When they see Highway 163 was really shocked, I didn't expect that there is such a road in the Amazon rainforest that runs through the rainforest, connecting Brazil and Colombia.
Xiao Peng didn't want to lend them his amphibious vehicle, he hadn't had enough of it himself, so he could only accompany them there.
But it's harder to get a ride here than to climb to the sky, a two-way single-lane road in the rainforest, where is there anyone walking?
So there aren't many cars here.
On the other hand, the rainforest on both sides of the road has been cut down a lot, and there is a large area of farmland that McGill told everyone has bought up by foreign grain companies to grow soybeans and other crops.
They are the cause of the most damage to the Amazon rainforest right now.
Most of these grains come from the Stars and Stripes, and they have invested a lot of money to buy land in Brazil, which is the god of wealth for Brazilians, and can also drive the employment of local people, so they are only worried about no land to sell and no buyers.
Most of the land that has been reclaimed is owned by owners and cannot be bought or sold.
In the end, you can only go to the rainforest, the land here is ownerless----- you can't give money to the indigenous people, right?
Because of this, Brazilians are desperately cutting down rainforests, and a large part of the so-called construction of this road is also for profit.
Roads can be repaired, more land can be cleared, and more rainforests can be cleared.
Trees can be sold for money, land can be sold for money, and there is no cost, where else can such a good thing be found?
Xiao Peng and the others waited for more than an hour, and only three cars passed by, all of which were from Brazil to Colombia, which was exactly the opposite direction to the direction they were going, and there were no cars from Colombia to Brazil at all.
"Brother Peng, can you get a car here in the Year of the Monkey?"
Yang Meng asked.
Xiao Peng shook his head and face: "How do I know, hey, I'll go, what is that?"
He pointed ahead.
The crowd followed their fingers, and well, they saw four people coming on foot from the direction of Columbia pushing carts here.
It was still a Walmart trolley, and it still had the Walmart logo on it.
The four people were obviously a family of four, two adults and two children, a man and a woman, and the children were sitting in a trolley, where the two adults were pushing the cart and walking.
I have to say that the woman is indeed very beautiful and has a good body shape, and she belongs to the kind that is not bad as a model.
Judging by what these people are wearing, it is definitely not indigenous to the Amazon rainforest.
I go, what's going on?
It's rare to see people walking here.
Seeing Xiao Peng and the others, those people were still very happy and waved at them from afar.
Xiao Peng and the others waved to them in confusion, what happened to these people?
Did people rob it?
No, why are people so happy to wave to themselves when they rob them?
Not for people to rob?
The clothes were dirty。。。。。。
"McGill, there's Walmart here?"
Xiao Peng felt a little confused.
McGill shook his head: "There is not even a person here, how can there be a Wal-Mart?"
” "And what's going on with their Walmart trolley?"
McGill's head shook like a rattle: "How do I know?
I'm just as confused as you are now. ” When a few people were still there puzzled, the other party had already walked over to the trolley, and the man looked at Xiao Peng and the others, and his mouth was: "Oh!
” Xiao Peng blinked: "Oh, you are Colombian?
” Brazilians speak Portuguese, while Colombia speaks Spanish, and 'oh-la' is the Spanish word for 'hello'.
The man was happy to hear that Xiao Peng could speak Spanish: "Do you speak Spanish?"
That's great!
I thought we couldn't find anyone who could speak Spanish in Brazil.
But we're not Colombians, we're Venezuelans.
We borrowed it from Colombia to Brazil.
My name is Edgar, this is my wife Daya, and these two are my children Juan and Arango.
It's a pleasure to meet you, please don't mind that I'm talking a bit too much, we've been walking around Brazil for six days and you're now the first Spanish speaker I've met. ” "Hello guys, you've been gone for six days?"
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Xiao Peng was a little surprised.
Edgar nodded: "Yes, from entering."
Highway 163 has been six days now, and we have only seen four cars from Colombia to Brazil, but they don't let us ride, so we can only walk slowly. ” Xiao Peng looked down, good guy, Edgar's shoes were about to fall apart.
Daya's shoes weren't much better.
"What are you doing here?"
Xiao Peng asked puzzled.
How do you know that Edgar asked Xiao Peng directly: "Sir, although I know that it is a bit rude to say this, but do you have any food?"
The children are starving!
” "Oh, oh, oh!
Of course!
Mengzi, go to the boat and get some food, and bring some clothes and shoes!
Xiao Peng said to Yang Meng.
Yang Meng didn't know what Xiao Peng and Edgar were talking about, but he still ran back to the boat and did what Xiao Peng said.
Lulu and Helena ran to help.
The only ready-made food on the boat was bread and canned food, Yang Meng brought a bunch of them, and also brought some old clothes and shoes, although they were all worn by the two of them and unwashed, but they were definitely much cleaner than those worn by Edgar and his family.
Edgar and the others saw the food, and at first they were polite, but after eating it it was as if they hadn't eaten in days.
I didn't care about chatting with Xiao Peng, and gave Xiao Peng a thumbs up while eating.
Yang Meng didn't know what was going on, and walked to Xiao Peng's side: "Brother Peng, what's going on?"
” Xiao Peng put it succinctly: "Venezuelans. ” Yang scratched his head violently: "Isn't Venezuela all oil and gas?"
It's a rich country, isn't it?
What's going on?
Like a starving ghost reincarnated?
” Xiao Peng smiled: "Oh, you're right, these people are millionaires, and their monthly salary is tens of millions." ” "So rich?
How did that get mixed up like this?
Yang's eyes widened.
"They cost three million bolívars for a pound of tomatoes.
An average person's monthly salary is enough to buy a kilogram of beef.
Xiao Peng said lightly.
"Poof!"
Yang squirted.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "It's not surprising, they have too serious inflation there now, the money is basically useless, it's all barter, for example, you want a haircut?"
Just take five bananas and two eggs, and so on.
And like Haiti, it also relies on virtual currency to solve the problem, what is called 'petrocurrency', as a country, Venezuela has actually gone bankrupt. ” Yang Meng's eyes widened: "Isn't it?"
I remember Venezuela was a very rich country!
” "That's right, Venezuela used to be the country with the highest per capita GDP in Latin America, the country with the largest oil and natural gas production in the entire Latin American region, the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves, and one of the 20 richest countries in the world!
But even though more than 16,000 wells in the Lake Maracaibo region are still trying their best to spit oil, they will not save the country.
Xiao Peng explained.
Yang Meng was puzzled: "How did this country become like this?"
” "A good deck of cards is broken."
Xiao Peng lit a cigar and said, "Speaking of which, this place is similar to South Africa, it is a country that has been played by great men. ” "Chavez, you say?"
Yang Meng knew that Chavez, nicknamed the 'Latin American strongman', under his leadership, Venezuela was really a strong country, and dared to confront the Stars and Stripes.
As a result, after his death, Venezuela became what it is now.
Xiao Peng nodded: "That's right, it's him, but this Venezuela is definitely Chavez and Chavez."
The reason why it is like today is also inseparable from Chavez. ” Yang Meng was puzzled and asked, "What does this mean?"
” Xiao Peng explained: "Since Chávez came to power in 1999, relying on the export of state-owned gasoline enterprises, which account for 97% of foreign exchange, to promote income redistribution, implement social welfare policies, about one-third of the country's population receives government subsidies, and into the 21st century, the amount of oil prices has been rising, Venezuela has entered a golden age, and in 2008, the highest price of $140 a barrel of oil made Venezuela the richest country in the whole of Latin America."
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But Chávez's policies have also left a serious legacy of history. ” Yang Meng asked curiously, "What did Chavez do?"
” Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said: "More than ten years ago, Chavez ambitiously announced that he would build a new 'social-social-ist-righteous' country in Venezuela, establish a grass-roots power organ 'community council' for the internal political development of 'people's rights and democracy', realize 'master-style, revolutionary, social-social-socialist democracy', completely nationalize energy, electricity, telecommunications and other enterprises economically, reduce the profit margins of private enterprises, vigorously develop collective ownership, and promote the people's economy; In terms of society, it narrows the gap between the rich and the poor, protects the low-income class and the marginalized, and promotes social equity; Externally, it resolutely upholds national sovereignty and opposes the hegemonism of the Stars and Stripes. ” Yang Meng blinked: "He seems to be doing this very correctly, right?"
” "Correct what?
His set is the exclusivity of political rights, the de-marketization of the economy and the super-welfare of social policies, which are all leftovers of our country's play, and didn't they follow this path before the reform and opening up?
In the end, it was not abandoned by our country?
Xiao Peng explained: "So from 14 years to now, Venezuela has gone from being the richest country in Latin America to a country on a level with Haiti. ” "You think, Chávez's set is in the final analysis to eliminate capitalism, to establish a Bolivarian social-social-socialist society, everything is free, all housing, education, medical care, and pensions are handed over to the government, and then everything that can be nationalized is nationalized, and then a hostile target is established, that is, the Stars and Stripes State, because hatred can strengthen the national centripetal force, while shouting to defeat the enemy, while starting to drive out foreign capital, eliminate private enterprises, nationalize all important areas, and then embezzle all kinds of state-owned assets, Inefficiencies and other problems came out, and soon Venezuela's social productivity was hit hard. ” Yang Meng thought for a moment after hearing this: "I remember that when Chavez was alive, he rebelled against the Stars and Stripes Country very actively. ” Xiao Peng laughed: "Don't look at Chavez's rebellion against the Stars and Stripes, but most of his relatives are settled in the Stars and Stripes.
In June of this year, the Stars and Stripes announced the eviction of Chávez's mother and froze $3.7 billion in assets in her account!
$37 billion!
I can figure it out, for those people, opposing the Stars and Stripes is work, and living in the Stars and Stripes is life.
Anyway, after Chávez's death, Venezuela's economy deteriorated instantly the following year, and the new Maduro is even more interesting, governing the country is a trick: there is difficulty in finding a money printing machine, and in just four years, the Venezuelan monetary system has completely collapsed, and the people are all living a poor life with only money left, where people will not spend money to buy tissues, because it is better to use money directly。。。。。。
” Yang Meng's eyes widened when he heard this: "Such a big oil country has become like this?"
” Xiao Peng nodded: "There are all smooth words that can describe today's Venezuela, 'four hours of electricity rationing every day, the most suitable for saving water and electricity, doing two days off and five good physique, racing through Dubai to pick up garbage, the governing policy is close to idiots, the people vent their anger in referendums, the economy is in a downturn, and the people's livelihood can only beg along the streets', so it's not surprising that they beg directly with us like this, they have the highest inflation rate in the world, and the ninth-highest unemployment rate in the world, it is really not easy to survive in such a country. ” Yang Meng glanced at Edgar's wife: "But then again, his wife is so beautiful!"
Such a beautiful woman followed him and left his homeland like this, which is really unimaginable in our country.
If you look so beautiful, you've been in the showbiz for a long time, right?
” Xiao Peng laughed: "There are three things in Venezuela that have never been lacking, oil, currency and beauty, in the world's annual beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela is always the most eye-catching, where beauty is definitely everywhere, you just watched this one?"
When you go to Venezuela, you have to pick and choose!
” Yang Meng blinked after hearing this: "Brother Peng, let's go to Venezuela to play?"
” Xiao Peng laughed: "Going to Venezuela?
You can get rid of the two behind you first!
” Listening to Xiao Peng's words, Yang Meng cried with a sad face: "What kind of sin have I created, how did I meet such two strange women?"
” "Okay, don't be in the blessing and don't know the blessing, what a good thing, I don't know how many people envy it!"
Xiao Peng teased.
Yang Meng just wanted to say something, but saw Edgar coming over, he had already eaten his stomach, and looked at Xiao Peng with a grateful face: "Sir, may I ask what are your names?"
You really saved our family!
”