www.CostaRicaTicas.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world ... venez.html

Interesting reading with numbers for some other locals in the area. I liked the part on who they are turning to for "help" with the problem.

Posted because not far from MDE and does mention Bogota, and stuff like this has a tendency to spread, if the core problems is not addressed

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My best friend was the clock on the wall, and he turned out not to be much of a friend in the end

Iraq!!!!
Been there before and kinda know what to expect.

excellent reasoning Juilliano

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My best friend was the clock on the wall, and he turned out not to be much of a friend in the end

I appreciate the link, even more that Brother XMan00 put it in a more accessible Forum than, say, one of the VIP Forums--wider exposure of the info.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED

Interesting comment on the low murder rates in Cuba and Nicaragua..

I can understand Cuba being low, but from what I have read other places I was under the impression Nicaragua was going in the other direction fast with the Leader of Nicaragua more interested in using the police the same way Venezuela fruit cake uses his.

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My best friend was the clock on the wall, and he turned out not to be much of a friend in the end

I have met a large family of Venezuelans who left Venezuela a year ago, abandoning all their property. They fled, seeking a better life here. So far, they are doing well. The dangers in Venezuela are real and we are not very popular there with the masses.

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Providing humanitarian assistance to self employed chicas, one cash grant at a time.

What a common play from the "demonize the Gringo" playbook to excuse the enforced collapse of a previously vibrant economy brought low by autocratic statism. And worse is he leading others by charisma, petro-dollars or other force, down the same inevitably bankrupt path. Hey! and all this from a liberal/quasi-socialist. To be blunt: Guys like me hate Chavez-types worse than more conservative folks because he has sold out and perverted our ideals, and of course the progressive folks in Venezuela.

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"A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind"--Dr. Johnson
"Amen, brother"-ED