Putin comes to Maduro's aid

There are some stories which make me boil. President Putin agreeing to go to the aid of President Maduro of a once great country called Venezuela is one of those stories. Maduro, not a man with much economic brain sense who has successfully turned a wealthy country into a bankrupt state with no hope because of his idiotic and corrupt management, desperately needed someone to help him out with cash. So along comes Putin, ever ready to prop up anyone who claims to like him, or more likely, ever ready to help a country that offers Russia a military base or port. Maduro will now survive because Putin has agreed to reschedule Venezuela's debts so it can stagger on for another year or so. The people of Venezuela will still be living in in a twilight world, unable to buy the food they need, unable to sell their homes because they are worthless and unable to leave the country for a better life elsewhere because they can't take out their life savings with them. This country DOES need help but not if Maduro and his cronies are still in power. Putin, if he had been a better man, would have said to Maduro: "We'll help you with your debts if you do something about the economy and look after your people and be a democrat instead of a dictator." But that's about as likely as Trump saying sorry to Hillary Clinton and inviting her to dinner at the White House.