GW....

A very old friend of mine has a brother living in VZ, and has just got back from a 5 week visit there. We had a very short dialogue about 6 months ago, and she was saying what a savour Chavez was to his people. I had no time to get into a big discussion with her at the time. It will be very interesting to get her 1st hand account of life there, whereever 'there' was in VZ.

Last night I was lying in bed thinking of all the news articles we have seen here, and thinking how tedious it will be to find them, and forward them to her....this post of your is so very timely, as well as being exceptionally detailed. You've made my morning, and given me some great 'material to send to my friend....

I'll keep folks posted as to my dialogue with her, what people in VZ say about him, and more importantly, what is and is not said in the local press and TV news.

Pender