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.
You have to love this graph of the percentage of Venezuelan exports to the US by Ramon Espinasa which was published in today’s El Mundo. As you can see, 74% of the country’s oil exports go to motorize the Evil Empire an all time high, proving the Beatle’s wisdom when they said: “You say you want a revolution, oh well, you now we all want to change the world”
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The Devil's Excrement 