
“How could I possibly top Bill Clinton’s call for a Ministry of Truth for the Internet? ‘A new Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness has been created by Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan president, in an attempt to coordinate all the ‘mission’ programmes created by Hugo Chavez to alleviate poverty. Oil-rich Venezuela is chronically short of basic goods and medical supplies. Annual inflation is running officially at near 50 per cent. Housewife Liliana Alfonzo, 31, said that instead of a Supreme Happiness agency she would prefer being able to get milk and toilet paper, which disappear off store shelves minutes after arriving at stores.'”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/10/venezuelas-president-sets-up-ministry.html
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