A Tale of Two Countries: In Free Market Guyana, the Best of Times, and in Socialist Venezuela, the Worst of Times
Socialist Venezuela, with its failing economy, lusts for Guyana’s Essequibo and its riches.

It’s a tale of two countries. In the 1970s, Venezuela was the flashy, OPEC petrostate of the Americas. Bolstered by money flowing from the largest oil reserves in the world, Venezuela flooded Miami and New York with shoppers and college students. At home, gasoline was cheaper than water. New highways carried fleets of gas guzzlers.
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