One of the things that always caused me great concern was to see my country, as the years passed, going from bad to worse.
I have vague memories of the government of Romulo Betancourt, because he was only 6 years old when he won the presidential elections of 58. But you hear things, even though at that time did not allow children to be present at meetings for adults. And I also saw things, of course, at that time could not decipher, but they were being stored in memory. I remember the military uprisings in the government: The Porteñazo and the Barcelonazo. The attack on life Betancourt. The death of some students at the Liceo Sanz de Maturin. etc. Then, after old, I learned about the disappearances and killings of large number of citizens solely because of being communists. Then came the government of Raul Leoni, where the guerrillas intensified during those 5 years. Then comes Rafael Caldera, pacified the country when the guerrillas allowed to settle in political parties and participate in political life in Venezuela. Up here, we can say that Venezuela is living an economic boom. But disaster strikes, became president Carlos Andres Perez. If before, there was corruption of previous governments, at least tried to hide it. But with CAP, corruption became part of everyday life. Nationalized oil, and this concept came to the country so much money we spend to call "THE TA'BARATO." So we say in Miami, as the fashion of the day was to travel to that city to make everyday purchases, things we could do here at home. As stated in my time as a waiter. "The fact that Miami is not going to dog poo." The disorder was such that we are also called "THE ARABIA VENEZUELA" because we spent money like the famous Arab, who did not skimp on anything when it comes to wanting to buy something.
Remember the election campaign of Luis Herrera Campins "And where are the real ones? This is called the campaign. So much money that went into the previous government and when Luis Herrera C, take the presidency, he found empty coffers. The country in debt, mortgaged, as he himself said in his inauguration speech.
Another campaign slogan was: "Luis Herrera manages this." What happened? Nothing more, nothing less than BLACK arrived on Friday, February 18, 1983. I remember that a barrel of oil had reached prices of up to $ 30 p / b. In other words, he had entered the country, from the sale of oil, more money than ever before. But this was not enough. Came the devaluation of the currency and exchange controls. We entered the "TUNEL" which all future candidates for president vowed we were going to get. And I ask again What happened? Well, it Lusinchi "and deceived." And again CAP. What happened? More debt for the country, the famous economic package of Miguel Rodriguez. And POD was more Pelu for the Venezuelan people: The Caracazo. How many people killed by this government in that event? Military uprisings then 2 and finally the trial of the president removed him from office. J. Ramón 6 months Caldera Velasquez and again. Wine banking disaster, currency devaluation, exchange control, etc. What about the people? more screwed up than ever.
And there was my concern. And I wonder: Why do none of these governments did something to "fix" the disaster of the country they had created?
As governments passed, one was worse than the other. And every 5 years the town was full of hopes on the promises of the candidates for president, promises never fulfilled. Quite the contrary. The government
LHC, the debt grew disproportionately, and in an irresponsible manner, without control.
If I remember, when his first term ends Caldera, Venezuela had a debt of $ 600 million. When Luis Herrera ends his term debt amounted to 25 billion dollars. When
Delivery Lusinchi government debt was incalculable. And nobody wanted to lend money to Venezuela.
According to Dr. Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuela had consumed more than 5 or 6 Marshall Plans. In other words, 50 0 60 billion dollars. What do you think?
I ask myself: And I do another question: What do you spend all that money?
I ask my friends who do an exercise by memory. Try to remember what was spent those billions of dollars. Search their memories as they are spent and the millions of dollars.
And one example: Confessions of Luis Herrera Campins.
... as exchange controls and currency devaluation can you say President Herrera?
LHC: Of course we were in a country of free exchange.
... Why did not impose a time change control?
LHC: Country Withdrawing money was not a crime, was not a violation. But if it was an offense against the national economy, against the homeland, particularly for having been tempted by the high interest that implemented the United States and sucked huge amounts of dollars to try to defend their own economic crisis, its own fiscal deficit. I do not deny that in Venezuela there was a huge capital flight and now seeing things that we have acted earlier. But we can not forget the great opposition that had each time someone is that came to be established change control. The government had to fight with the rich, with employers and the media to implement it.
These are the things in this country are silent.
INTERPRETER, my dear friends.
And see and read this other perlite.
LHC: One of the biggest critics took my government, after it ceased to be government, was Marcel Granier.
Why?
was director Marcel Granier RCTV, was vice-president of Ericsson, a transnational company that made "big business" with CANTV in Venezuela.
What happened to RCTV?
simply that my government propaganda is banned Tobacco and Liquor, and people he was "struck" by this fact. RCTV
A program took the horse racing, which had since the founding of the National Racetrack, and the transmission of the program did not pay NI RCTV A Loch, but if he received large sums of money for advertising.
This program became the state TV, the channel 8, as RCTV did not want to pay for the right to pass. Marcel Granier's why all its media turned against my government, but of course, after it ceased to be government.
What do you think?
I wonder: Why Luis Herrera C, did not fix the problem that left him CAP?. Oil at $ 30 p / b. Money came in large numbers to Venezuela. Luis Herrera Why not take advantage of this boom time to clean up the country's economy?
And if someone is inside of you, my friends, who can answer my concern, I'll be waiting for her.
