I’m an American entrepreneur in Venezuela(yes, I know, I must be crazy to start a business in a communist country). I spent a year living in Venezuela, mostly in the Towns of Machiques and La Villa de Rosario. I returned to the United States for 3 years and but decided to come back, partly because I’m in love with a girl here and partly because I’m just a stubborn southern boy who doesn’t give up easily.
This Blog is a journal of my life and experiences here in South America, as well as an independent media outlet and media bridge so that Americans can know a little what life in other countries is like.
Know that I’m not going to talk much about the government in this blog. I can’t. There was an American who not that long ago got accused of being in the CIA and was promptly deported. I have a family to try to take care of here so I can’t take that kind of chance. The government here does monitor phone calls, emails, and the internet(just like the US government), but free speech here is a little more limited than in the U.S., at least for foreigners. But if you expected me to rant about how horrible things are here you would have been disappointed anyway, because there are many good things about Venezuela and all of Latin America for that matter.
From Machiques,
George
