The Miracle of Socialism!. In 2016, the average Venezuelan lost 19 pounds! Also in 2016, the socialists ran out of other peoples money Chavez and NewCrony, controlled the courts, and started taking the property of an omnipotent oil company By the day he died, he was a billionaire but could take not one peso to hell with him; and a golden opportunity to do some real good, he lost forever.