Sunday morning and I´m stuck. I´ve promised to stay inside my apartment all day today and tomorrow, in case there is trouble because of the elections. I don´t really like the idea of spending two whole days inside but I´ll survive.
Some people have adiveced me and Kasia to buy dry food and water for storage, in case there is a strike or other trouble so that we have to stay inside or shops will be closed. So yesterday I bought tuna, rice, crackers, and water - just in case. Others have said that they are not going ot prepare for trouble, that there is going to be so much military around that there won´t be any trouble.
So I'll spend the whole day reading. Does not sound too bad does it. And in the evening I´ll probably watch with my room mate and her boyfriend the counting of the votes. This election is supposed to be really crucial for the future of Venezuela. If Chavez wins Venezuela will follow Cuba and become a closed country (this is what some people say) and if Rosales wins Venezuela can start to follow western models of free economy and so on. This is my subjective simplification of the situation. Thank god I don´t have to vote.
Some people have adiveced me and Kasia to buy dry food and water for storage, in case there is a strike or other trouble so that we have to stay inside or shops will be closed. So yesterday I bought tuna, rice, crackers, and water - just in case. Others have said that they are not going ot prepare for trouble, that there is going to be so much military around that there won´t be any trouble.
So I'll spend the whole day reading. Does not sound too bad does it. And in the evening I´ll probably watch with my room mate and her boyfriend the counting of the votes. This election is supposed to be really crucial for the future of Venezuela. If Chavez wins Venezuela will follow Cuba and become a closed country (this is what some people say) and if Rosales wins Venezuela can start to follow western models of free economy and so on. This is my subjective simplification of the situation. Thank god I don´t have to vote.
posted by Larubia at 7:07 AM
4 Comments:
The leftist movement is taking over south america. Ecuador just elected a leftist (and friend of Chavez), Nicaragua elected one, Boliva and columbia. In Argentina and Peru, the leftists are taking over the parliments.
I don't know exactly what this is going to mean for Latin America, but it is most certainly not going to be a cuban style system. The cuban situation was put into place because of a revolution, not democratically elected officials. They're system started when the US refused to help them overrthrow their old dictator and they the soviets helped to set up the new system, not because people were looking for a change.
Just my 2 cents.
PS I still need your e-mail address. ;)
Oh what the hell, I´ll chanse it, or change it later if there is trouble: ryemaurun@hotmail etc.
You might want to delete it now. ;)
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