Some things are priceless; your currency shouldn't be one of them
So these two stories have been making the rounds recently. The first has Caracas as the 9th most expensive city in the world (comically sandwiched between Paris and...
The sad tale of Felipe the ocelot
The ocelot (commonly known around here as cunaguaro) is a wild cat that can be found on Central and South America. It’s considered to be an endangered species...
Venezuela is a Ponzi scheme
(Posted on Foreign Policy´s Transitions blog) A pyramid scheme called Venezuela By Juan Cristobal Nagel Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s embattled president, is living on borrowed time. The real problem...
To recall is to live
On February 5th, 1992, Caldera sided with Chávez and Fidel Castro sided with Carlos Andrés Pérez. I’ve always been struck by what a grubby, squalid little Myth of Origin...
Fourteen years on
Oh geez, has it really been fourteen years already? Who knew?! Time flies when your country is going down the toilet. Dígalo ahí, Santos, Cuando empezó la revolución, las...
Princess of China
El Nacional continues with its reporting on the push to get China to provide new financing for the Bolivarian Revolution. In a rambling article by Andrés Rojas, we...
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