Upon his arrival from Mexico via Cuba, President Hugo Cahvez announced a new alignement against the US foprmed by Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela. It did not take very long for the Brazilian Foreign Minsitry to deny it saying that US-Brazilian relations have never been better and that a trilateral metting among the three countries will take place but its contents would be different than discussing what Chavez said. Given that Chavez did not meet with either President in Mexico, nobody had believed him anyway.
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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