The Real Winner in Honduras
A longer version of this post appears on The New Republic’s blog, The Plank. Juan Cristóbal and Quico say: The Honduran tragicomedy that has consumed the hemisphere’s diplomats...
The view from your window: Reading
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Iberdrola and Elecnor supply the electricity to cook the books
Juan Cristóbal says: – Venezuela is in the grips of an unprecedented electricity crisis, and much of it has to do with festering corruption and boundless incompetence. Since...
Dear Editor
Quico says: I was about to send this as an email to an editor who asked me to write something about Chávez’s hypertrophied presidential office budget. But as...
Tell me how you budget and I'll tell you who you are
Juan Cristóbal says: – Hugo Chávez’s administration introduced a draft 2010 budget a few days ago. The project promises a whopping $84 billion in spending that somehow manages...
Chávez thinks you suck; you agree
Quico says: As Chávez takes to blaming more and more of the nation’s problems on you, the latest Datanalisis poll confirms it: 23.9% of respondents identify “la gente”...
Killing capital
Quico says: Hernando de Soto’s conception of “dead capital” is one of the genuinely intriguing ideas spawned by the development literature in recent years. For de Soto, the...
Our future at fire-sale prices
Juan Cristóbal says: – Not content with issuing debt to finance capital flight, as they did a few weeks ago, the Chávez administration recently announced a new round...
What El Sistema teaches us about social policy
Juan Cristóbal says: – The well-deserved, near-universal praise heaped on Venezuela’s Youth Orchestra Program (“El Sistema”) is a source of pride for all Venezuelans. And yet, reading the...
With no electricity, nobody can hear your cadenas
Juan Cristóbal says: – The two short videos are fascinating. In a few short minutes, you can see Chávez the deranged (hiring “planes” to bomb the clouds and...
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