The
Venezuelan Crucible: Ministry in the Midst of Political Turmoil
by Rev. Franklyn Guerrero
The name, Venezuela comes from the Spanish "Pequñea Venecia",
or Little Venice, because the European colonizers in 1521 found many hut
houses of the indigenous people to be on stilts. It is an image for the
unstable and precarious situation of Venezuelan politics in recent times.
This is a nation living on stilts, supported by several competing political
and economic groups during the last 100 years.
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