Caudillista? Moi?!
This has to be the most chigüiresque headline I’ve seen on a legitimate news story all year. Honestly.
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XIIIth Century Socialism
So far we haven’t commented much on chavismo’s batty new Law on Fair Costs and Prices – mostly because it’s too depressing. Criticizing the economics behind it in...
Another Look at the National Railroad System
Over in Spanish, Raúl Aular shows how camera angles can make a world of difference.
Borrowing at Credit Card Rates
Let’s be clear: for a country to issue a sovereign bond with an 11.95% coupon is really just a polite way of saying it’s broke. Moderately responsible individuals...
Annals of Goal Post Locomotion
In 2008, PDVSA said they planned to produce 5.8 million barrels per day by 2012. In 2009, it was 4.9 million b/d by 2013. In 2010, they pledged...
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...
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 –...
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