The politics of fiscal retrenchment
Quico says: So, Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas finally figured out that if you prime the pump long enough, the thing just breaks. In a rare outbreak of economic...
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The bomb in my editor's car
Quico says: I don’t know what’s more dismaying: the RSF note reporting that Roger Santodomingo’s car blew up outside his house last night, or the fact that none...
The Law as Talisman
Quico says: Megan, my co-everything on Law of the Land, and the person who really put the film together, promised to send in a post discussing her experience...
Don't mess with my nuggets!
Juan Cristobal says: “Our first speaker today is Dr. Eva Golinger, who will lecture us about the ills of neoliberalism.” Imagine being in a conference room and hearing...
Law of the Land: the DVD Commentary, Minus the DVD!
Quico says: In case you missed it, yesterday I posted Law of the Land, a documentary about Chávez’s Land Reform I made with Megan Folsom back in 2002...
Law of the Land
Quico says: Loyal readers know that back in 2002 and 2003 I fancied myself a documentary film-maker. Along with my friend Megan, we made this hour-long thing on...
Now more than ever
Katy says: It seems like the thing everyone wants to know about is the new Vargas Viaduct. Well, it’s fine, a perfectly normal, ordinary piece of engineering that...
Katy does Caracas
Quico says: As I write this, my partner-in-blog Katy is airborne and Caracas-bound, for a few days that should yield some top-grade blogging. Do you have any questions...
Boo for beeb bashing
Quico says: Et tu, Katy? Jumping onto the facile bandwagon of BBC bashing? Ugh. Just because an outlet doesn’t sound like Martha Colomina does not make them cryptochavistas....
Damn British imperialists...
Katy says: Something isn’t right in the revolution when even the BBC criticizes the government. The final quote is priceless: “Bureaucracy, inefficiency and corruption are evils that weaken...
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