Monthly Archives: March 2007

Katy says: Maria Campos came to Venezuela from her native Colombia 33 years ago, looking for a better life. She had three Venezuelan children. One of them, Nay José, 22, was a carpenter. He lived with his mom in a … Continue reading →

Quico says: It’s a worrying and under-reported trend: protesting in public is increasingly liable to land you in jail in Venezuela. PROVEA, a homegrown human rights NGO, documented nine violently suppressed protests in February alone. We’re not talking about political … Continue reading →

Quico says: It’s a worrying and under-reported trend: protesting in public is increasingly liable to land you in jail in Venezuela. PROVEA, a homegrown human rights NGO, documented nine violently suppressed protests in February alone. We’re not talking about political … Continue reading →

Quico says: Simón Romero hangs this whole long NYTimes story about monetary reform on the 12.5 cent bit. Seems to me he knows full well that this kind of tokenism is not going to bring down inflation on its own, … Continue reading →

Quico says: Simón Romero hangs this whole long NYTimes story about monetary reform on the 12.5 cent bit. Seems to me he knows full well that this kind of tokenism is not going to bring down inflation on its own, … Continue reading →

Quico says: So Barb Walters’ drooling interview with Chávez pretty much blows a hole in my earlier, only-cranks-take- Chávez-seriously-in- the-US argument. Deep, deep sigh. Frankly, I find it all confusing and upsetting. Gringo liberals have no trouble at all seeing … Continue reading →

Quico says: So Barb Walters’ drooling interview with Chávez pretty much blows a hole in my earlier, only-cranks-take- Chávez-seriously-in- the-US argument. Deep, deep sigh. Frankly, I find it all confusing and upsetting. Gringo liberals have no trouble at all seeing … Continue reading →

Quico says: I went to see The Last King of Scotland the other day and frankly I didn’t much like it. I thought the script was poor and the plot was contrived and insufferably Hollywoodesque. What got on my nerves … Continue reading →

Quico says: I went to see The Last King of Scotland the other day and frankly I didn’t much like it. I thought the script was poor and the plot was contrived and insufferably Hollywoodesque. What got on my nerves … Continue reading →

Quico says: It’s true, now Caracas Chronicles is on Noticiero Digital.

Quico says: It’s true, now Caracas Chronicles is on Noticiero Digital.

Quico says: So Chávez has wound up his Bushwhacking Tour 2007, to the general delight of the kind of people who generally delight in that sort of thing. This time, he dissed Pol Pot, Hitler and Attila the Hun by … Continue reading →

Quico says: So Chávez has wound up his Bushwhacking Tour 2007, to the general delight of the kind of people who generally delight in that sort of thing. This time, he dissed Pol Pot, Hitler and Attila the Hun by … Continue reading →

Quico says: Say a long history of devaluations, interest rate swings and double digit inflation has left people skeptical that your currency can function as a reliable store of value. Say you want to make it strong again, but you’re … Continue reading →

Quico says: Say a long history of devaluations, interest rate swings and double digit inflation has left people skeptical that your currency can function as a reliable store of value. Say you want to make it strong again, but you’re … Continue reading →