"She is super sad and scared that this might limit the visits she will be able to make to see us."
Noooo... What's really happening is the Caracas madman is cutting off travel to the US because he's afraid, like Castro, that his entire country will move to the US.
Before any of the usual suspects come on this thread talking about aliens, I should remind everyone that the Venezuelan exile community in South Florida is very wealthy. These are not folks who are a drain on our system.
Suprising they would slant it that way. Maybe there's hope.
The US interfered with the course of Venezuelan history before--in 1895 there was a boundary dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, and President Cleveland forced Britain to seek international arbitration rather than just taking as much of Venezuela as they wanted. Maybe Cleveland's action was a mistake--a much smaller Venezuela might be less troublesome.
Chavez like most dictators is all about himself, envy, resentment, the blame game and trying to make a corrupt and unworkable lousy idea work against the tide, reason and the success of democracy and capitalism. Freedom is natural, feels good and is right. It works.
Dictators (and socialists and "liberals") always have to be in competition against what people really want, which is freedom, being left alone by the government and stuff. People have a natural inclination to want things, shiney new cars, trinkets, bluejeans, beer, better food, big ass TV's and music!
People aren't motivated by "healthcare" or "the people". They want some hip new shoes, perfume and a good time down at the nightclub. People just wanna have fun! It's natural. It's in our genes and jeans.
Pretty soon, the only way to escape Venezuela will be life rafts.
20.02.06 | Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones, Venezuelan NGO monitoring the state of prisons in the country, has furnished the Inter American Court on Human Rights with a horrifying report entitled "Penitentiary Situation in Venezuela" [power point presentation], that focuses on the situation of Monagas' jail La Pica. The Court's resolution in that respect can be read here in pdf format. >>
I found this while looking for pictures of Chavez More here
Chavez is going to drive out anyone who has more than 100 dollars to their name out of that country.
You gotta wonder who her mom voted for. You get the government you deserve.
When the cows come home to roost, you have to sleep in the bread you buttered.
One of the predictable fruits of socialism, the division of the family.
I was at my travel agent's office yesterday morning to book a flight for my husband to Brazil (a business trip). She told me that Brazil was no problem, but you cannot go to Venezuela right now on Continental, Delta and American Air. Chavez is cutting them all off.
Just fly through Bogota (or any large South or Central American city) to Miami.
It will be interesting to see what effect, if any, this has on how the people of Venezuela view their President. If they are not allowed to move around freely outside their country, they may not like him as well.
Better that the get their mom out of there than worry about the airline schedule.
Time to cut off Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela.