Romania: 30 years removed from socialism

Thirty years ago, the socialist government of Romania was overthrown in a military coup d’etat. Industrialization had transformed the lives of millions of Romanians during the country’s socialist period. But the later years were marked by strict rationing and frequent shortages as the government sought to pay off its foreign debt. Romanian people hoped that their lives would improve after 1989. But life today is much worse than even the most economically-deprived times of the 1980s. A 2010 poll revealed that 63 percent of Romanians say that life was better under socialism. Read the full article: https://www.liberationnews.org/romania-30-years/