Units of the Venezuelan Army have now taken over all command centers of the Metropolitan police. Civilians are surrounding the army units and pot-banging and protesting agasint them. This is absolutely illegal and in some sense it is equivalent to a coup or state of emergency. Things are very tense.
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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