Hagamos dos, tres, ¡muchos bancos centrales!
Quico says: Another hat tip to Miguel for pointing out this hallucinatory interview with Central Bank director Domingo Maza Zavala in yesterday’s El Universal. The Maza Zavala we...
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Datanalisis Poll Highlights
Quico says: Datanalisis’ January poll gives us some idea of the state of public opinion with Chávez on full steam ahead mode. The results are confounding. On the...
Oscar the brave
Katy says: This note from Spain’s EFE news service is sure to make some waves. Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias made an unusually...
Censor the Beeb
Katy says: This fawning BBC photo essay about a Chávez-sponsored organic farm in the middle of Caracas is not to be missed. Like any good Islington lefty, reporter...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Complete Idiot's Monetary Policy
Quico says: Miguel wrote an excellent post on why inflation pressures are mounting in Venezuela. I liked it a lot, but it’s a bit technical. Since a picture...
National icon gangbang update...
Quico says: First Chávez banged the name of the country, slapping his political movement’s buzzword on our passports. Then he moved on to the flag and the coat...
Snapshot from Beirut
Quico says: Sadly Hugo has not yet presented me with the opportunity to add Nasrallah to my right hand column, but that isn’t stopping Hizbullah supporters in Beirut...
The impossibility of Scandal...
Quico says: Scandal is not possible in the Chávez Era. I don’t mean that there’s any shortage of scandalous behavior in the country – au contraire! – or...
One of my heroes passes...
Quico says: It’s a sad day for me: Ryszard Kapuscinski passed away in Warsaw yesterday. He was an inspiration for a generation of aspiring journalists, myself included: something...
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