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@Hermansanchezg 13 January 2020

Let's try to refuel my car at a service station in Venezuela Hello friends, I hope you are very well today will accompany me in what has recently become a great journey for a large part of Venezuelans mainly for the border states such as Táchira and Zulia. In these states, the queues of vehicles are intensified to supply fuel due to the large amount of fuel that is destined for contraband (this liquid is marketed and sold at the border for US $ 10 for a 20-liter container, being the value of the purchase of this amount in Venezuela about 0.01 cents of the US dollar), without leaving aside the lack of hydrocarbons in our country due to the lack of investment related to the extraction of oil for the production of gasoline, is something unusual and illogical to believe that a country like Venezuela with the second largest oil reserves we have to export Gasoline and other derivatives from other countries even from other continents but it happens and it is something that we have to live day by day the inhabitants of the second country at the level worldwide with the largest oil reserves. Due to this shortage and smuggling of fuel, the government of the border states has created "methods" to avoid long lines and that we can supply regularly, these mandatory methods or actions are: A maximum of 250 liters of gasoline will be supplied per month for private cars. The quantity of 40 liters of gasoline can only be filled each time we enter a service station. We cannot exceed 6 revenues to refuel at the service stations per month. The gandolas that transport the fuel have a capacity of 38 thousand liters of fuel which are divided into 3 internal tanks: Two tanks of 14 thousand liters and one of 10 thousand liters with which they are required to mark with each tank of 14 thousand liters 350 vehicles and with the 10 thousand liters 250 vehicles. You can only enter the service stations days a week according to the end of the vehicle license plate number: Monday: 0, 1, 2, 3 Tuesday: 4, 5, 6 Wednesday: 7, 8, 9 Thursday: 0, 1, 2, 3 Friday: 4, 5, 6 Saturdays: 7, 8, 9 Sundays: All terminals *This "control" is carried out by means of chips that have been adhered to the front glass of the vehicle with another system incorporated to the service stations that reads you and gives you access to the unlocking of the fuel pumps; the methods or actions described above sound very good in theory since they are practically only complied with by the people who use the fuel in a lawful manner since the government put the control and protection of the service stations in the hands of the military personnel This is a serious mistake because this is why the military are worth the access of vehicles that are not in the queue for the payment to these troops of about 20 US dollars, as well as the dispensing of more gasoline to these people who they pay the military by bringing this as a result of marking fewer vehicles in the queues "people that many times we have to spend the night from the previous day in the queues to try to refuel."* Today I went to a queue at a service station that is something close to my house, a friend of these who you do and you are in the queues gave me information while you wait for about 12 hours or a whole day, I He informed that today a Gandola of fuel with 24 thousand liters would arrive and I have little gasoline in my vehicle so I had to choose if I was leaving from the previous day and leave super early today, I chose the second option to leave as early as I could try to refuel but before making the decision I decided to go yesterday at 10:00 pm to observe how the queue was and how many vehicles were already there, it will seem somewhat illogical that for us it has become something normal but the tail It was "short" there were only about 250 vehicles in line so I returned home to wait for the time to return again, I woke up at 3:30 am to get ready and leave at 4: 00 am from my house and so I was able to leave my house at 4:00 am in the middle of a torrential rain. Upon arriving at the queue I was able to appreciate that for the location I was approximately 300 for a maximum of vehicles that would enter the service station of 400 vehicles which at 6:30 am the number of vehicles for this station were already complete of service. It is a bit dangerous to be at this time of the morning in a gasoline queue so I could not photograph the tail well as it was at that time. Arrive at 5.30 am and being almost two hours in a vehicle when you only hear the fall of the rain on your car, you just hope that sometime some coffee or product seller passes and you hear some words of encouragement that say now The gandola arrived or is on its way, but this rarely happens very few people give information about this "Official" data. It is uncomfortable if but we have no option for now trying to sleep inside the vehicle is the best option because for security you can not use the phone much by the light emitted out of the vehicle. Today we have had a bit of luck is 6:30 am and there has been no protest or closure of roads on the route from the filling point to the service station and the gandola has arrived early, those voices are heard all the vehicles and it goes like a wave from the first to the last vehicle, phrases like "The gandola is coming, it is already unloading the gasoline", you feel relief and you feel that this time you will not miss the day since it is very usual and frequent that the Gas protests make closures of the gandolas access roads to the city which causes delays in the arrival many times of about 5 or 8 hours, today it was not so and before the situation feels relief and happiness. Hours pass the clock is 9:57 am and since our journey has begun at 4:00 am seven hours have passed, we still have about 3 blocks to reach our final goal while the sun begins to shine on maximum splendor and in a few hours we have gone from a heavy rain to a bright sun. We are close, we are only one block away from our location and the entrance of the Service Station after seven hours and a little more, you are close to reaching our goal. AND CONGRATULATION WE HAVE ARRIVED! Exactly at 10:19 am we are entering the Service Station and here it is a little difficult to document the images due to the fear of the military to be photographed while entering a vehicle that is not in the queue or being photographed while receive money from this income, I tried to photograph the best I could but a military man approached me and asked me to enter the service station with the windows below. I achieved it stocked my corresponding 40 liters. And to the wonder of my documentation when turning around the block to go to my house I find this photo very characteristic and normal at the entrances to the service stations, military allowing the entry of vehicles that are not in the queue, I could not photograph more but I witnessed that when they entered the vehicle they opened the door and gave him money and four loaves. and this concludes our attempt to refuel today, we achieved it and in record time I am glad that we were able to document the content and learn a little about the moments of anguish that Venezuelans must go through mainly the border territory. I hope this publication has been to your liking. See you another time your friend says goodbye with a big hug. HERMAN SANCHEZ [sponsors]

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@Hermansanchezg 11 January 2020

My grandmother, the little angel who takes care of me from heaven, a month after your departure. The learnings that a grandmother leaves you take with you for a lifetime. Although the sadness of his absence hurts every day, a grandmother is a smile and a hug that is not forgotten, it is a sincere love that is not achieved anywhere. My grandmother was the best gift my parents could give me. It is the most beautiful gift of my childhood that I still have in my heart. And although I need it every day, I feel that it accompanies me every day with his love and his teachings. In my family we still feel her present every day. Every night we miss her, we simply look at the sky. Because I know very well that where this little angel is will illuminate our steps. We look at the sky with admiration and some nostalgia. Because, between tears and memories, we feel that my grandmother today is the prettiest star in the sky. The biggest of all, the one that shines brighter than the others. It is there that we find peace in his absence, that which saddens us so much. It is also right there where we can find the answer to all our doubts. We feel that it leads us from heaven to the path we must follow. Even without his physical presence, he became our role model and example of life to follow. My grandmother is a beautiful star. Even if I can't see her, I know she will always be there. She will never leave my heart, for she will be eternal and immortal. It may simply be invisible to rest but always with me. My grandmother was the one who gave me many tips in my childhood. The one who taught me about love and respect for my parents as well as the value of the smile of a loved one. She was pure love and love; An infinite and unlimited love. Simply indescribable. Afternoons of games, songs and stories I will never forget. Smell of meadows and animals never forget that special trip. All the whims had and for having compliments complied with you when you returned from each trip abroad. Many lessons you left me thanks to your wisdom and life experiences. Even month of your departure you are still here, lighting my destiny, guiding the steps of my whole family. From the sky being the prettiest star you shine every night. And what does distance matter, if you have the gift of always being with me. Accompanying and supporting me, as always. And how sad not to be able to vovler to hug you for the last time, but someday the moment will come to embrace you again. Shine every night as only you know how to do it, pretty grandmother. I will always look up waiting to see you and feel you, to continue loving you. To feel that you never left this world. To know that you are still here next to me. They say that one is not where the body is located, but where it is most missed. Right here we miss you too much. Grandma of my heart, you remain alive in this heart and in every thought day by day we will never stop loving you and crying to you. Your essence and love will never disappear. You are still with my family, forever. We love you!!

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@Hermansanchezg 8 January 2020

"Friendship" one of the most important universal values, let's talk about my best friend Hello friends I hope you are very well today I want to introduce you and tell you about someone who has become a very important and special person for me is a friend named Marynel Montoya is 24 years old is from the Merida State but since she was 3 years old her parents They live together with her in the Tachira State, we have known each other for 6 years and I can affirm that from the first moment in which we met we were intertwining a beautiful friendship, a very pleasant connection was felt between the two that today we talked about the time in which we met and smiled a lot because they were unique moments. Together we have learned the true value of having a friendship, of living and sharing the good and bad moments through which each one can go through regardless of the circumstances, it was good to know each other, it all started at the beginning of the University I was a classmate in my career that I was beginning to study, we had an almost instantaneous friendship connection since she was passionate about the career as much as I was, we always went to study in free moments together since when we were passionate about the race we always wanted to discover new things about her, in The exams and exhibitions were always the fantastic duo. It helped us that we have always lived a short distance and many times to go on the way to the University she looked for me and transported me to the University was always a great help to achieve my university degree, we had always had the doubt that it would happen after we achieved the goal of graduates in college if we would take separate paths or maybe we would end up emigrating and never speak again or foster our beautiful friendship. Well, not after achieving our goal together to graduate, we continue with our friendship, we find more moments that we could share and enjoy with each other going out to parties of friends in which we managed to train at the University, go out to do some kind of diligence on her or mine and even go out for a simple coffee without leaving aside a very unique one that is going to queue for gas, where many times we had to sleep in our cars to be able to refuel. If you asked me to define my friend I would define her as a very human, spiritual person of incredible feelings of those people who are unconditionally regardless of the moment, time or situation will always be, of a giant heart that gives without asking never anything in return, kind as few people and known without counting their respect for others, thanks to her and her way of being we have been able to build a beautiful friendship every day. Anyone would believe after saying and describing to my friend that we have some kind of relationship or that soon I have feelings beyond friendship for her, but it is not so throughout our friendship I have been able to share with an approximate of four people that they have been sentimentally united to her and I have gotten along very well with them but finally they have not been given the relations to her with those people in the same way she has been able to know couple of relationships that I have had and I still have one of them and My friend has always been there supporting me and advising my partner more than me in a good way so that the relationship evolves and grows in the best way. Many times we must thank and more than be grateful to value and attribute to each person what is and deserves, say some very wise words "Honor to whom honor deserves" and that exactly I wanted to express in this post about my dear friend marynell. I hope you like it so that as I can express to your friends how much they love them and value their friendship, The value of friendship has been lost a lot and we must value those who still give us a sincere hand of friendship in these times . I say goodbye saying we care and value who we love, Greetings and a fraternal hug. Photographs completely of my authorship Herman Sanchez [sponsors]

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