Iranian uranium turns Iranian centrifuges into silly putty
Quico says: For the longest time, the conventional wisdom was that it would be senseless for Iran to seek uranium supplies outside its own territory, because they could...
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Catch My (Authoritarian) Drift?
Quico says: In the Guardian today, Rory Carroll manages the impossible: getting a major first world paper to buckle down and give detailed attention to Chávez’s authoritarian drift....
Venirán...pero, ¿será que después se devolvirán?
Quico says: So, in this era of participatory and protagonic democracy, what would happen to you if you flat out refused to discuss a labor contract with the...
The View from Your Window: Perth
Perth, Australia Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and...
Merentes's line in the sand gets washed away by the very first wave
Quico says: There’s one thing monetary authorities need more than anything else: credibility. When a Central Bank chief commits to a policy goal, he has to make sure...
Off Target
Quico says: The imbecilities of Venezuela’s Foreign Exchange Control Regime just keep piling up one on top of another, accumulating in layers that some future archeologist of macroeconomic...
Apples and Oranges: A Parable of Distorsiolandia
Quico says: OK, time for a thought experiment/parable. Welcome to Distorsiolandia, a land of simple rural folk where everyone works in agriculture. Distorsiolandia’s economy is so simple, in...
The Bonos Soberanos Scam for Dummies
Quico says: Oh goody…an excellent excuse to make some powerpoint slides! And just keep in mind, while this is happening, the government is shutting down panaderías and auto...
Chávez numbers tank just when it matters the least
Quico says: Teodoro Petkoff spills the beans today on Chávez’s god-awful poll numbers these days. In the latest IVAD (Seijas) poll, Chávez gets whooped by two-to-one margins on...
Only in Venezuela, part 58,271,943
Quico says: The thicket is everywhere: It seemed like a minor bureaucratic change at the time: in March 2008, the government led by president Hugo Chávez downgraded the...
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