When they saw the BR163 road, they were really shocked, and they didn't expect that there was such a road in the Amazon rainforest that runs through the rainforest, connecting Brazil and Colombia.

Xiao Peng didn't want to lend them his amphibious vehicle, he hadn't had enough of it himself, so he could only accompany them there.

But it's harder to get a ride here than it is to climb to the sky, a two-way single-lane road in the rainforest, where are there any people walking?

On the other hand, the rainforest on both sides of the road has been cut down a lot, and there is a large area of farmland that McGill told everyone has bought up by foreign grain companies to grow soybeans and other crops. They are the cause of the most damage to the Amazon rainforest right now.

Most of these grains come from the Stars and Stripes, and they have invested a lot of money to buy land in Brazil, which is the god of wealth for Brazilians, and can also drive the employment of local people, so they are only worried about no land to sell and no buyers.

Most of the land that has been reclaimed is owned by owners and cannot be bought or sold. In the end, you can only go to the rainforest, the land here is ownerless----- you can't give money to the indigenous people, right?

Because of this, Brazilians are desperately cutting down rainforests, and a large part of the so-called construction of this road is also for profit.

Roads can be repaired, more land can be cleared, and more rainforests can be cleared. Trees can be sold for money, land can be sold for money, and there is no cost, where else can such a good thing be found?

Xiao Peng and the others waited for more than an hour, and only three cars passed by, all of which were from Brazil to Colombia, which was exactly the opposite direction to the direction they were going, and there were no cars from Colombia to Brazil at all.

"Brother Peng, can you get a car here in the Year of the Monkey?" Yang Meng asked.

Xiao Peng shook his head and face: "How do I know, hey, I'll go, what is that?"

The crowd followed their fingers, and well, they saw four people coming on foot from the direction of Columbia pushing carts here. It was still a trolley from a Walmart mall, and it still had the Walmart logo on it.

The four people were obviously a family of four, two adults and two children, a man and a woman, and the children were sitting in a trolley, where the two adults were pushing the cart and walking. I have to say that the woman is indeed very beautiful and has a good body shape, and she belongs to the kind that is not bad as a model.

Judging by what these people are wearing, it is definitely not indigenous to the Amazon rainforest.

I'm going, what's going on? It's rare to see people walking here.

Seeing Xiao Peng and the others, those people were still very happy and waved at them from afar.

Xiao Peng and the others waved to them in confusion, what was the matter with these people? Did they rob people? No, why did they wave to themselves so happily after they robbed them? Didn't they let people rob them? The clothes were already dirty and unpresentable。。。。。。

"McGill, is there Walmart here?" Xiao Peng felt a little confused.

McGill shook his head: "There is not even a person here, how can there be a Wal-Mart?"

"And what's going on with their Walmart trolley?"

McGill's head shook like a rattle: "How do I know? I'm as confused as you are now." ”

When a few people were still there, the other party had already walked over to the trolley, and the man looked at Xiao Peng and the others, and his mouth was: "Oh!"

Xiao Peng blinked: "Oh, you are Colombian?"

Brazilians speak Portuguese, while Colombia speaks Spanish, and 'oh-la' is the Spanish word for 'hello'.

The man was happy to hear that Xiao Peng could speak Spanish: "You can speak Spanish? Great! I thought we couldn't find anyone who could speak Spanish in Brazil." But we're not Colombians, we're Venezuelans. We borrowed it from Colombia to Brazil. My name is Edgar, this is my wife Daya, and these two are my children Juan and Arango. It's a pleasure to meet you, please don't mind that I'm talking a bit too much, we've been walking around Brazil for six days and you're now the first Spanish speaker I've met. ”

"Hello, hello, you've been gone for six days?" Xiao Peng felt a little surprised.

Edgar nodded: "Yes, in the six days since we entered the BR163 road, we have only seen four cars from Colombia to Brazil, but they don't let us ride, we can only walk slowly like this." ”

Xiao Peng looked down, good guy, Edgar's shoes were about to fall apart. Daya's shoes weren't much better.

"What are you doing here?" Xiao Peng asked puzzled.

How do you know that Edgar asked Xiao Peng directly: "Sir, although I know that it is a bit rude to say this, but do you have any food? The children are starving!"

"Oh, oh, oh, of course, Mengzi, go to the boat and get some food, and bring some clothes and shoes!" Xiao Peng said to Yang Meng.

Yang Meng didn't know what Xiao Peng and Edgar were talking about, but he still ran back to the boat and did what Xiao Peng said. Lulu and Helena ran to help.

The only ready-made food on the boat was bread and canned food, Yang Meng brought a bunch of them, and also brought some old clothes and shoes, although they were all worn by the two of them and unwashed, but they were definitely much cleaner than those worn by Edgar and his family.

Edgar and the others saw the food, and at first they were polite, but after eating it it was as if they hadn't eaten in days. I didn't care about chatting with Xiao Peng, and gave Xiao Peng a thumbs up while eating.

Yang Meng didn't know what was going on, and walked to Xiao Peng's side: "Brother Peng, what the hell is going on?"

Xiao Peng put it succinctly: "Venezuelans. ”

Yang scratched his head violently: "Isn't Venezuela all about oil and gas? It's a rich country, isn't it? What's going on? It's like a starving ghost reincarnated?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "Oh, you're right, these people are millionaires, and their monthly salary is tens of millions." ”

"So rich, how did it get mixed up like this?" Yang Meng's eyes widened.

"They cost three million bolívars for a pound of tomatoes. An average person's monthly salary is enough to buy a kilogram of beef. Xiao Peng said lightly.

"Poof!" Yang squirted.

Xiao Peng shrugged: "It's not surprising, the inflation there is too serious now, the money is basically useless, it's all barter, for example, if you want a haircut, just take out five bananas and two eggs, and so on." And like Haiti, it also relies on virtual currency to solve the problem, what is called 'petrocurrency', as a country, Venezuela has actually gone bankrupt. ”

Yang Meng's eyes widened: "Isn't it? I remember that Venezuela is a very rich country!"

"Yes, Venezuela used to be the country with the highest per capita GDP in Latin America, the country that produces the most oil and natural gas in the entire Latin American region, the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves, and one of the 20 richest countries in the world! Xiao Peng explained.

Yang Meng was puzzled: "How did this country become like this?"

"A good deck of cards is broken. Xiao Peng lit a cigar and said, "Speaking of which, this place is similar to South Africa, and it is a country that has made great men play badly. ”

"You say Chavez?" Yang Meng knew Chavez, nicknamed the 'Latin American strongman', and under his leadership, Venezuela was really a powerful country, and he dared to confront the Stars and Stripes. As a result, after his death, Venezuela became what it is now.

Xiao Peng nodded: "That's right, it's him, but this Venezuela is definitely Chavez and Chavez." The reason why it is like today is also inseparable from Chavez. ”

Yang Meng was puzzled and asked, "What does this mean?"

Xiao Peng explained: "Since Chávez came to power in 1999, relying on the export of state-owned gasoline companies, which account for 97% of foreign exchange, to promote income redistribution, implement social welfare policies, about one-third of the country's population receives government subsidies, and into the 21st century, the amount of oil prices has been rising, Venezuela has entered a golden age, and in 2008, the highest price of $140 a barrel of oil made Venezuela the richest country in the whole of Latin America." But Chávez's policies have also left a serious legacy of history. ”

Yang Meng asked curiously, "What has Chavez done?"

Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders and said: "More than ten years ago, Chávez ambitiously announced that he would build a new 'social-social-ist' country in Venezuela, establish a grass-roots power organ 'community council' for the internal political development of 'people's rights and democracy', and realize a 'master-oriented, revolutionary, social-social-socialist democracy'. Telecommunications and other enterprises should be completely nationalized, the profit margins of private enterprises should be reduced, collective ownership should be vigorously developed, and the people's economy should be promoted; in the social aspect, the gap between the rich and the poor should be narrowed, the low-income strata and marginalized groups should be protected, and social fairness should be promoted; and externally, the state sovereignty should be resolutely safeguarded and the hegemonism of the Stars and Stripes countries should be opposed. ”

Yang Meng blinked: "He seems to be doing this very correctly, right?"

"What is correct? This set of his is the exclusivity of political rights, the de-marketization of the economy, and the super-welfare of social policies, all of which are left over from our country's play, and didn't they follow this path before the reform and opening up? In the end, it was not abandoned by our country?" Xiao Peng explained: "So from 14 years to now, Venezuela has changed from the richest country in Latin America to a country on the same level as Haiti. ”

"You think, Chávez's set is, in the final analysis, the elimination of capitalism, the establishment of a Bolivarian social-socialist society, free of charge, housing, education, health care, The pension is handed over to the government, and then all that can be nationalized are nationalized, and then a hostile target is established, that is, the Stars and Stripes, because hatred can strengthen the national centripetal force, while shouting to defeat the enemy, while starting to drive out foreign capital, eliminate private enterprises, nationalize all important areas, and then all kinds of embezzlement of state-owned assets, low production efficiency and other problems will come out, and soon Venezuela's social productivity will be hit hard. ”

Yang Meng thought for a moment after hearing this: "I remember that when Chavez was alive, he rebelled against the Stars and Stripes Country very actively. ”

Xiao Peng laughed: "Don't look at Chavez's rebellion against the Stars and Stripes, but most of his relatives are settled in the Stars and Stripes. In June of this year, the Stars and Stripes announced the eviction of Chávez's mother and froze $370 million in her account! $370 million! I can see that for those people, opposing the Stars and Stripes is a job, and living in the Stars and Stripes is a life. Anyway, after Chávez's death, Venezuela's economy deteriorated instantly the following year, and the new Maduro is even more interesting, governing the country is a trick: there is difficulty in finding a money printing machine, and in just four years, the Venezuelan monetary system has completely collapsed, and the people are all living a poor life with only money left, where people will not spend money to buy tissues, because it is better to use money directly。。。。。。 ”

Yang Meng's eyes widened when he heard this: "Such a big oil country has become like this?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "There are all smooth words that can describe today's Venezuela, 'four hours of electricity rationing every day, the most suitable for saving water and electricity, doing two days off and five good physique, racing through Dubai to pick up garbage, the governing policy is close to idiots, the people vent their anger in referendums, the economy is in a downturn, and the people's livelihood can only beg along the streets', so it's not surprising that they beg directly with us like this, they have the highest inflation rate in the world, and the ninth-highest unemployment rate in the world, it is really not easy to survive in such a country. ”

Yang Meng glanced at Edgar's wife: "But then again, his wife is really beautiful! Such a beautiful woman followed him and left his homeland, which is really unimaginable in our country." If you're so pretty, you've been in the showbiz for a long time, right?"

Xiao Peng laughed: "There are three things in Venezuela that are never lacking, oil, currency and beauty, in the world's annual beauty pageant, Miss Venezuela is always the most eye-catching, where beauty is definitely everywhere, you just saw this one?

Yang Meng blinked after hearing this: "Brother Peng, let's go to Venezuela to have fun?"

Xiao Peng laughed: "Go to Venezuela?