Barrio-a-Visa
Turns out Cuban doctors sent to work in Venezuela are defecting to the U.S. in huge and fast-growing numbers. Chris Kraul gifts us a rivetting read over on the...
An Election Fraud as Big as the Ritz
Last week, the government announced that addressing the country’s deep-seated economic distortions…just wasn’t something they were going to worry about. A few days have passed since the economic non-announcements...
Of grandmothers and bicycles
There’s a good reason why seasoned politicians are careful never to answer questions about hypotheticals. Trying to take positions about what you would do if something that isn’t currently...
Dime a quien no le defaulteas y te diré quien eres
Over on Project Syndicate, Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Angel Santos have a fun riff on the state of the debate on whether Venezuela will go into default in the coming months....
Dude, Your Strategic Fund Has Less than a Week's Worth of Imports In It
For years – literally years – we’ve been wondering exactly how much money the Venezuelan government had squirrelled away in its “parafiscal funds”: Fonden- and Fondo Chino-style unaudited,...
Sacudón Chronicles: The Big Shakedown
So what do we take away from last night’s Sacudón? First, as Kanako put it to me, that Rafael Ramírez’s power turned out to be the political equivalent of the...
Good news, everyone!
The Ebola scare in Sabana Grande is probably just malaria. So, y’know, normal.
Frank + Laura + Tamoa's Special Day (Updated)
Three Caracas-based journalists were honored at the Columbia Journalism School’s Cabot Prizes this year: the AP’s legendary Frank Bajak takes a prize, while one time Ultimas Noticias investigative power...
Happy 88th, Fidel!
Actual caption under this photo in the VTV piece celebrating this joyous occasion: “Chávez y Fidel: La amistad de dos pueblos.” Check back in five years from now, when...
Raise Your Hand if You Lost an Election but Still Went on to a Top Job Under A Different Leader
The key institutions that make up a democratic polity are not always formal rules set out in written documents. Some of the most important ones are informal: norms of behaviour,...
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