What I know is that they could be doing well, but because the last couple government decided to "nationalize" (as in steal) all assets in the country, it went broke, because it took Venezuelans going back 100 years in terms of economy to find out how going commando with their money really would end.
So now the USA is trying to nationalize the whole fucking place
By they way - how are sludge futures doing - good thing yer rat fuck con president did away with pesky regs