I appreciate the warnings, and will definitely take them under advisement. I have reason to know and trust the immediate persons I'm dealing with; they are family friends of someone I've known (who is now an American attorney - spare the attorney jokes) for 15 years.

It may also be the case that things are improving ... several highly respected expatriates have returned to try to assist with a return to real democracy. While this may be optimistic, these are the kind of folks who would have not lasted more than a few days alive there in years past.

So, anyway ...