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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November 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm
The chart doesn’t mean anything, since it only represents the communications that Wikileaks obtained.
In addition, the most important communications were made by more secure means, not reflected here.
These leaks are embarrassing to the U.S. and other countries because they reveal some embarrassing comments by some, but on the whole, they don’t really mean anything all that important.
November 29, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Now what REALLY begs the question/s is why is Wrangel Island number seven???!!!
Questions in order:
1. What the HELL is going on on this tiny frozen island in the Arctic Ocean to warrant over 7,000 official State Dept. cables?
2. Why is this island listed separately on the graph, when it is part of Russia?
3. How many years of cables does the WikiLeaks release include?
4. So, what will Chavez say when he learns that there was nearly twice as much traffic about some island he never heard of before than about him?
November 29, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Note that, although Chavez is more important than Burma, he is WAY less important than Zimbabwe itself.
A few dozen cadenas should fix that, especially if he talks very naughty.