"There's a storm a-comin'..."
That’s the message from Tom O’Donnell, quoting various sources, including Saudi oil minister al-Naimi. The gist: with increased oil production all over the world, with North Dakota becoming...
Economy
Not the brightest bulb
Electricity Minister Jesse Chacón said today that the government would raise electricity rates so that people who use too much electricity begin to pay more. This is a terrible...
CORPOELEC: Once the solution, now the problem
New Electricity Minister Jesse Chacón has tried to differentiate himself from his predecessors during his first days at the job. He even pledged to quit if his new...
The fate of Lácteos Los Andes
More than five years ago, Hugo Chávez announced that the government bought private dairy company Lácteos Los Andes, making it part of his “food sovereignty” plan, along with other...
Double dose of crazy
As many of you, I watched Nicolás Maduro’s speech last night in awe. Not only was it a rambling, incoherent mess; it also made clear what everyone seems...
Apostate chavista document gets a lot right
Spanish journal ABC leaked a fun little chavista document that paints a true portrait of the dire state of the economy. From reading it carefully, I have an...
Will the fiscally responsible candidate please stand up?
A moment of honesty: one of the reasons I’ve found it hard to blog about this election is the disappointment I feel with the Capriles candidacy. Yesterday I...
The electrical war, cont. (Updated)
Since the official annoucement of the “electrical war” last Thursday by Acting-(Like-a)-President Nicolás Maduro, things didn’t improve this weekend – to the point that some parts of Acarigua...
Chavenomics inspires a nifty cartoon
Yeah, that pretty much rocked (in Spanish). Kudos to Daniel and Miguel Angel for this.
The electrical war
In a campaign rally in Cojedes today, Acting-(Like-a)-President Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of a brand new mission for the electricity sector, focus to fight what he calls an...
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