Is he a threat?
In today’s Executive Order imposing tough sanctions on seven mid-ranking cogs in the chavista repression machine, Barack Obama had this to say: “I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the...
Three views on why Venezuela's plight is being ignored
(Disclaimer: I wrote this post last night; obviously, after today’s events, Venezuela is NOT being ignored in Washington, but I will post about this tonight) By now, it has...
Former presidents continue to speak out
Honorable President Nicolás Maduro Moros and Foreign Minister, Delcy Eloina Rodríguez Gómez We write to express our concern over the recent arrest of Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma and...
An UNASUR-ing visit
What a disaster the recent UNASUR visit to Venezuela has become. If you don’t know, UNASUR is the main international body for South American nations. A brainchild of...
A few loose threads on #ADosAñosDeTuSiembra
Chávez day is gone, but there were three things I wanted to highlight before we move on. Runrun.es has an in-depth interview with Nelson Bocaranda, the Venezuelan journalist...
Quico and Dorothy embarrass the government
Yesterday, to commemorate “Chávez Day,” the government spent countless dollars on ads in several of the world’s newspapers. The version that came out in Canada’s The Globe and Mail...
Who can stop the plunge? (Updated)
Here is the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2015: Caracas is one of the cheapest cities in the world. Here is the same source just two years ago, in...
The underachiever
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death. We all remember him as a legend, an electoral behemoth who could conjure up adoring masses and fawning headlines...
"Nothing here except what people don't want"
I loved Efecto Cocuyo’s via crucis through several government-owned Farmapatria drug stores. “In the Ipasme location, we read the list to the sales person and he did not...
The legislative elections and the principal-agent problem
Venezuela is supposed to hold legislative elections this year … emphasis on the word “supposed.” As Quico explained, the government has all the incentives not to hold the elections. The...
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