[Eric in the Ozarks]

A pal from the 90’s took an assignment to Ven to overhaul a very profitable fertilizer plant. He and his wife lived just outside the city and were arrested, then released for “crimes.”

Their oil company employer sent a biz jet to a nearby airport without notice.

They left all their possessions but saved their lives.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Re your friend in Venezuela:

Chavez assumed power in 1999, according to a quick net search. When was your friend there? Was it in the 90’s (before Hugo), or was he your friend in the 90’s, but was in Venezuela after Hugo?

Just curious. ‘Cuz, if it was before, pre-Chavez was bad, too, although I don’t remember hearing much about it back then.