1. For GROUP OF LIMA nations, answer the following:
a) List the countries in Central America and in South America alphabetically; include the population of each.
b) List member countries that make up the Group of Lima.
c) What is the Group of Lima? When/why was it established?

2. For GROUP OF LIMA nations:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) What had the Group of Lima members met to discuss on Jan. 4?
c) What did the joint resolution call on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to do? (list 3)
d) Why is Mexico the only member not to sign onto the group’s joint resolution on Venezuela?
e) What action will the Lima Group take if President Maduro ignores their request?
f) What is the population of Venezuela? How many Venezuelans have left the country due to crisis brought on by President Maduro’s socialist policies?

g) The reporters do not mention socialism anywhere in this news article. We have added the term in [brackets] in the final paragraphs of the article.

If a person who didn’t know anything about Venezuela read this article, they would not know years of socialist policies brought about this large-scale humanitarian crisis in a country that was once wealthy.

A recent Gallup poll shows that 51 percent of American young people have a positive view of socialism, slightly more than those who have a positive view of capitalism. David Boaz writes at CATO: “That’s frightening. The record of socialist countries, from the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong’s China to today’s Venezuela, is horrific: little or no economic growth, hunger, authoritarian government, people risking their lives to flee.”

Do you think inaccurate reporting contributes to the favorable view of Socialism? Explain your answer.

h) What responsibility do you think reporters have to give readers an accurate picture of any news story?

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What's Wrong With Socialism?  See our Socialism vs Capitalism page.