tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post3981945224686044296..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: A Christmas from hellDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-31271606038479237482017-12-27T09:49:14.453+01:002017-12-27T09:49:14.453+01:00Merry Christmas Daniel. I remember growing up in t...Merry Christmas Daniel. I remember growing up in the Brazilian hyperinflation. It was bad, but nowhere near as bad as you get it there at Venezuela. I was 10 when "Plano Real" came of and even before we has a lot of free market compared to Venezuela (my father was a bus driver, my mother a cashier and even they had a stash of dollars).<br /><br />Is there any way things can be run on Venezuela despite government? I heard there are already people using bitcoin as means of saving money and buying things on Amazon. In my country, when things got dire, people started trading without money (bartering), creating closed gate comunities to deal with violence and arming themselves.Sungilamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645802866628328350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15314446514458218332017-12-26T03:30:56.858+01:002017-12-26T03:30:56.858+01:00Daniel....My Christmas wish for you and SO is that...Daniel....My Christmas wish for you and SO is that you somehow find a way out of the hell hole that the country has become. It is hard to wish you a Merry Christmas knowing that even simple everyday tasks are becoming so difficult or even impossible for so. many. I do wish for you better Christmas days in the future. Thanks again for keeping us posted what's really happening.Tom in Oklahomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-15317991151620592282017-12-25T21:12:36.173+01:002017-12-25T21:12:36.173+01:00All the best to you & your SO, Daniel.All the best to you & your SO, Daniel. Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-81198807573525193082017-12-25T17:27:59.746+01:002017-12-25T17:27:59.746+01:00It is called Christmas Savings. It is called Christmas Savings. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-72572046715694305632017-12-25T17:09:55.650+01:002017-12-25T17:09:55.650+01:00If the infamous "monthly wage" equals a ...If the infamous "monthly wage" equals a jar of jam, some flour and margerine... then who really make just minimum "monthly wage"? <br /><br />Most of the average pueblo-people population must make a lot more, plus raise their own chickens and lettuce. And they'd still be starving way worse than some are hungry, relatively a minority.<br /><br />So where does the extra cash come from? Can anyone do the math for me, income/expenses for a regular "sueldo-minimo" family, especially in big cities? <br /><br />I didn't think so. No calculator can do the suspect math in Kleptozuela. Could it be from countless 'enchufes", "tigritos" "segundas" and mostly dirty, ilegal GUISOS? Of course! <br /><br />Guisos, AKA as THEFT, are everywhere, so, in a twisted Kleptozuelan sense, most of that crooked , enchufado, complicit "pueblo" can still say.. Felih Navida' mi llave! Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669696149094846115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43797211270037890082017-12-25T15:04:19.832+01:002017-12-25T15:04:19.832+01:00We used to be more than 30 around the Christmas ta...We used to be more than 30 around the Christmas table. Yesterday, they were 9 left, all the rest of us in the diaspora. A Christmas where one fells like crying even among the goodies available outside of Venezuela. Next year 7 at the most around the traditional table, no need to rent for tables and chairs.Charlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145328603062740131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-39109510196761182332017-12-25T02:36:05.278+01:002017-12-25T02:36:05.278+01:00Argentina and are doing well there.
We have no ab...Argentina and are doing well there.<br /><br />We have no ability to leave. Our property is virtually unsaleable and truly our life here is very comfortable. There are shortages of some items but if you pay attention or have an Amazon account there is no reason to do without.Island Canucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-26853488418387004782017-12-25T02:32:25.285+01:002017-12-25T02:32:25.285+01:00Daniel, enjoy your Christmas as it may be. You are...Daniel, enjoy your Christmas as it may be. You are alive.<br /><br />Here in Margarita things are the same although we were able to buy meat & pork in the last week. VERY expensive! A total of just under Bs.7.000.000 which for people outside Venezuela is about US$70 but it totaled about 17 kg or about US$4 a kg. Included rump roast, sirloin, pork loin, ribs, minced meat, etc.<br /><br />As I have a small pension this was not expensive for us but it will keep us going for the next 6 weeks. Minimum wage is just Bs.550.000.<br /><br />Our business (tourism) has been closed for 1½ years. Without the pension we would not survive.<br /><br />We went to the beach today with family and friends that are still here. My wife's family left forIsland Canucknoreply@blogger.com