Life goes on in Venezuela shock

Once again, news from Venezuela has dried up – although we have heard that government and opposition representatives have met in Oslo for talks. That will no doubt be a cause for concern in the White House. Thwarted again! So I read a post on Counterpunch today which provides an eye witness account of very recent life in Venezuela. The writer seems to provide a balanced account, but as always with these things there could be a desire to see positively only those things you want to see positively, and perhaps be nudged in that direction by your hosts. But even factoring in that possibility, there is a very different picture here to that projected by hysterical western journalists from the mainstream media, who for some obvious reasons search for ‘good’ conflict stories which make for better news. Read the article here.