The owner of the only bakery (Danubio) in Caracas that shutdown during the strike in December was jailed for having poppy seeds in his bakery. This is not a joke.
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.
The owner of the only bakery (Danubio) in Caracas that shutdown during the strike in December was jailed for having poppy seeds in his bakery. This is not a joke.
This entry was posted on July 9, 2003 at 12:44 am and is filed under Venezuela.
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