Pran in Chief (Updated)
To tackle Venezuela’s #1 Human Rights issue by heading the shiny new Special Ministry for Prisons Hugo Chávez has tapped none other than…the crazy lady whose idea of...
The litmus test
“If he can make getting a cédula easier, then I will consider supporting him.” I remember thinking and saying this back in 1999, when Hugo Chávez was first...
Nationalizing Cement Plants while Privatizing Schools
Here’s a crazy thing: turns out the Chávez government – you know, the same one that has managed to nationalize everything from black bean imports to cement manufacturing...
Good News/Bad News
Datanalisis’s latest shows Chávez’s popularity holding steady in the wake of his cancer diagnosis, and Henrique Capriles well out ahead in the opposition primary race. It’s a good...
When Unity Becomes a Wedge Issue
The lazy point to make about La Vino Tinto’s exhilarating run at the Copa América this year is that it’s a rare, exciting moment of National Unity –...
Crab Lice Chronicles
Over on The New York Times, Simón Romero schools the nation on the horrors of Queue Culture, Caracas-style (and sends some love Juan’s way while he’s at it!)
Going south, deep in the red, yet surviving
The liquidation of my sorta-hometown bookstore today brought mixed feelings. I’m sad to see a place that I visited so often go down in flames. But on the other...
"Barquesimieto" Chronicles
Less than 48 hours after Chávez took off for Cuba leaving him half a presidency and Jaua is already starting to crack: Drunk? Clueless? You be the judge…...
The Evolution of Chavista Propaganda
Ten years ago, the storefront to chavismo’s premiere propaganda outlet in North America looked like this: Today, it looks like this: Actually, it’s a P.O. Box in there,...
An open letter to foreign correspondents in Venezuela
It’s based on this snarky little post we wrote a few months ago. The full letter is in the Spanish language blog. Bottom line: don’t cite GIS XXI...
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