When Insanity Becomes Normal - Venezuela
At this point it isn't clear what any of us outside of Venezuela can do to help those inside the country - and this has been hard for me to stomach. Perhaps one of the best things I can do...
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For weeks my friend Ever has been living under siege.He's not a soldier, a diplomat, a protester or a revolutionary.He's just a regular citizen of Venezuela.For those who don't know,Venezuela is in the middle of an uprising.The reasons, of course, are complicated myriadand go back at least two decades,but since the death of President Hugo Chavez one year agothe economic situation has become increasingly dire.And major nationwide protests began on February 12, 2014This news is largely been overshadowed by recent arguably more serious events in Ukraine,but just because Venezuela is not a conduit for petroleum productsbetween Russia and Western Europe nor a proxy for the conflict between the twoand just because the death toll during protests in Ve...
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For weeks my friend Ever has been living under siege.He's not a soldier, a diplomat, a protester or a revolutionary.He's just a regular citizen of Venezuela.For those who don't know,Venezuela is in the middle of an uprising.The reasons, of course, are complicated myriadand go back at least two decades,but since the death of President Hugo Chavez one year agothe economic situation has become increasingly dire.And major nationwide protests began on February 12, 2014This news is largely been overshadowed by recent arguably more serious events in Ukraine,but just because Venezuela is not a conduit for petroleum productsbetween Russia and Western Europe nor a proxy for the conflict between the twoand just because the death toll during protests in Ve...
