Petrostates for Beginners
Quico says: Cross posted from HuffoLand… threeup_js(‘World’, ‘150867’, ‘1’); document.write(‘Your request is being processed…’)Your request is being processed… Chavez After the Oil Boom It’s not easy being a...
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Words, meet my stomach
Juan Cristobal says: – “Why no, officer, I have never had anything but complimentary things to say about Yon Goicoechea, student leader turned superstar turned member of Primero...
In Progress
Quico says: Sorry for the hiatus everyone: Juan Cristobal and I are busy working on the soon-to-be-traditional Year in Review Post. We’re having to go back over everything...
I want that sign for Christmas
Juan Cristobal says: – Things outgoing Metropolitan Mayor Juan Barreto left behind … If you want to read more about the “transition” (i.e. destruction) in the Metropolitan Mayor’s...
They chant not to cry
Juan Cristobal says: – A couple of days ago, the National Assembly began “debating” Chavez’s proposed amendment to the Constitution. In a refreshing moment of honesty, the entire...
A great Venezuelan gets a big award
Juan Cristobal says: – Loyal reader Kolya gave us a heads-up a few weeks ago and I felt it was worth spreading the word: one of the recipients...
If the shoe fits...
Juan Cristobal says: – Behold, the latest fashion trend of Venezuela’s socialists, designed in the U.S.A., made in Ecuador. No report yet on whether the PSUV is paying...
El problema es saber cómo quererlo sin que se arreche
Quico says: Once every long while, a piece in Spanish strikes me as so incisive, so well-judged, so indispensable, that I’ll bit the bullet and translate the thing....
Electoral headaches
Juan Cristobal says: – Possible scenarios, even if we win the vote on the Constitutional Amendment. Scenario 1: As explained here, Chavez loses the Referendum. Three months later,...
"Fascist" is the new "pitiyanqui"
Quico says: I sometimes think you could write a history of the Chávez era just by tracking the buzzwords Chávez has used over the years to deride his...
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