[JustPiper]

Have you seen this?

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman

Venezuela
June 4, 2004

http://travel.state.gov/venezuela_announce.html

[GorillaMa]

I am aware of that. It's a concern. I was there before under house arrest when they suspended the guarantees of democracy. We had weeks of food shortages, the airports and exits to the country were closed, and we did a lot of nail biting. I would like to be out of there before the referendum.