Venezuela and the United Nations Human  Development Report

Reviewing the past  I find that in 1990, Venezuela's Human Development Index was 0.861 (it was the first time the study was carried out by the United Nations and  we were present in the UN General Assembly for its adoption). Among a total of 130 countries, there were 45 countries with High Human Development. (Japan # 1, HDI 0.996 in 1990 / 0.903 in 2016). 

Of this exquisite group of high human development  countries, there were 33 rich countries and 12 not so rich, but of high welfare. Venezuela was the number 9 of this select group.

Today, in a total universe of 188 countries (of which 54  are very rich countries)  Venezuela having at least the same index of 0.86, it would be number 2 in the ranking of the highest index among the 134 developing countries that we have in the world. Far from it.

That is to say a country with a great well-being and happiness:      

 1990 = 0.861           2016 = 0.767.

Causes? Well, it would take  several volumes to explain...