David Friedberg

And the economy was really depressed because of the oil price being down.

And the economy was really depressed because of the oil price being down.

It's unbelievable.

It's unbelievable.

And I think to your point, and I was going to bring this up later, but there's such a powerful lesson to be learned for the West, for America, for Europe.

And I think to your point, and I was going to bring this up later, but there's such a powerful lesson to be learned for the West, for America, for Europe.

Socialism is slavery.

Socialism is slavery.

And I think the story that you bring to the world is one of slavery driven by this kind of socialist tyranny.

And I think the story that you bring to the world is one of slavery driven by this kind of socialist tyranny.

There is no socialism without tyranny.

There is no socialism without tyranny.

But I just want to walk through that a little bit because as Chavez came to power, oil went up to $100 a barrel.

But I just want to walk through that a little bit because as Chavez came to power, oil went up to $100 a barrel.

Suddenly Venezuela's oil reserves made the country very wealthy.

Suddenly Venezuela's oil reserves made the country very wealthy.

And he then engaged in a series of what some people have described to me as petro-diplomacy, where he gave away 300,000 barrels of oil per day to the Cubans at a 50% price discount in order to

And he then engaged in a series of what some people have described to me as petro-diplomacy, where he gave away 300,000 barrels of oil per day to the Cubans at a 50% price discount in order to

make the Cubans a surrogate in order to make other island nations in the Caribbean, in the African island states, surrogates.

make the Cubans a surrogate in order to make other island nations in the Caribbean, in the African island states, surrogates.