by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper:
OK, it’s been more than three weeks after one of the most important events in Venezuela’s contemporary history.
You know already what happened the first three days after the elections past July 28th: turmoil, emotions getting out of control, Hugo statues being knocked down everywhere, and so on.
There has been a consequent wave of brutal repression violating our sacred Constitution. Something that the world should know about, by the way.
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The first three weeks after an event
The first three weeks after a major event, like the incredible election fraud we are going through right now, haven’t been peaceful. Turmoil and a tense situation after the brutal repression are present everywhere, in sudden bursts. Whenever there are uniformed people (we don’t know if they are LEOs for real or just convicts who were given uniforms and impunity to spread fear amongst defenseless people), civilians discreetly disappear from sight. As usual, in the major cities, the centers of power, it is much worse than in the non-critical cities.
The highly suspicious, seemingly thriving economy (only for a small portion of chosen ones) makes one remember a series like Ozark, where a huge amount of cash flow came from (ahem) “underground” sources…because the main economic activity was once the crude oil production, but now, this is practically inexistent.
An interesting aspect: whenever they decide to stop someone, there are never fewer than four LEOs. Two on each motorcycle. Then they make a circle around the people they want to check. They surround those they want to harass.
This is because of two main reasons:
- The psychological impact to deter any possible attempt to run or fight and make the victim feel threatened and helpless.
- The other one, and the worst aspect, is blocking someone filming from the distance. Filming and uploading these videos to social media has allowed people to detect a bunch of fake LEOs.
An interesting aspect of this experience is that snitches will ALWAYS sell others to the wolf pack, no matter what country they are in —Cuba, Russia, Slovakia, the UK, or Poland. I will dedicate a little more to this in the next article. It deserves special attention because it is a trend that has been showing its ugly head throughout history.
Whenever this sort of regime makes it to the stage where they need to inspire fear in the people, they resort to violent shock troops to keep doing their stuff for a price. The Mussolini advisors did it, the German “fellows” did it (ahem), Cubans have been in that prison of an island for over 60 years with neighbors selling them over for a few food bags, and now it’s our turn. With a little difference: 200 years ago, we kicked those oppressing us back to the sea.
Not too many differences now.
What people are eating
On a lighter note, to ease the mood and not make the article so grim, I wanted to mention that I remember three events that caught my attention while we were experiencing the worst of the scarcity.
People used sugar substitutes like the Coke sweetener (in bulk, incredibly high concentration!) instead of sugar, and some odd beans as a coffee “substitute” (yuck). This was mostly in the cities. We have tons of sugar cane blocks (it’s called “piloncillo” in most of Central America and MX. In Peru, this block is known as “chancaca“. I use it as a staple, too, because it is highly energetic, and tasty, and goes incredibly well with white cheese and some bread in a hurry or as a snack. A small bite, together with a piece of white cheese, will calm your hunger for a couple of hours. It’s an old trick I’ve learned since young age.
This “papelon“, with our local variety of jerky is something that never missed the saddlebags of the “Llaneros“. (Local variety of cowboys, usually riding barefoot or with alpargatas) I’ve tried it, and it works. It’s versatile because you can prepare a refreshing beverage by adding lime juice to a jar of dissolved sugar cane in ice-cold water. It’s useful for baking spiced sweet rolls too. Delicious. It improves your mood when you’re down.
It is very shelf-stable out of the fridge but needs to be stashed away, safe from mice and bugs like everything else. It needs to be stored in a dry place, and it needs to be cut later with a knife or ground. Otherwise, in humid climates, it will absorb moisture and become sticky if not wrapped in plastic. I am used to eating it like candy, or with a small piece of hard white cheese. The combination of salty and sweet flavors is something we grow up with in the flat lands of Venezuela.
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