greatest capitalists, loads of money, and a desire to own natural resources. This is what will keep Hugo afloat until he's older than Castro, although the carbs and coca will probably take him out earlier. LOL