Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends a ceremony at a military academy in Caracas February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)
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.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez attends a ceremony at a military academy in Caracas February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)