John Dennehy

I have had the privilege to travel to much of the world, including places such as Venezuela & Iran It's such an important lesson to realize that people are nuanced for sure, but generally good, everywhere hate the govt, but love the people

"Whenever a new theory challenges the dominant worldview, it's natural to seek to reestablish the original order.' From: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

IMF loan agreements are very complex and require a lot of background and context to understand In the case of El Salvador that has been lacking, this does a good job of filling in some of that context

The Chivo “Deal-Breaker”: How a Wallet Threatens the IMF Bailout of El Salvador

Lost Bitcoin, Lost Keys and Wasted Salvadoran Money

had a lot of funning recording this one We discuss the global impact of @My First Bitcoin And why it matters

Venezuela in 2026 rhymes with Iraq in 2003 An unpopular dictator leading a nation with lots of oil is overthrown by the US military The US occupation in Iraq led to civil war, thousands of deaths and the rise of ISIS. It was an unmitigated disaster "The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting"

In 2009 I took a boat from Barcelona, Venezuela to an island in the Caribbean. The beach looked back over the turquoise waters & onto the continent, where the Andes mountains began, seemingly rising right out of the sea It was beautiful Wishing for the best for Venezuela today