Bolivarian Noir
I was on The Economics Detective podcast the other day, talking about everything from the Caracazo to Alfredo Serrano. It was good fun.
A Bang on the Door at 3 in the Morning
As SEBIN thugs bang on Daniel Ceballos's door at 3 in the morning and trundle him off to jail, it's hard to shake the sense that the government has fully embraced its Pariah State status.
Overwhelmed by Fear
The AP's Joshua Goodman has the story of Joshua Holt, the Mormon missionary from Utah who fell in love with a local girl, decided to marry her...and ended up rotting in El Helicoide political prison for his trouble.
Do you want to sign? Or do you want to eat?
An Universidad de Los Andes student finds out the hard way what it really means when the government treats food like a benefit.
When Bolivarianism Was Cool in the U.S.
Time was when you might find a kid named Bolivar Johnson or Bolivar Miller in any town in the U.S.
The Case for a Negotiated Transition
Plenty of Venezuelans see the idea of a transition negotiated with chavismo as almost too ridiculous for words. What if we're wrong, though?
The 2056 View
How on earth are we ever supposed to explain what is happening to Venezuela in 2016 to our grandchildren one day? No, really, how?
OVV Doubles Down on Violent Death Count it Already Admitted is Wrong
Last month, OVV accepted that its estimate of 27,875 violent deaths in 2015 was flawed and needed revising. So why is Roberto Briceño Leon repeating it?
Los 10,000 Muertos Que Firmaron: X-Ray of a Dirty Trick
Jorge Rodríguez's propaganda claim — ¡10,000 muertos firmaron el revocatorio! — has been repeated a million times in official media. But how did they come to that figure? We take you on a tour of one of chavismo's most nausea-inducing dirty tricks of recent years.
Could killing the 2016 recall break the chavista coalition?
We tend to overestimate chavismo's room for maneuver. But killing the 2016 recall puts huge strain on the pro-government coalition. If it didn't, they would've done it months ago.
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