Venezuela keeps going downhill. Their only reliable export is beauty queens, and oil, and oil isn’t worth very much any more. If anything, it is the most worthless thing in the world for them, as it has plunged them into a utter Liberal Hell. Economy is failing everywhere, and all the people get back are threats and famatical revolutionary jingoism, more shortages, and more debt.
I’m supposing a tax on models is rather pointless, but the international community can join together and tax oil sells from the country at 1 or 2%, and bank it under UN authority for any government able to stabilize itself for 6 consecutive months, achieving a rate of stable, inclusive democracy and political reforms aimed at economic growth, with at least 8 consecutive quarters of economic growth.
Can the numbers be socialistically fudged with inflated currency and zombie industries selling bullshit product? Yes… so make sure exports, other than oil, is the measure. You can’t export unless your making stuff, stuff people want to buy in countries not ran by this regiem, and no more that 20% can be claimed by any country for this export calculation… so Cuba doesn’t buy 1,000,000 wooden Russian soldier but crackers and use it as stove kindle…
This way, a Socialist or Communist government, including the one sorta in charge currently, could reform and claim this tax horde, or a new one can spring up, and claim it… just so long as they make these efforts. I think a mildly competent government could achieve these goals. This would give them crucial foreign currency credits in the first year of their reforms, not in the form of loans, but in the form of cash they rightfully deserve. Right now, can’t say they deserve any, money seems only to make it harder on everyone.