German Embassy Releases “Alarming” Declaration to Residents in Venezuela

[Judi Lynn]

German Embassy Releases “Alarming” Declaration to Residents in Venezuela
By Rachael Boothroyd

Caracas, February 11th, 2015. (Venezuelanalysis)- The German Embassy in Caracas has alarmed political observers in Venezuela by publishing what the press has described as an "alarming” official declaration to its citizens in the South American country.

Published on February 5th, the declaration is written and signed by the Chargé d’Affaires at the German Embassy, Dr. Jörg Polster. It began to make the rounds on social media networks over the last two days.

In the statement, German diplomat Polster informs readers that the embassy is extremely “worried” about the current situation in the country and advises German residents to take a number of “precautions in the face of the crisis”.

These precautions include having “lots of provisions” such as enough food and drinking water to last “in our opinion, for 2 weeks”, as well as cash, medicine, batteries, candles, and copies of important documents.

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[MADem]

1. Noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO)?

“Many people on Twitter are saying that we are on the brink of evacuating German citizens, this isn’t true… This statement is purely routine,” he added.

Walter J. Lindner has been German Ambassador to Caracas since July 2012. There are currently estimated to be around 20,000 Germans living in Venezuela.

They may deny it, but that's the kind of directives that usually go out ahead of a NEO...

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2. Sounds like reasonable precautions

when Venezuela hits rock bottom it will not be pretty.

[COLGATE4]

3. You don't have to be a Weatherman... nt