https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/05/chavismo-after-chavez/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:19:44 -0400<![CDATA[The looming problems raise the question of where Chávez got the money for all his spending to begin with. The answer is the United States. Contrary to conventional wisdom, Chávez&#8217;s spending habits have been matched only by his selling habits. Between 1999 and 2011, Venezuelan exports to the United States, mostly oil and oil products, totaled $341 billion. This is an extraordinarily large sum for an anti-imperialist bastion of only 29.2 million people. Indeed, Venezuela is almost as dependent on oil sales to the United States today as it was before Chávez.]]>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:40:54 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/05/chavismo-after-chavez-n280725