Authors:
Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri and José Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
According to figures from CONINDUSTRIA, when Chavez became president in 1999, there were over 12 thousand factories operating in Venezuela. However, due to the Chavez's anti-private sector policies, Venezuela has today less than 2 thousand operating factories. Not to mention that many manufacturing plants that were nationalized by Chavez are abandoned, or work with great inefficiency.
This weakened national production means that Venezuela is actually a country more dependent on imports -80% of products consumed in Chavez's Venezuela are imported-. A reality that raises the vulnerability of Venezuela in war situations, because in such scenarios the import-related infrastructure -roads, customs, ports, airports and warehouses- tends to operate with great difficulty, be blocked or destroyed.
Moreover, although from an economic perspective imported products could be less costly; from a logistical standpoint, mobilizing domestic goods is an easier task, and their repositioning time is usually less. Furthermore, no one knows what posture will adopt the usual suppliers of Venezuela if a military confrontation erupts.
This is why, in war, the foe's industrial systems are often selected as strategic targets to be disabled. But in the case of Venezuela, thanks to Chavez, the hypothetical enemies of this country have much of the work done.
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