Digg posted this video today of the mad rush of people getting into a subway car in Venezuela.

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But it turns out that the “desperate rush-hour dash to board a Venezuela subway” video is a mini genre all its own:

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So yeah, we can state with confidence that the Venezuelan subway system is crowded. But it can be orderly enough:

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At least people are using the trains! They just need more of them.

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