While Chris Kraul tells the world from Los Angeles that not even the dead are safe from crime in Caracas, Simon Romero in the NYT revisits the topic of naming kids in Venezuela in view of the proposed legislation which will make naming your kid Tutankamen del Sol or Juan Jundred a thing of the past.
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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