Ghost blogger in my absence

May 27, 2004


When one starts a blog, one does not fully understand the commitment and responsibility one is assuming. At the beginning of this year I planned a trip. Naively, I actually took into account the political process going on in Venezuela. My calculation was that by June we would have had the recall referendum, thus June would be the best time to go. Cheaper flights and other considerations made me advance the trip a few days. Little did I know that I would leave in the middle of the “reparo” process, with the recall referendum still uncertain and in the future.



Every time I have left my blog for a few days I have actually believed that I would have time to update it and I would be able to make intelligent comments being far away and intensely involved with vacation or work or whatever. It is not easy. Thus, this time rather than make promises that I will not be able to keep, I leave my blog with a ghost blogger. I am sure he will lead you better through the events of the next few weeks being here than I will be, being far away. I leave it up to him to tell you who he is if he wants. I leave it up to tell you whatever he wants too. If I have access to the internet and e-mail I may write something and send it to him, if not, I wish you all a very happy and successful “reparos” and that this weekend may catapult all Venezuelans into a whole different direction. Thanks for your faithful readership!

This entry was posted on May 27, 2004 at 8:11 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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