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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on February 05, 2018, 11:16:26 AM
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Chavez', and now Maduro's paradise . . .
Leave Right Now or Arm Yourself to the Teeth: Life in Caracas
A twist of the radio dial reveals a grim reality.
By
Fabiola Zerpa
February 05, 2018 5:00 AM
Editor’s Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a new series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray.
As a child growing up in Venezuela, I loved listening to the radio. I found the voices, and the tales they spun, hypnotizing.
Now, it’s torture. Especially the ads. At times, it seems as if they’re all instructing me to flee the country. Immediately. In one of them, a woman offers to find a home for me to buy in Florida. In another, I’m told that, for a small fee, U.S. visas for the whole family can be mine. Then there’s the one with the lawyers promising to help me land a job abroad. Oh wait, here’s a guy who isn’t trying to ship me overseas: He’s telling me I should turn my Toyota Corolla into an armored vehicle.
When it’s not the ads, it’s President Nicolas Maduro taking over the airwaves for a Castro-esque, rambling speech that can drag on for hours. Or it’s the “Homeland News Program,” which blares state propaganda across all airwaves twice a day.
I'm only bringing over half of the article. The rest is at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-05/leave-right-now-or-arm-yourself-to-the-teeth-life-in-caracas
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Where is this? Chicago or LA?