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To the Venezuelan people, to the humble fishermen in the Gulf of Paria, to everybody-the intellectuals, the militaryand all the others-who gave me the chanceto live again, and to Rita, my wife and dearest friend.
It was a knockout blow-a punch so overwhelming that I didn't get back on my feet for fourteen years. And to deliver a blow like that, they went to a lot of trouble.