Merida Goes Nuts...and bolts....and rocks...and whatever else they can get their hands on.
November 7th 2007 Well, another week of interesting and exciting events has passed since my last update. I was originally going to write about my weekend in the mountains, but I have since been provided with much more interesting information. As many of you will know, the country of Venezuela is experiencing a lot of political unrest right now. For those of you who don't know much about what's going on, I'll giv
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Venezuela was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Colombia and Ecuador). For most of the first half of the 20th century, Venezuela was ruled by generally benevolent military strongmen, who ... ... read more 
