Chavismo is Committed to Social Inclusion
Chavismo always claimed that Social Inclusion was a winning bet. They were right!
Swiss Miss(conduct)
Reports of a big DoJ investigation into money laundering in Switzerland confirms what we'd all figured: a major U.S. investigation into Derwick is ongoing.
How Exceptional is Venezuela, really?
For Jorge Castañeda, nothing that's been happening in Venezuela is the least bit anomalous from a regional point of view.
There's a whole lot more iceberg where that came from
Miguel Rodríguez Torres has started blurting out the kinds of things that good, loyal chavista faction heads like this are never ever supposed to say in public.
End-of-Times Chronicles
What do you need to round off your no-running-water, blacked out, crime-infested, Toilet Paper-less Easter break? Crocodiles!
We introduce our Productive Revolution by giving you the week off
Is shutting down the whole country because you don't have enough water in the hydroelectric dams normal? No...no it is not.
The Deer-in-the-Headlights as Totem
The government's latest plan to deal with long lines for basic products is one of the most heartbreaking cultural artefacts of the last seventeen years.
We Read PJ's National Production Bill, Try to Like it, Fail
PJ's National Production Law is a decent piece of legislative salesmanship. As economic policy, though, it doesn't really make very much sense.
Donald
Whatever may happen between now and November - and dear God let it not come to the worst - there's a whole set of questions that we Venezuelans will never have to strain to answer again.
Liveblog: Aristóbulo at the National Assembly
The vice president went to the National Assembly to request the renewal of Maduro's National Economic Emergency Decree. Our Liveblog coverage is now concluded.
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