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My Imaginary GF posted:Excuses. You're clearly able to type --- organize some project proposals, make connections, start an org, and offer him a placement. Step two is a bit of a fucker.
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El Hefe posted:Somewhere dirty Late, but I've spent two months and a half out of the last seven in Venezuela and have only had the shits once, and it wasn't from the water - I guess I have an allergy to acaí and related plants (e.g. seje). I work in the Puerto Ayacucho area, and we get our water from big, 25 liter bottles from a local distillery. In Caracas I'm in the IVIC (AND I NEVER LEAVE THE IVIC unless to go to Maiquetía) and the water has seemed fine to me. poo poo is hosed though, I'm not looking forward to our last round of fieldwork in January 2017. They closed the Mercal in Pto. Ayacucho this week, and although totally dysfunctional, that place was like a lifeline for many people. I envision starvation.
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What is Venezuelas current situation in international money market? Can the government still borrow money or has that ship sailed?
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Vlex posted:Late, but I've spent two months and a half out of the last seven in Venezuela and have only had the shits once, and it wasn't from the water - I guess I have an allergy to acaí and related plants (e.g. seje). I work in the Puerto Ayacucho area, and we get our water from big, 25 liter bottles from a local distillery. In Caracas I'm in the IVIC (AND I NEVER LEAVE THE IVIC unless to go to Maiquetía) and the water has seemed fine to me. Yeah I mostly mean tap water or the one delivered by trucks, at least where I live tap water is super dirty and if you let it sit for a while you can actually see the dirt depositing at the bottom of the glass/bottle/whatever. fnox posted:I'm leaving this year for Sweden, this August actually. I'm trying to find a job that pays in dollars, and well, I'm trying to get the funds to be somewhat comfortable outside. There is no hope for this country, chaos is coming, and it's inevitable. good luck bro and yeah this country's situation is helpless, there's no hope.
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BeigeJacket posted:What is Venezuelas current situation in international money market? Can the government still borrow money or has that ship sailed? Venezuela's primary lender at the moment is China, and I'm not sure that they are willing to continue throwing Maduro lifelines. Venezuela owes China about $45 billion, but it makes some of those payments in oil. Back in February, Maduro asked China for an extended grace period on the repaying of a loan that was due, but the Chinese government refused. Things aren't exactly rosy in China either, so the news came as no surprise. As for monetary institutions like the IMF, well, they are  capitalist, oligarchical organizations that deal in debt-slavery and imperialism , and I'd be more shocked if a PSUV government borrowed money from them than if Maduro resigned tonight.
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El Hefe posted:our international reserves are also in a nosedive Who needs money when you've got a Minister of Urban Agriculture suggesting that people in cities start raising their own chickens for food , and Maduro gunning to make Venezuela "a fishing powerhouse"? There's food, like, all around you dude! Like, in nature and stuff!
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How long until they start advising people to eat stray cats and dogs I wonder
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El Hefe posted:How long until they start advising people to eat stray cats and dogs I wonder Or baking mud cakes... fnox posted:I'm leaving this year for Sweden, this August actually. I'm trying to find a job that pays in dollars, and well, I'm trying to get the funds to be somewhat comfortable outside. There is no hope for this country, chaos is coming, and it's inevitable. Good Luck, make sure you learn a good deal of Swedish as soon you can: Nordics may be well-versed in English, but showing interest in learning their language make them more open to socialize and make contacts (and ironically, coming from the experience of some friends dedicated to intercultural missions, you actually have better chance of making friends when you meet them while you're between the "Tarzan" and "Clown" phase of improving your language skills). Also, locate other Venezuelans that share similar plans to yours in the city you're going to be and help each other: just because we're not as nationalistic as other Latinamerican communities doesn't mean we shouldn't try sticking together in hard times (it gives you an easier time renting a place). Other than that, I'm honestly envious: if I hadn't been shackled by College (and I'm still), both myself and my mother would've jumped at the suggestion of my cousin of spending a few months bunking at her home on Atlanta while collecting dollars via menial jobs... Now, I have to steel myself with my internship, a few short assignments and my thesis, and then take the slow path of working as a programmer in a tiny local company with ties to a Mexican HQ and hope not to drown in the nation's despair while ensuring (with as many pushes as needed) my Sister can get out by next year. AstraSage fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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AstraSage posted:Good Luck, make sure you learn a good deal of Swedish as soon you can: Nordics may be well-versed in English, but showing interest in learning their language make them more open to socialize and make contacts (and ironically, coming from the experience of some friends dedicated to intercultural missions, you actually have better chance of making friends when you meet them while you're between the "Tarzan" and "Clown" phase of improving your language skills). Also, locate other Venezuelans that share similar plans to yours in the city you're going to be and help each other: just because we're not as nationalistic as other Latinamerican communities doesn't mean we shouldn't try sticking together in hard times (it gives you an easier time renting a place). I would seriously recommend bailing out my dude, I was in college too, on the last semesters, I am continuing in Sweden, but my main priority is to not be here by the end of the year because everything seems to be going straight to hell in a handbasket quite quickly. I am learning Swedish in any way I can, at least so I'm not completely clueless once I land there
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AstraSage posted:Or baking mud cakes... Dude, if you've got programming skills then you should be freelancing online and saving up money to leave. I mean, I'm making a somewhat decent living just working with WordPress sites and doing tech-related articles for a couple of sites and I'm a college dropout. As long as your English is good and you've got a Paypal account, there's nothing stopping you from earning multiple times more than what any Venezuelan firm could pay you in bolivares. Sure, it may not look as good on your resume as working for an established company, but as long as you put together a decent portfolio you should be able to find work once you do manage to leave.
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Labradoodle posted:Dude, if you've got programming skills then you should be freelancing online and saving up money to leave. I mean, I'm making a somewhat decent living just working with WordPress sites and doing tech-related articles for a couple of sites and I'm a college dropout. As long as your English is good and you've got a Paypal account, there's nothing stopping you from earning multiple times more than what any Venezuelan firm could pay you in bolivares. Alright, three reasons I'm not bailing out College like I should have done three years ago:
Also, I have a bit of an aversion of using Paypal to earn funds from non-tangible services: it's something one develops from watching an Animator Cousin's Local Team getting scammed of a $1500 gig by an extra-cocky Argentinean employing the deposit equivalent of Paying $50 with 2 cents coins and abusing the heavily buyer-oriented reimburse policies to revert all those deposits in a way that could not be disputed. When the day comes where I have to go freelance, I already have a very trusted friend of the family that allowed me to store the profit in his American Bank Account until I have enough to open and transfer it into a International Account for my family. AstraSage fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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AstraSage posted:Alright, three reasons I'm not bailing out College like I should have done three years ago. Oh no, I didn't mean to suggest that you drop out. Just keep in mind that if things get tough a little freelance work can get you out of hot water considering the exchange rate. Either way kudos for sticking it out, I'm sure you'll pull through.
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If you're talking about the UCV, it's bullshit. It's nothing but bullshit. Nobody cares that you graduated from the top university in the country, because the country is now something like Somalia. That's what people are gonna see, that's what people are gonna read, where your passport is from. It's not worth it, at loving all. If you have any work experience, and you are an actually good programmer, then bail.
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fnox posted:If you're talking about the UCV, it's bullshit. It's nothing but bullshit. Nobody cares that you graduated from the top university in the country, because the country is now something like Somalia. That's what people are gonna see, that's what people are gonna read, where your passport is from. I'm pretty sure he's talking about the USB due to his comment on how little people actually graduate. I understand your position man, good luck. But Labradoodle is right, working as freelance for a pittance to the person that's hiring you is still a lot of money in Venezuela. I'm working as a programmer here in Spain and I have 0 college education. Obviously having a title means you have a better chance of a great job and not just a code monkey, but I'm doing well and I'm a self learned coder. Venezuela has always placed way too much importance on titles. Outside, a college education always helps but it is still very possible to be a professional without the official studies. Not only that but you CAN continue your studies somewhere else. You might lose a year but at any moment Venezuela is going to explode. Hell one of my best friends dropped at the final year of computing sciences to go work at Costa Rica and he's doing fine.
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I was talking about Universidad de Carabobo, and I stand my ground on not bailing. Besides, I honestly am not the one I care the most to see off the country first: That'd be my elder sister, who's having a harder time as a Dentist, but she's doing things like waiting the start of an internationally-certified Dental Assistant course because she's that passionate about her career and keeping doing it outside...
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I'm really amazed any of you Venezuelans posting here have stuck it out this far. You all speak flawless English so you must be well educated / from the middle/upper middle class (at least, back when enough money existed to differentiate classes besides "political elite" and "everyone else") so you could probably get admitted to a lot of countries, e.g. Canada, without too much trouble. For those of you not still in university, is it because of the indignity of fleeing your motherland to live in a foreign country as an economic refugee, or is something else keeping you there? It sucks to leave your country to the thieves and trap the poor and uneducated inside, so props to any of you if you're still working hard and doing your jobs, but drat I know I wouldn't be able to handle it. A close friend of mine is Panamanian, and she runs a high-end shop there and they hired 3 Venezuelans recently. The last hire has a university degree (though not in anything relevant to what the shop does), but they pay him like $250/mo to watch their parking lot, which has spots for like 6 cars, but even that sounds like a pretty good deal. I've heard the Panamanian government is are clamping down a lot on it now too, since "they're taking our jarrrbs!" Saladman fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Yeah, not a Venezuelan myself, but I have a friend from a few years back who now lives in Rubio. Middle-class background and never ever dreamed of leaving - right up until her husband was shot and killed following a mugging a few weeks ago. Now she's doing everything possible to move to Spain within a month.
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Saladman posted:I'm really amazed any of you Venezuelans posting here have stuck it out this far. You all speak flawless English so you must be well educated / from the middle/upper middle class (at least, back when enough money existed to differentiate classes besides "political elite" and "everyone else") so you could probably get admitted to a lot of countries, e.g. Canada, without too much trouble. For those of you not still in university, is it because of the indignity of fleeing your motherland to live in a foreign country as an economic refugee, or is something else keeping you there? It sucks to leave your country to the thieves and trap the poor and uneducated inside, so props to any of you if you're still working hard and doing your jobs, but drat I know I wouldn't be able to handle it. This. I spend a lot of time in Colombia and Panama, and locals talk about how the influx of Venezolanos driving taxis in places like Panama City, Bogotá, and Medellín. (Evidently, all the cabbies in Caracas used to be Colombian; now it's reversed.) quote:It sucks to leave your country to the thieves and trap the poor and uneducated inside, How about hearing from people who've never set foot in Venezuela that you're a fascist for thinking your country is falling apart?
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Tigey posted:Yeah, not a Venezuelan myself, but I have a friend from a few years back who now lives in Rubio. Middle-class background and never ever dreamed of leaving - right up until her husband was shot and killed following a mugging a few weeks ago. Now she's doing everything possible to move to Spain within a month. Jesus, that's horrible. Saladman posted:I'm really amazed any of you Venezuelans posting here have stuck it out this far. You all speak flawless English so you must be well educated / from the middle/upper middle class (at least, back when enough money existed to differentiate classes besides "political elite" and "everyone else") so you could probably get admitted to a lot of countries, e.g. Canada, without too much trouble. For those of you not still in university, is it because of the indignity of fleeing your motherland to live in a foreign country as an economic refugee, or is something else keeping you there? It sucks to leave your country to the thieves and trap the poor and uneducated inside, so props to any of you if you're still working hard and doing your jobs, but drat I know I wouldn't be able to handle it. Well, I'm a college dropout who's been freelancing for a while now. Despite the country's situation, I've managed to build a decent client list doing work that I enjoy and pays decently, but I want to grow it a little more before moving to either Chile or Argentina. I figure that if I've stuck it out this far, an extra six months or so won't kill me, that way I'll be able to save some money for the first months, leave a cushion for my mom, ensure that I'll make enough to send back home for her and not be forced to work doing something that I hate. I sincerely admire the people that take that leap without knowing what kind of work they'll be able to find where they arrive, but as far as I'm concerned, Chavismo has already hosed up almost two decades of my life, all I want is to get out on my own terms.
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Son of my grandmother sister ran a small restaurant and got murdered in broad daylight to take the register, they didn't ask, he didnt get a chance to say yes or no, just murdered, brother of my grandmother called crying he is starving. And i see people avoiding moving to a 1st world country on this thread to finish college in that hell hole, at this point if i was in venezuela i would just get the gently caress out regardless of what i dropped out of or what was left behind
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A couple of recent developments:
AstraSage posted:I was talking about Universidad de Carabobo, and I stand my ground on not bailing. As a perpetual student, I understand your sentiment. It seems like this is a very personal matter to you, so I can see why you're so set on seeing it through to the end.
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Celexi posted:Son of my grandmother sister ran a small restaurant and got murdered in broad daylight to take the register, they didn't ask, he didnt get a chance to say yes or no, just murdered, brother of my grandmother called crying he is starving. Dude that's horrible, I'm sorry. Where did that happen? If you guys need to send money his way I might be able to hook you up with the person I use to deposit € and get BsF sent. She's a friend that's got the connections with the people that do that and they haven't let me down yet. Even sending 100$ their way is a lot of money, let me know if you need it. As for Venezuelans leaving the country I have to say that I do understand the apprehension. I married my GF and left, but my aunt was receiving us (even if eventually we didn't get along) so we had that figured out. We did arrive in Spain with almost no money (2k $) and no job, and it was hard as balls even with my aunt's help. But we did manage to pull trough. Still, leaving your loved ones behind feels terrible and not being able to visit when our grandmas died was pretty hard for us. I understand Venegoons not being sure about leaving the country because being forced to go back must be impossibly hard. Again, I'm always up for helping any Venegoon that comes to Spain (at the very least answering their questions and pointing to them how to take care of the bureaucracy)
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I wish there was a way to set up some kind of charity or non profit to help people who want to emigrate from Venezuela.
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Thing is its really hard to go somewhere if you don't have a skill. If any of you have experience in carpeting, bricklaying or electrical work you could probably get a spot in Scandinavia pretty easily but you have to speak near perfect English to get by. I live and work in Iceland right now and it's pretty friendly to skilled workers and in part unskilled labor too (though mostly polish, I do know a guy from Cuba though so Spanish isn't out of the question). But yeah as sad as it is i recommend abandoning your homeland too 
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So even if Maduro is ousted right now, what can be done about the electricity issue? It sounds like it's a problem of not enough rain or alternative sources; the former is out of human control and the latter doesn't have any quick fix, I think.
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HisMajestyBOB posted:So even if Maduro is ousted right now, what can be done about the electricity issue? It sounds like it's a problem of not enough rain or alternative sources; the former is out of human control and the latter doesn't have any quick fix, I think. They started projects but then stole all the money and now there's no money or time to fix the electric grid anyway, we can only hope it starts raining. Less than 10 years ago we were selling electricity to Colombia and Brazil...
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HisMajestyBOB posted:So even if Maduro is ousted right now, what can be done about the electricity issue? It sounds like it's a problem of not enough rain or alternative sources; the former is out of human control and the latter doesn't have any quick fix, I think. Hoping for the rainy season to begin soon is pretty much the only recourse at this point, other than instituting extreme rationing. At the current rates, the Guri, which generates roughly 70% of the country's electricity will fall below the level at which its turbines can operate safely. In fact, we've already dipped below the recommended level, which means that at the moment there's a big risk of some of them incurring heavy damage. During the past few years, we supposedly imported a bunch of thermoelectric plants, but they're still operating at merely 10% of capacity since some shady poo poo went down with those contracts. Aside from that, the price of electricity should be incremented in order to discourage wasteful use, which is unlikely to happen for the moment or if it does, it'll most likely be a meaningless increase, same as with gasoline.
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The wind turbines in Falcon are the best example, inaugurated in 2006 they were supposed to produce 100 megawatts but today only produce 8% of that. http://elcooperante.com/parque-eolico-de-paraguana-otro-elefante-rojo-que-quedo-para-fotos-de-turistas-en-falcon/
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El Hefe posted:The wind turbines in Falcon are the best example, inaugurated in 2006 they were supposed to produce 100 megawatts but today only produce 8% of that. If 100 megawatts is the so called "nameplate" capacity, they were never going to consistently produce 100 megawatts consistently to begin with - that's just the maximum they can possibly produce in ideal conditions.
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Minimum wage equivalent in dollars since Maduro took over until now https://twitter.com/NTN24ve/status/721333606728118272
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Guri dam levels are still sinking. By the end of April we will have reached critical level, and that means that the dam won't be generating any more electricity.
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El Hefe posted:Minimum wage equivalent in dollars since Maduro took over until now So you are saying Maduro quadrupled the minimum wage? 
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beer_war posted:So you are saying Maduro quadrupled the minimum wage? You joke but that is EXACTLY what they say. Keep in mind that the "official" exchange rate is 9.95 bsf to a dollar. Yes that's a difference of 1130 bsF between the official exchange rate (which you can't really use except under very specific and limited circumstances) and the real exchange rate of dollars on the Venezuelan frontier. By the official exchange rate our minimum wage is of 1165 $ which is the highest in latin america. Maduro has made us all rich! No wait you make 11k Bolívares and a package of 20 hot dogs costs 4.5k (just got a picture of that from a friend with the caption "so I'll never eat hot dogs again!"). Still, in make-believe land we're super rich.
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