José Niño is a Venezuelan-American freelance writer. Sign up for his mailing list here. Contact him via Facebook, Twitter, or email him here. Get his eBook The 10 Myths of Gun Controlhere.
Federal efforts to confiscate property without due process are a problem. Nor is it a coincidence that the targeted property includes personal firearms.
In the era of relative market freedom, many of Venezuela's best years were during times of low oil prices. Trying to blame Venezuelan socialism's failure on oil prices only highlights how fragile economies are without markets.