Venezuela's oil production on the brink of collapse

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Desperation is spreading in Venezuela as violent protests continue to paralyze the country, further damaging the country's shattered economy. Venezuela's already-decrepit oil industry is deteriorating by the day, and an outright implosion is no longer out of the question.

The inflation rate, according to the IMF, will balloon to 720 percent this year. Food shortages have been common for quite some time, but are deepening and wearing down the population. Three out of four people surveyed by the WSJ reported involuntary weight loss last year. Hospitals have completely broken down.

Venezuela has been crippled by protests since late March, with more than three dozen people having been killed over the past two months, and there is no sign of improvement. This meltdown is taking a toll on Venezuela's oil production, the last thing keeping the country from...

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