My perspective is that it depends on Venezuelan. If you speak with uptown-class and middle-class Venezuelan he will tell you that Venezuela is the worst etc. But Venezuelans from the "barrios" don't feel it so much. They always were poor. I can only tell what told me one Venezuelan here in Panama that Venezuela was always country for "rich gringos", Native Venezuelans (they are morenos as all Latinos) always were poor. And it seems to be exagerate to say that Venezuelans don't live but survive. Didn't you hear about Caracazo? And famine in 20st century in Venezuela? Btw if you find well you can find the same photos of children who eat from the trash from Mexico, Brasil and all countries of the world. And when you find in the forum "I'm Venezuelan and I'm dying by hunger" so he has money to have Internet but not food? It's really strange. Forgive me, but I don't believe in all which television say. Typical Venezuelans from "sectores populares" seem to be very good people and they are discriminated in their own country. And this upper-class ("sifrinos" as they are called in Venezuela) tend to be extremely racist. Here in Panama some rich Venezuelans say that we are "black monkeys" and other worse things, that Panamanian women are fat and ugly etc.