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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The Devil's Excrement- Barrio Adentro, Corazón Afuera by Yoani Sanchez
- Franklin Brito’s death: A more humane society in Venezuela without compassion?
- The Chavocracy has Fun by Teodoro Petkoff
- Franklin Brito dies
- Government corruption in three different Venezuelan styles
- How the poor in Venezuela are the largest victims of homicides
- Chavez flips-flop on Hospital funding, but will it help him?
- The Venezuelan Poor Are the Overwhelming Victims of Homicides
- Venezuela Official Numbers: 21,132 homicides, 26,873 kidnappings and 1.9 million robberies in 2009
- You can run for the National Assembly, but just don’t campaign near the Capitol
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April 7, 2010 at 11:06 pm
[...] at The Devil’s Excrement has posted a great piece on Venezuelan bond prices and how they stack up to the rest of the developing world. During last [...]