Venezuela Predictions 2014

[display_name id=”1″]Near zero. If the US dollar collapses, so does the country and your entire way of life. Venezuela is an excellent example of what could happen.Please cite the article you read making such a ridiculous claim.

[display_name id=”1″]Argentina and Brazil are the Titans, and for a while, up to 1974 it was Uruguay. Since then it has been just Brazil and Argentina duking it out with an occasional rotation for third (Uruguay in the 1980s, Colombia in the 1990s, and Paraguay during the first decade of this Millenium, with Uruguay, Ecuador close by).Chile was always competitive but was never a Big Boy soccer wise continentally (1962 their big achievement finishing 3rd place IN CHILE !). For the next decade (WC 2014 and 2018) Chile seems to be the candidate to replace Paraguay it the rotation as the Third Big Boy to accompany the two Titans. But I wouldn't bet on it. It seems Uruguay will have a surge, Colombia will begin to rise, Venezuela and Ecuador competitive and seeking to rise. Chile's future as the next Big Boy is uncertain.

FYI — The hype about Chile is all that — hype. Did you know they finished tied for second with PARAGUAY but because of Goal Difference they took second place (+10 over Paraguay's +6)? So why not the hype and hoopla over Paraguay? Why not see them as a future semi-finalist? WHY? WHY? WHY?

Prediction — Chile will suffer the Colombia syndrome of 1994. You watch Honduras knock em out.

[display_name id=”1″]Maldonado hates Williams, and Williams hate Maldonado, they're constantly arguing with each other saying the other is bad at driving or bad at making a car. Maldonado brings millions of Venezuelan cash, Sauber have millions of Russian cash, Lotus will have millions of Bruneian and American cash so they don't have to have Maldonado and can instead have Hulkenberg, leaving Maldonado with Force India, run by Vijay Mallya whose main business- Kingfisher Airlines went bust earlier this year, and with Di Resta's poor form in most of the recent races, his critiscm of Force India- Maldonado is a likely partner for Sutil in 2014.
Hence Massa will go to Williams, and maybe get extra sponsorship, not just from Petrobras but also from PDVSA as Williams have a contract with PDVSA and not just Maldonado, if PDVSA don't sponsor a Williams driver next year they'll be sued, and sponsoring Massa would be the perfect solution as he is a South American but may not go entirely easily as he is Brazilian and there is a bit of turbulence right now in Venezuela over Government sponsorship of drivers, many wanting to keep the money to just Venezuelans if not at all.
Sirotkin is crap, he won't get the superlicence and Vitaly Petrov shall take the seat at Sauber for he is Russian and a perfect substitute. Either that or Gutierrez will be dumped for a Petrov-Sirotkin line-up but with backing from the richest man on the planet and a bunch of Russian billionaires, Sauber won't go far wrong with Sirotkin-Gutierrez line-up moneywise, talentwise they'll be nowhere however
Otherwise- we agree.