Comments on: Banco Federal intervened, obviously political, long overdue

By: Venezuela arrests Twitter users for spreading rumors | Lat/Am Daily

Venezuela arrests Twitter users for spreading rumors | Lat/Am Daily — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:19:56 +0000

[...] tweet was from June 30, a couple weeks after the government took over (deservedly) Banco Federal, intensifying an already tense situation after the take-over of about a dozen other [...]

By: qtxo Jose

qtxo Jose — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:49:34 +0000

My funny BF adventure: Last year while visiting Margarita I went to a Banco Federal office and they broke my passport while scanning it (only the cover) I had no problem returning to Europe and I forgot it completely.

Now last week I arrived at Maiquetia airport and the immigration official rejected the passport so he sent me to the office where the boss told me they were going to send me back to Europe. Of course I am an experienced traveller and knew it was only the typical retaliation for the number of Venezuelans rejected at European airports, I met some of them during the hour or so I spent waiting in the office.

So, he applied glue to my passport and told me that they were doing a special favour to let me enter the country and…….. if I could buy them a bottle of whiskey from the duty free shop!!!!!! I went out laughing to myself…

2 days later, last Monday I went to a Federal office to change a check and they made me wait an hour but finally I was able to return home with my money and half an hour later I saw the news about the intervention.

I don’t know where is going this country but I always return home with lots of funny (from my side) things to tell.

By: island canuck

island canuck — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:19:07 +0000

It’s like we all have a vice on our heads & he turns the screw 1 notch at a time.

You know it hurts a little more each day but you keep going until the pressure finally explodes your head.

We aren’t far from that day.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:57:19 +0000

” … but maybe the owners can now be persuaded that the Dictator means business,”

You think they have had any illusions??

By: Alexander

Alexander — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:43:24 +0000

Yes he can afford it, he is playing hard, I do not think he cares about S26 elections, the revolution has accelerated, nobody seems to note yet, particularly he opposition in collective; is the normal path of revolution. It happens on 1925 when Staling did it in Russia and in 1961 in Cuba, and so on. It is matter of life or die for the revolution and its agents, and Venezuelan oil still is a extraordinary incentive to “fight” for the power, and this looks once and for all!. Ok I know it, is not a win win game

By: Gringo

Gringo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:29:34 +0000

Off topic, but about Venezuela: Going on Vacation to Venezuela? What Could Go Wrong?

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:48:47 +0000

Here’s my take: 1st Globo to hide the 2nd and 3rd, then banks (because he can’t fund the new exchange system), and then Polar to blame for the shortages. And then you have no news, dollars or food but if no one is talking about it, then maybe it doesn’t exist?

I love the Venezuela expression to “cover the sun with one finger.” Hard to be believe that was developed before Chavez day as it fits him to a T.