Update on Venezuelan Shooting Victim

My friend Thor Halvorssen emailed from Venezuela to say that his mother, about whom he wrote in the WSJ last week (I commented here) to say that she is improving, but there's a chance that she will be crippled for life. Hopefully, she'll make a full recovery and will be up and around in a few months. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

He says that the situation in Venezuela has "gone from bad to worse. Beyond the betrayal by Carter (he really seems completely uninterested in knowing more about the existing situation, but rather just wants the opposition to shut
up and let Chavez get on with taking control of what remains of the country so he can consolidate his 'Bolivarian Revolution') there are many new developments that make it apparent that we were all victims of a sophisticated electronic swindle. This is not surprising. For Chavez eight more years of government would mean U.S. $1 trillion in revenues. In a lawless country this is a hefty reward for the victor. More so if he can perpetuate himself
in power. He has stated repeatedly that he does not intend to
give up power until 2021."

This is a dire situation in a country whose location and oil resources make it vital to America's future. We shouldn't let it slip off the front pages, or we'll all pay for it down the road. As for Jimmy Carter -- I don't have the time to comment now, but I have plenty more to say.