Hugo Chávez has been dead for three years, and the Venezuelan parliament is controlled by right wing parties. Obviously economic problems of today are attributable to someone buried three years ago, not the right wing parties who control the parliament today.

It's interesting how Venezuela's economic problems started with Chávez. How did Chávez come to power? If you look at the history of Venezuela from World War II on, you see a lot of economic problems. Chávez was elected because of the economic mess his predecessor presided over.

Chávez died in the spring of 2013. Oil prices began diving in mid-2014. I don't fully blame the right wing parties which control the Venezuelan parliament for their economic problems - they're dealing with a problem all oil-producing countries are dealing with right now. The plunge in oil prices since mid-2014. For how long is the Washington Post and the right wing parties controlling Venezuela's congress going to blame the three year gone Chávez for Venezuela's economic problems?