Some nations just have rocks or sand or ice. Venezuela is at peace, has a heavenly climate, most years has plenty of water, has terrific soil, and has lots and lots of petroleum. Let's pretend these figures are close to reality. We exported $80 BILLION, yes, 80,000,000,000 DOLLARS or about 325 BILLION BOLIVARS of petroleum last year. Where is all the money going? Over seven years FOUR times that much.