Rich Kids of Venezuela including socialist ex-leader Hugo Chavez’s daughter flaunt cash and flash lifestyles as country starves
Waving fists full of dollar bills and splashing out thousands to stay at the Ritz in Paris... when their fellow Venezuelans are short of food and medicine
THE opulent lives of Venezuela’s so-called “daughters of chavismo” continue to be flaunted while the country is crippled by constant power blackouts and hyperinflation.
At least three million Venezuelans have left their country due to an acute shortage of medicines and food — and money.
Among the spoilt socialist elite is Maria Gabriela, the oldest daughter of the late President Hugo Chavez, whom he affectionately called “the heroine”, and is said to be Venezuela’s wealthiest woman.
According to a Forbes article in 2015, the leader was worth an “estimated $2billion at the time of his death [in 2013].
“Today, his daughter Maria Gabriela is the wealthiest woman in Venezuela, worth double that.”
One year ago, US Senator Marco Rubio called on America to increase international pressure on the Maduro regime.
He said: “Dear Mr. President: We write to express our growing concern about efforts by Nicolás Maduro and his regime officials to undermine the rule of law in Venezuela and promote instability in the Western Hemisphere.
“The Maduro regime, in an effort to cling to power and promote a failed political ideology, has dismantled democratic institutions, repressed political opponents, and starved the Venezuelan people through economic mismanagement.
“This lawless environment threatens the stability and security of the region, including the US, by providing fertile ground for drug cartels and U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organisations… to operate.
“On December 14, 2017, two nephews of Maduro’s wife, Franqui Francisco Flores de Freitas and Efrain Antonio Campo Flores, were convicted in US federal court of drug smuggling.
“It is clear that the United States can — and should — do more to increase international pressure against Maduro and his cronies.”
Last year, America confiscated $800million from top Venezuelan official Diosdado Cabello, Maduro’s second-in-command, whose daughter Daniela boasts about her celebrity lifestyle, and shows off her eye-catching looks on social media.