How Venezuelans must yearn for a dose of “failed neo liberal policies”; capitalism and consumerism have lifted millions from poverty around the planet this century while Socialism has done the precise opposite in this country of 30 million people. Seven in ten are of them in poverty, many reduced to smuggling goods over borders to survive. Cities are cursed with violent crime. Corruption is rife. Amid power cuts, the government had to plead with women not to waste energy by using hairdryers while public sector workers were put on a two-day working week.