Francisco Toro has revived his Caracas Chronicles , from his ivory tower in The Netherlands, for one (last?) more time to respond to a reader who liked the “The revolution will not be televised”. I loved the part about Andres Velasquez and his Globovision friend. That is the Venezuela I know or used to know.
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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