Hugo Chavez’ wife (they are separated) is on TV right now telling politicians who were elected three years ago to open their windows and listen to the pot-banging going on right now outside. She says “Mr. President in the name of your daughter, listen to the people, Ministers, listen to the people, opposition be prudent, Cesar Gaviria, try to mediate, Venezuela is screaming for this mediation…..please, people of Venezuela, have faith, we can bring this country forward…This country can not crash because of one person.”
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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