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As you might have noticed, Juan and I keep fighting recently, so it was nice to be able to partner with him to write a column, a cuatro manos,...
On the Unbearable Lightness of Being Simón Bolívar
Here’s my ditty for the International Herald Tribune this week…(and no, I did not write that headline … ugh!)
Now we know who Bolívar really reincarnated as...
Not Chávez, not CAP, but… Ricardo Montalban. Now, that is uncanny. All S-Bol needs now is a midget next to him shouting “el galeón! el galeón!” [HT: hgdam.]
Maduro's Prestige-o-meter
So according to Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights‘s prestige is in a state of catastrophic collapse. The Syrian government, though? They’re peaches. [Highlights...
The Opposite of Bolivarianism
On S-Bol’s not-so-happy 229th, I’d like to make a rather obvious but not-often-enough-stated point that came to mind reading AUP’s eye-opening Godos, Insurgentes y Visionarios: if Hugo Chávez has...
The original paper by Luis Oliveros and Domingo Sifontes
On the cost of the gasoline subsidy from SIC can be downloaded here – courtesy of GEHA and a scanner. (Don’t worry, the PDF is virus-free.) (No idea...
Not even the economic reporters have basic economic literacy...
How bad is the problem with economic illiteracy in Venezuela? It’s bad enough that even people whose whole job it is to write about the Venezuelan economy for...
A history of Venezuelan democracy in 14 ballots
With a big hat tip to Guillermo Tell Aveledo and Alberto Mérida… The highlight for me?
The Ins and Outs of "Communication Hegemony"
Over on the IHT, underlining the media chapter in Human Rights Watch’s impressive new report.
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