Greetings, everyone

I keep having problems to post (Still without a phone). A lot is going on right now and I have not been able to post accordingly. Besides the current political chaos, which in my city (Cumaná) has turned bloody, some personal issues have been affecting our daily life. The most recent one, my youngest brother's leaving the country.

A couple of days ago I received confirmation that Jesús Ramón had made it safely to Lima, Perú. Jesús is three years younger than me, that makes him 43. He has 4 children (that I know of), two of them under 4.

I know it was a difficult decision for him because for some time he supported the government. He had been living for many years in the barrios of Caracas and I know that for most poor people in urban areas the revolution represented a door to the satisfaction of their expectation. However, after a while he realized that the promises came at a high cost and the poor remained poor. In fact, they became poorer. People like my brother, who refused to pursue a college career and chose to rather live life as it came and who at some point felt he was actually doing better than his professional peers, experienced first hand what it means to not be able to provide for his children.

It was a matter of survival and no matter how much he worked, and he knows how to work hard, no amount of decent money earned would ever be enough. My brother learned all kinds of trades: from plumbing to electricity, to masonry and alluminum door/window-making, all of this he taught himself to do. Lately, he was working as a baker/pastry chef.

I am sure that with all his talents he will succeed anywhere else. Best of luck, little brother!

_{Jesús (left) and Aarón (right) my two brothers in exile. They joined my son, José Andrés and many cousins and nephews/nieces.}

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