Hi, Our region of the world is sadly not as stable as others. We have a history of surprises (to give it a nice, neutral name), and we'd be better off avoiding surprises. Venezuela had a (failed) coup d'etat two or three years ago. Argentina had a crazy 10-day period when it saw five Presidents. Both countries, yes, look now much more stable - But still, we should be as objective and cold as possible. I'm writing this because Hugo Chávez (Venezuela) has been quite often in the news lately, on very polemic topics. And, due to Chavez's style (not that I'm for or against him - it would be too complicated and off-topic to state my point of view), I think basically everything in the country would change if his government were to change. So, for both teams: How do you see the political outlook for your countries for the next 18 months? How would the best- and worst-case scenarios impact the project of hosting Debconf? (Of course, this also calls for the importance of having a backup strategy - If we chose Venezuela, Argentina would be plan B, and vice-versa). Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.org - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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