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August 5, 2021 at 3:35:42 AM UTC
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https://devilsexcrement.com/
Venezuela
AS264731 <unknown>
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On August 5, 2021 at 3:35:42 AM UTC, https://devilsexcrement.com/ was accessible when tested on AS264731 in Venezuela.

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DNS Queries

Resolver:
190.121.224.21
Query:
IN A devilsexcrement.com
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192.0.78.25
AS2635 (Automattic, Inc)
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A
192.0.78.24
AS2635 (Automattic, Inc)

TCP Connections

192.0.78.24:443: succeeded
192.0.78.25:443: succeeded

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	<h1><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/">The Devil&#039;s Excrement</a></h1>
	<p id="blog_description">Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil&#039;s excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.</p>

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				<h2 id="post-22176"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2018/03/08/hyper-inflated-arepa-index-reaches-all-time-high-again/" rel="bookmark">Hyper-inflated arepa index reaches all time high&nbsp;(again)</a></h2>
				<small>March 8, 2018 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>My only remaining connection to Venezuela is the arepa index, also called the hyper-inflated arepa index, which was created as a way of keeping tabs on inflation. Boy, little did I know how it would grow!<br />
The arepa cost 385,000 Bs on February 27. This gives a new all time high for the inflation rate since the cost was 225,000 Bs last month, which translates to a 73% per month increase. The previous record was 29% per month calculated at the end of January, which actually was an average over the previous two months. I thank my friend for sending the numbers to me. While he ate the arepa, I did not, we are using the same calculation methodology as before. God save the country with that inflation! But it seems that unless Maduro leaves and the economy is fixed, there can be no saving the country!!</p>
<p>That´s my opinion!</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22174"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2018/01/31/hyper-inflated-arepa-index-hits-an-all-time-high/" rel="bookmark">Hyper inflated arepa index hits an all time&nbsp;high</a></h2>
				<small>January 31, 2018 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>A good friend just reported back to me that on Jan 27 the price of my usual queso de mano arepa bought at my favorite arepera was 225,000 Bs., up from essentially two months earlier when it was 35.000 bolivars, for a rise of roughly 270% a month!</p>
<p>Although some months I did not measure it because of my accident, the hyper inflated arepa index hit an all time high. It is a record which is indicative of prices in my country, Venezuela. Inflation is running at an all time high as measured by this index and is a reflection of the bad economic policies.</p>
<p>The timing of this report coincides with progress in my recovery: I am feeling somewhat better.</p>
<p>The friend reported the arepa was as good as ever!</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22171"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2017/11/25/the-devil-is-back-with-uii/" rel="bookmark">The devil is back with&nbsp;UII</a></h2>
				<small>November 25, 2017 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>A friend, LFU, came to visit and asked me “Do you want me to get you the price of the arepa?”. I said yes, but you have to find the same arepa and arepera. It is queso de mano at GHA. He went on Nov 20th and found the price to be “only” Bs. 35,000 a full 2100 times that last time on July 20th. 2016, before my accident. Little did I know that statistics would be ruined by the accident. (Of which I am better).  That is a full 29% per month roughly.</p>
<p>This agrees with what people feel and with estimates of Torino capital of inflation.</p>
<p>Of course, I don’t know whether the arepas were similar or not, but I thougt the record needed to be completed.</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22162"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2017/04/17/why-doesnt-the-government-change-course/" rel="bookmark">Why doesn&#8217;t the government change&nbsp;course?</a></h2>
				<small>April 17, 2017 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>Do you ever wonder why Maduro does not give up?</p>
<p>He could do so many things. But he is not wired that way. He. wants power.</p>
<p>Not since the Ukraine has there been a case like Venezuela and it is evident the government knows history.</p>
<p>A change in style? Regime change.</p>
<p>Change in terms of the debt? Regime change.</p>
<p>Devaluation? Regime change.</p>
<p>The only path that does not lead to regime change is if the price of oil goes back up. And they know it.<br />
When Chavez got to power debt was $22 billion. It rose supported by higher oil prices. That Is all. Chavizmo borrowed right and left as oil prices rose. Debt went from $20 some billion to $70.1 billion while Chavizmo was in power. And with oil at $150 a barrel, it was not only payable, they could skim a little. And they did.</p>
<p>But now with oil back at $50 or less, there is not enough money. So unless oil goes up, Venezuela can&#8217;t survive unless there is change, from the top.</p>
<p>But change implies a different model, a devaluation, but it all leads to regime change if you read history. So, they stay the course. Worse case, oil stay at its current level and there is regime change. And unhappy Venezuelans.</p>
<p>Earlier, there was the possibility of an economic stabilization fund but money, which would now be over $200 billion, was not saved. So another opportunity was lost.</p>
<p>Yes, we could default. But guess what: it would lead to regime change. That is history again.</p>
<p>There you have it. Most roads lead to regime change. And with collective clauses on the PDVSA debt, it would be messy for this government to swing a default.</p>
<p>So, they are personally rich, beyond your imagination. And they wait. That is the plan!</p>
<p>If all else fails there is always the money they stole. Just in case!</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22153"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2017/04/01/something-has-to-give/" rel="bookmark">Something Has To&nbsp;Give</a></h2>
				<small>April 1, 2017 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>(I wrote this post a week ago, but had no Internet)</p>
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<p>It’s really a tragedy. The price of oil shot up and Chavez took advantage of it. He also produced more and took advantage of it again, producing heavy crudes. And sent lots to China in exchange for cash. He got more of the oil. And he bartered it, sold it and played with it and the oil companies. He toyed with the exchange rate, making it unsustainably low. He allowed the government to sell US dollars cheap. The government used one rate. Everyone else had to use a different one.</p>
<p>But then he died. And the oil price went down.</p>
<p>Nobody would lend Venezuela money. And everyone seemed against it.</p>
<p>And then Fidel died.</p>
<p>And then Trump won.</p>
<p>Everything changed&#8230;</p>
<p>For how long..?</p>
<p>That is the question. Maduro does not have it easy.</p>
<p>His front man got caught. Chavez got away with many, many front men. And he played with the debt, which Maduro can&#8217;t.</p>
<p>When will things change?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know, but they will.</p>
<p>Not enough oil. Not enough money. Just wait. It is a matter of time.</p>
<p>Nobody is Chavista just because. There is money to be made, but it is getting harder. You need know-how, which they don’t have. They had it easy for a while.</p>
<p>So, they start again. Except it is harder this time.</p>
<p>Something has to give.</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22128"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2017/03/08/a-letter-from-my-sister/" rel="bookmark">A letter from my&nbsp;sister</a></h2>
				<small>March 8, 2017 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>I dont&#8217;t want to make this blog about me. But my country is falling apart and I haven&#8217;t lived there since my accident so what special knowledge do I have?</p>
<p>But I have had wonderful experiences in having people show their appreciation and they have moved me. They really liked me!</p>
<p>I have mentioned some of them. Like waking up and noticing that people are surprised I was alive. Or my Santiago de Leon classmates whom I left many decades ago, getting together, and sending a picture hoping that I would wake up.</p>
<p>But nothing beats this letter from my sister, my little sister Beatriz. She wrote it while I was in coma and gave it to me last week. She shows she loves me and the letter is superb. I am Mickey in it, a nickname she uses sometimes. The  letter is amazing and you can imagine how I felt reading it! I love her!</p>
<p><em>&#8220;My beloved brother. My Mickey.</em></p>
<p><em>I can&#8217;t believe what is happening. I feel trapped in a nightmare! I have felt the most profound sadness!. My heart hurts. I beg God and life, that you wake up and that one day you are able to read these lines.</em></p>
<p><em>I know you know that I love you with all my heart. I have no regrets with you. We have given each other only beautiful things. I tell you that I love you deeply, every time I see you. I always find you terribly handsome and I have always let you know. I have caressed you&#8217;re thin grey hair a thousand times. I have the prettiest memories with you. Always laughing. So many good times. Travels. Dinners. Wine and more wine. The best conversations.</em></p>
<p><em>I remember that January, our traditional New Year&#8217;s barbecue. I called you to ask if I could bring Fran. You answered: your happiness is my happiness. I love you brother.</em></p>
<p><em>Doctors don&#8217;t know your head! It is not any brain. It is the most extraordinary brain I have met. I dream about you every night. And it is recurrent the dream where we talk about what happened. You tell me the few things that you remember. I tell you that Andres was the one who called me with the news. That we were having dinner with Ariadna. With Ari, with whom we used to go to Atlantic City together. I tell you that we took the first plane to Fort Lauderdale. That we left José alone in NY. I tell you about Kathy. How sweet it was to see her love for you. The hope we felt when we talked to you and you moved your hand. I kissed you so much in that intensive care bed. I kissed your hands. I kissed your feet. I begged you to open your eyes. We laughed about the fact that you had spent three months without drinking wine. In my dreams, I see you opening a magnum of Pesquera. Celebrating the miracle that you are.</em></p>
<p><em>I love you Mickey.</em></p>
<p><em>I feel thankful for every instant that we have shared! For every visit when I lived in NY. For your red with purple dots underwear. For each vacation in Turks. For each Saturday that you visited us in Tente-allá. For doing the monkey for me. For each barbecue! For the time we spent on the jacuzzi. For each wine. For each dinner. For the &#8220;Abadía de la retuerta&#8221;. For Venice. For biking in Italy. For your generosity. For your intelligence. For every laugh. For X and Y&#8217;s </em>(names redacted here for privacy)<em> story! ! For everything. For so much. For your example.</em></p>
<p><em>This has been a very painful process. The idea of loosing you is unbearable. I have felt infinite sadness. I can&#8217;t loose you. I don&#8217;t accept it.</em></p>
<p><em>Open your eyes, brother, we have so much life to share still. Open your eyes, brother, there are still many elections ahead and they all remind me of you. Open your eyes, Migue, we are going to Croatia. Open your eyes, because I need you. Because I can&#8217;t imagine being without you. Open your eyes, because I am on your team for whatever is to come. Because you are going to have so much love and support. Open your eyes. Together we can handle anything. Open your eyes, please, Mickey.</em></p>
<p><em>I love you</em></p>
<p><em>Bea&#8221;</em></p>
<p>That&#8217;s it, lovely isn&#8217;t it? I cried when I read it!</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22115"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2017/02/26/the-devil-thought-he-was-immortal/" rel="bookmark">The Devil thought he was&nbsp;immortal</a></h2>
				<small>February 26, 2017 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>Up to August 6th, The Devil thought he was immortal. No more. That day he was on a bicycle in boca raton, and was hit by a car. My wife was biking with me, but she was ahead and wondered where I was. By the time she found me, I was unconscious and a long recovery began. I was with no consciousness for almost a month. I went to two additional hospitals and lived with tubes for a while.</p>
<p>It has been six months&#8230;</p>
<p>I spent time in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital.  I first remember waking up and noticed that people were very happy I was there. That is how close I came.</p>
<p>Since then it has been a fight to recover. I am better but not fine. And I have discovered I am not immortal but mortal.</p>
<p>Whether I want it or not.</p>
<p>People have been amazing. Truly amazing!</p>
<p>I have heard from so many people! Some I had fogotten about!</p>
<p>Classmates of mine from elementary school got together and took a picture of themselves with a sign wishing me a speedy recovery. It has been remarkable!</p>
<p>I must say I never heard biking was so dangerous, not one of the trips I took said it. I thought it was safe! I went down a volcano in Hawaii at 65 mph!</p>
<p>But The Devil is better. Not perfect, but recovering! Slowly, but surely!</p>
<p>It has been six moths, but I am improving, albeit slowly!</p>
<p>Will I ever be the same? I don&#8217;t know, but I will work hard. For my family, my friends and co workers. For my wife. They believed in me, I will show them.</p>
<p>I may never get back to performing the same. But people have shown they liked me. My life was not a waste. I will bring this blog back! And the orchid blog too! My country is no longer viable. I wonder what would have happened if it had happened there! But it would have made me not functional, so I try not to think about that.</p>
<p>So your Devil is back! Reduced but I will try to improve.</p>
<p>Thanks to the people at Healthsouth Rehab, Sunrise, Fl who took me in so warmly and without knowing me have brought me back! I will make them proud!</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22113"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2016/10/04/we-shall-return/" rel="bookmark">We shall return</a></h2>
				<small>October 4, 2016 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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					<p>The Devil has been silent for the last few months. Last summer, he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was in critical condition for several weeks and continued in acute care for another month but is now medically stable enough to have started physical and cognitive in-patient rehabilitation treatment. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.</p>
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				<h2 id="post-22111"><a href="https://devilexcrement.com/2016/07/31/dedicated-to-venezuelas-political-prisoners-those-persecuted-and-those-in-exile/" rel="bookmark">Dedicated To Venezuela&#8217;s Political Prisoners, Those Persecuted and Those In&nbsp;Exile</a></h2>
				<small>July 31, 2016 <!-- by moctavio --></small>

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<p>My good friend Maruja dedicates this video to Venezuela&#8217;s Political prisoners, those persecuted and those in exile</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Venezuelans crowd the Simon Bolivar bridge in the border with Colombia waiting for its opening to go buy food and supplies there. </strong></p>
<p>I have been fascinated by the events at the Venezuela-Colombia border for the last two weekends, as the Government decided to open a relief valve and let Venezuelans go over to Colombia for the day to shop. The scenes have been fascinating, but more importantly, the political, social and most of all, economic significance of what we have seen is simply riveting.</p>
<p>Start with the fact that the Government shut down the border a year ago in order to supposedly stop contraband from Venezuela to Colombia. An explanation which was simply grandstanding, as the contraband flows through the hundreds of unpaved paths (trochas) that criss-cross the  border under the watchful eye (and sponsorship) of the Venezuelan military. Thus it was simply a remarkably sight, as well as lesson to the Government, to see an estimated 135,000 Venezuelans cross the border this weekend alone, in order to purchase the food, medicines and supplies that they can no longer buy in their own country.</p>
<p>This is exactly the opposite of what the Government had shut down the border for.</p>
<p>But the more important lesson is how Colombia´s distribution system is so much more superior to the Venezuelan one by allowing markets to run things. Not only can Colombia feed Colombians, but border supermarkets did quite a good job in providing food for 135,000 Venezuelans overnight. Yes, they did run out of some stuff, which was not unexpected, but there was also a transportation strike which influenced the fact that some supermarkets actually run out.</p>
<p>And imagine how many Venezuelans had to feel to have to go to Colombia to buy that very Venezuelan product Harina Pan, which was not only fully stocked on the other side, but to the surprise of many that were not aware of it, <a href="http://www.el-nacional.com/economia/Harina-Pan-Colombia-Zulia-bolivares_0_867513356.html">it was actually made in Colombia</a> and was made there by the Venezuelan company that the Chavista Government has demonized so much: Industrias Polar. Not only do markets work, but companies can move from one country to another looking for the best conditions to operate in. A lesson Maduro and his cronies simply will not understand.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Venezuelans buy Colombian&#8217;made Harina Pan in Colombia at roughly a dollar a package</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And Colombia´s distribution system is better because it is orders of magnitude more efficient than Venezuela´s. Whether a product is imported or made there, companies can buy foreign currency and then proceed to deal with the their processes to deliver the product to the consumer. In contrast, the Venezuelan manufacturer has to deal with a supply chain, a control chain and a corruption chain.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Because at every step in Venezuela, from the request for foreign currency, to the request for certificates of having paid taxes, to a certificate of non-production in Venezuela, to requesting the foreign currency, to receiving approval, to having the stuff arrive, to have the stuff be brought out of the port, to have the stuff trucked to the factory of distribution point, etc, etc, etc.; at each of these steps there will be an official to get through, an office to stamp a seal or give approval, an official asking for money, a <em>gestor (agent)</em> that needs to be paid, a <em>peaje (toll)</em> to be complied with.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And each step adds costs and time to the process to the delivery of goods.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And it is not much different for the Government. Each ship of meat, grains or whatever needs to be accompanied by the approval of the appropriate General that decides how many Tons of each should be bought, which then jumps to the next step so that another General approves the payment. and once the boat arrives, it takes days to unload, to truck it out of the port and begin a distribution chain that has all of the same problems that the private one has, as stuff is deviated, stolen, smuggled out of the country and given to those that can pay money to to those in charge of the distribution system</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">But Chavismo refuses to see reality. Each time their Rube Goldbergeresque distribution and supply system fails to deliver, they decide to add a layer, assign a General to the new position and simply ignore economic reality and their own failure.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And the crowds going across the bridge were politically charged. An image for the rest of Venezuela and Venezuelans of over a hundred thousand people voting with their feet, taking their hard earned savings to buy their food in Colombia, food that not only they can´t buy in Venezuela, but that many were surprised as to how many items were actually cheaper on the other side of the border.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">How can any Government use this image for its advantage? How can it possible erase it from people´minds come election time?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And at the same time, the images were broadcast around the world, clearly demonstrating the opposite of what the Government contends: There is indeed a crisis in Venezuela and Venezuelans are not being fed by a fairly wealthy but inefficient and corrupt Government.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">And as I watched the scenes, I could not help but wonder about the economic implications of the shopping spree outside the country. How much did each person spend? How did they pay? How much was it for personal consumption, how much for bachaqueo? How do the merchants turn the Bolivars into pesos or dollars?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">I confess I don´t have all the answers. I do know that people paid largely in Bolivars. I also know human nature. I am sure that people that waited hours to cross that bridge did not do so just to spend Bs. 10,000 (US$10 at the parallel rate) or to find a single item like toilet paper or toothpaste.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Look at this man for example:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Man crosses back into Venezuela with a bike full of goods</strong></p>
<p>The man may be an outlier (or a bachaquero), but he is certainly carrying a lot of goods in that bike. My guess is a few hundred dollars. But let´s assume it is much less on average. Let´s say the average Venezuelan carried US$100 in Bolivars across the border. This turns out to be US$ 13.5 million. Believe it or not, this is a large amount in Venezuela these days for the black market. Thus, I have no idea how the Colombian merchants could possible hope to convert this money back into Pesos or US$ swiftly. Moreover, I don´t see how they could have done so without the paralell rate of exchange increasing significantly.</p>
<p>But there has been little movement on the black market rate so far.</p>
<p>So, what gives? How did they do it? Because these border people are sophisticated when it comes to taking currency risks. They just don´t do it!</p>
<p>My guess at this time, absent any other theory, is that it may have been the Venezuelan Government that provided the hard currency. Since the Government planned the opening, prepared this sort of relief valve, it must have been aware of the possible pressure on the black market and excess liquidity and provided funds to the money exchangers at the border. This not only make sense, but lest you think that they are too dumb for that, remember that when it comes to guisos and graft, these guys are the best there is. I welcome any other alternate explanation.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, while this scenes were visibly reported, it is less well known that in Zulia State, just north of the pictures above, the Governor has promoted contraband from Colombia to Venezuela, purposedly looking the other way as the stuff is smuggled. Maracaibo and Zulia supermarkets are full of Colombian products at Colombian prices, a clear indication that at least some in Government have realized that allowing markets to work may be the best thing for Chavismo at this time.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Governor of Tachira State said that he would not open the border this week, giving him arbitrary power over the border, arguing he does not want to disturb the effort by both Governments to have a peaceful border. The reality is that the Colombian Foreign Minister said that the border will not be opened until it this becomes a permanent status. Nothing could be more logical than that.</p>
<p>For now, reopening the border will likely lead to much better supplies in Venezuela, but will certainly put pressure on the black market rate. As soon as the reopening is formally announced, many new businesses will set up on the other side of the border, where markets function and there is the rule of law.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Maduro and his Government have been completely exposed as a total farce and failure. It is Colombia that can provide us with food and supplies. And Venezuelans are desperate enough to wait for hours to get to the other side&#8230;</p>
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