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.
Today was the march in favor of the NO vote in the upcoming amendment referendum. It was huge, I have been to quite a few marches and never felt it so congested as today, many times I thought I could not move forward and when I finally managed to get to the front, the speakers were done. Here is a picture of the march:
This was taken from the top of the Avenida Libertador bridge, you can see the stand way at the end on the right. The students make a huge different on these marches, they sing, shout and dance with joy and keep it up the whole way. The distance was long from Petare to the end of Avenida Libertador (Is it the first one to leave from Petare?). I took this video of the students, there were more exciting moments for them, but this is the best one I managed to capture. I will help you feel the nature and excitement of the students:
Of course, a huge march does not determine the outcome, but one has to be encouraged by this.
