Very good article by Francisco Toro about a seminar he went to where everyone grasped the basics of the country’s wealth and corruption…..except the anti-corruption Head of the National Assembly. For some reason I can’t link to the story itself, I get the previous one. I love its main point, that excellence has no power in Venezuela. In fact, from day one I mistrusted Chavez precisely because of the fact that he was surrounded by anything but excellence in every field.
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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