Former Miss Venezuela blames 'socialism and open borders' for her country's devastating collapse

Americans unfamiliar with Venezuela may not know that in the not-so-distant past the nation was rich with oil and opportunity.Congressional candidate Carmen Maria Montiel remembers a Venezuela that brimmed with optimism — before decades of political and economic turmoil turned it into one of the hemisphere’s poorest nations."Socialism and open borders," Montiel told Fox News Digital in an interview, are what sent her country into decline.The Houston-area Republican won the Miss Venezuela title at age 19 in 1984 and later finished as a runner-up for Miss Universe. But long before her pageant fa