The calm before the storm
Katy says: Just how strong is Chávez these days? The answer is not so obvious. If you judge by the opposition conventional wisdom, he’s at the helm of...
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Compare and Contrast
Chávez says: “My opinion has always been – and I still hold this – that the new National School Curriculum should not be called ‘bolivarian’ because that word...
Another one bites the dust
Quico says: Another guilty plea in the unending saga that is Illegally – Diverting – Venezuelan – Public – Money – to – Illegally – Fund – Cristina...
The Trouble with ALBA
Quico says: Turns out it’s not only Venezuelans who are finding out that taking Hugo Chávez’s promises at face value can be a problematic strategy going forward… Venezuela’s...
Piñata! Piñata!
Bloomberg says: Venezuela plans to sell $3 billion of dollar-denominated bonds to local investors, the latest move in a push to shore up the currency in the black...
Everything I know about Chavista geostrategic thinking I learned from a fat gringo neo-con
Quico says: If you’re looking for some mind-broadening reading this weekend, I heartily recommend this New Republic piece by Iraq War-monger extraordinaire Robert Kagan. It’s about the rising...
Red goes the neighborhood
Katy says: Victor Vargas, remember him? BOD President, father-in-law to royalty, polo-playing socialist, poster boy for the Revolution of the Rich and the Well-connected? Well, turns out Mr....
Expropriation by any other name...
Quico says: People tend to think of nationalization as a black-and-white thing: either you’re in the private sector or you’re in the public sector. But I think it’s...
Six degrees of Hugo Chávez
Katy says: How many people separate Barack Obama from Hugo Chávez? Yesterday’s debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton gives us the answer: two! Barack Obama … sat on...
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