A former reporter who is now an Accion Democratica Deputy in the National Assembly, charged today that the soldiers burnt in the Mara Fort in Zulia state were burnt with a flame thrower. Reportedly, frame thrower are used in border opertaions between Colombia and Venezuela which is what Fort Mara is mostly used for. Sounds too far fetched to me, but if true it will give a level of human rights abuse within the military that nobody in Venezuela ever dreamed of.
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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