Reuters reports that Venezuela has ordered its various oil companies and joint ventures to move their money to the Russian banking system. It’s clear that the in crowd of socialist regime is trying to preserve as many of the assets as they can possibly steal before the final collapse of what had been the richest economy in Latin America.

The Gentle Reader should remember that it is politicians who speak fondly of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution who are advocate a Green New Deal Great Leap Backward™ for the United States.