I visited Venezuela as a tourist from the Uk in 2002 and landed right in the middle of the failed coup to overthrow Chavez.
i was struck by the beauty of the country and the friendliness of the people throughout my month long visit.
I am constantly surprised to see the troubles happening in Venezuela because (compared to Britain) it is vast and seems to have a wealth of resources, the fact that people are short of food is staggering to me.
I sincerely hope that the hard times are over soon, we have an old framed map of Venezuela on one of our walls and a flag of the country to remind us of that wonderful trip.
Good luck to you all.
That was a really terrible timing when you came but still back then the country was still prosperous and hadn't collapsed due to socialism and corruption. I wish I could tell you that I remember those years as good times but I was only 6 years old when that coup happened so I don't really remember a lot, I only have memories of watching my country fall apart and become worse every passing year.