“There were bullfights, parades with colorful floats and everyone dressed in bright regional costumes, concerts and exhibits, and dancing in the public squares. Caracas was letting its hair down for a good time. And yet it wasn't the bright, zany carnival mood that stayed with me as I settled into my room at Hotel El Conde just six days before the conference. It was the cold, spooky feeling of the stiff wind whistling through the narrow cobblestone streets of the old part of the city. I couldn't... shake the eerie feeling that the city was trying to tell me something that the festivities concealed from the casual observer. Something evil. Hawk had taken an earlier flight and was already in the city. He'd thought it was best for us to go separately and stay at different hotels. I was to contact Hawk at a small restaurant near the American Express office at nine that evening. That gave me a few hours on my own, so I went to a kiosk at the corner and bought a newspaper and a bullfight sheet.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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