[dang]

That breaks the site guidelines, which we'd appreciate it if you'd read and follow when commenting here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

If you're genuinely concerned about astroturfing or shilling on HN, please email us at [e-mail] so we can look into it. One thing we'd do is look for a pattern of such behavior. At first glance, I'm not seeing that here, and the Venezuelan connection seems specific enough not to be forced.