Meddling-where-nobody-asked-me-to Chronicles
In my latest FP post, I try to make a link between J.M. Briceño Guerrero and Mitt Romney. Don’t know if I succeeded.
An example of fiscal irresponsibility, cont. (UPDATE)
A lot of things have happened since I wrote about Evelyn Urdaneta, the mayor of an Anzoátegui municipality that faces possible bankruptcy because PDVSA hasn’t paid local taxes for almost...
Caracas, crónica
If you’re suffering from nostalgia, you should stay away from this video by Carlos Oteyza on Caracas’ history in the XXth Century. Great stuff, from the archives of...
Another one for the "Where's Waldo?" files
The new Defense Minister, Admiral Diego Molero Bellavia was named fifteen days ago via phone call, after his predecessor Henry Rangel Silva was sent to Trujillo. He’s still...
In cold blood
Many years ago, a story in the New York Times about a family murdered in Kansas prompted Truman Capote to write his masterpiece, In Cold Blood. Oh, what...
16-D Races to Watch: Zulia
Zulia has always been a mixed bag for Chavismo: The comandante presidente has won there in every presidential election so far (including the recent 7-O), but no Chavista has...
Ad War Update: Miranda Edition
With the 16-D campaign already in full force, it’s time to look some of the TV spots airing in free-to-air channels and on cable. Let’s start with the...
How not to make ice cream
Last month, the Chavernment got into the ice cream business. The comandante presidente announced the new Coppelia line, inspired by the famous place of the same name in...
Other voices: quality democracy?
A rebuttal to my post on Venezuela being a democracy, from reader Jonathan Pfaehler… ————- “Democracy is like beauty: you know it when you see it” – Anonymous....
The "S" word now stands for scam
This week, Electricity Minister Hector Navarro opened an investigation into irregular charging of customers by third parties inside the public electric company (and monopoly) CORPOELEC. Was this decision...
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