A tourist in my hometown
I spent Christmas and New Years in Maracaibo, and I promised CC readers I would take a ride on the Metro while I was there. The Metro opened...
Annals of Rigged Baselines
Loved this bit from Food Minister Carlos Osorio, “In 2003, Misión Alimentación was launched with five shops and today we have 22,306 shops throughout the country, an increase...
Coming soon...
So sorry for the slow start to the year: it’s been tough finding the focus to write as I’ve had my hands full with trip preparation. The good...
The Economist suggests it's "untreatable"
Don’t miss two strong pieces from The Economist print edition on Venezuela. One is in the op-ed Leaders section, and focuses on Chávez’s efforts to hide the extent...
Off the beaten path
Just a quick post on two interesting things I read today, from a couple of blogs that deserve more traffic. First off, Off the Wire has an excellent...
Exxon lost against PDVSA, but it's still playing against Venezuela
So the blogging on this PDVSA vs. ExxonMobil case has gotten mighty interesting over on Devil’s Excrement. This is a really major story, and props to Miguel, he’s...
We interrupt your New Year's day hangover to inform... (UPDATED)
…that 2012 has started very well for the Chávez administration. In a decision that I still can’t really quite fully believe, a World Bank International Chamber of Commerce arbitration...
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