The $9 billion question
So, if we’re now using technology to make sure gasoline isn’t sold across the border … why can’t we use it to make sure we only subsidize gas...
Sinking in MUD
So the latest word is that the opposition primaries will be held February 12th. This article lays it out. Apparently, Primero Justicia was willing to compromise in exchange...
"When two leaders fight, it's their peoples who suffer in the end..."
Juan Manuel Santos says he knows for a fact there are no more FARC camps in Venezuela. Think about it – that’s huge! Santos continues to far exceed...
Mental health break
In Spanish, but perfectly understandable to a non-native speaker. PS.- This is how Chávez toys with us … all the time. #24 … and I’m starting with the...
Amperes, not empires
In an interesting op-ed published in El Universal (now there’s something I don’t write every day), Julio Borges keeps the focus on bread-and-butter issues. If there is one...
Another one bites the dust
Chalk this up to another instance of the US justice system doing what the Venezuelan “justice” “system” refuses to do. Government regulator Rafael Ramos de la Rosa, who...
If Linux can do it...
I’m still more or less floored by the response to my call for volunteers to craft a Conditional Cash Transfer Program proposal. There’s amazing expertise out there. I’m...
Keiko-media
Daniel, in a thoughtful post on the Peruvian election, sides with … yours truly. Not only that, he lays down the gauntlet, lumping Quico together with his nickname...
Lasciate Ogni Speranza
If you were impressed by the swift reaction of the US against the Libyan government, its commitment to defend freedom and protect the people from thugs in power,...
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