According to a Brazilian newspaper (via El Nacional), Lula Da Silva said to reporters that he had to convince Chavez to allow the US to be part of the group of friends to resolve the Venezuelan crisis. The same article says that Colin Powell will be the US representative to the group. Separatly I read, but can’t find the link a report from an Ecuatorian newspaper that says that Chavez met with Lula and went in smiling, but left with a somber face, because Lula told him he had to hold elections. Brazil is the only country that has sided openly with Chavez in the conflict, up to the point of having the country’s Foreign Minsiter say that elections is not the solution, because is not in the Constitution. (False). The more Chavez plays the international card, the worse he looks.
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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