After a long OSRS gold time, Marinez was able to return in Maracaibo, "with none cash in my pockets," he stated. He attempted to locate paintings but could not find anything in the task market that was destroyed by the pandemic -- and a ten-year-long financial crisis.

Ten years ahead, Venezuela, a petrostate beneathneath the presidency of Hugo Chavez, witnessed a reduction in oil prices. The fee of a barrel fell by nearly $50, from an excessive of greater than $one hundred. The U.S. instituted extensive-ranging sanctions against the Venezuelan government's authoritarian regime.

"When oil prices began to fall, there has been no extra cash to buy products from overseas," stated Alejandro Velasco who is Professor at New York University who focuses on Venezuelan political affairs, in an interview on telecellsmartphone. "As it stands is that there's been no any additional money that could keep the financial system running."

The coffers of Venezuela were empty after it spent the maximum amount of its latest oil supply on social offerings like  backed food, medical care in addition to literacy initiatives. Chavez was also able to remove perceived dissenters Buy OSRS gold from the oil business following an attempted coup by the army and affected production.