Skip to content InBLOGnito .site-branding .site-heading emerging trends in technology and intelligence .col-width #masthead Raq March 20, 2020 March 20, 2020 Featured Post , Futurism , Off-Topic Ramblings .entry-meta Previous .entry-header .post-hero-image After a lifetime career of serving the United States overseas as a federal employee and the spouse of a federal employee Foreign Service Officer, I’ve lived through fatal pandemics, lockdowns, and years of nothing on grocery store shelves. My family made it through, and you can too. Here’s what I’ve learned. We served in Caracas, Venezuela a few years ago, spanning the transition from Chavez to Maduro. When we arrived, things were pretty bad – in fact, worse than we’d be led to believe – and we were now in a country facing deep shortages and gripped by fear, uncertainty, and anger. When we arriv...