Article wonders why there is so little coverage of the protests in Teheran when compared to that of when the Shah was overthrown. The writer suggests (in contrast to Reuters in my post yesterday) that the US Government is trying to ignore it and news agencies don’t want to lose access to the events. Interesting.
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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