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There's an interesting paragraph in this article:
The US maintains a blockade against Venezuela to try to strangle their socialist economy.
While the political system of Venezuela distinguishes itself from other republics in Latin America, what makes the Venezuelan economy "socialist"? Until this is better developed in the article, I will omit the "socialist" term in the sentence