El sabotaje va por dentro
The rolling power blackouts that have spread around the country have gotten worse in recent days, to the point that even weekends are no longer safe. In my...
Economy
Annals of socialist cell-phone making
Remember the vergatario cell phone? The model is still being produced (and upgraded) by Vtelca, a state-owned company created in association with the Chinese electronics maker ZTE. But...
My Kingdom for a Cake
This is a post about cake, and how I became a soulless, sociopathic monster who makes children cry to make one. See, when I’m not obsessing about politics...
Llegó la hora ... de pagarle a los chinos (Updated)
A publisher friend (more on that later) sent me a copy of José Toro Hardy’s Llegó la Hora, and I found a piece of news that I wasn’t aware...
A picture of our failure
I love it: a simple graph that perfectly encapsulates the Venezuelan boom of 2012. It’s all right there. Last year’s growth spurt was the story of an out-of-control government,...
Chevron shake-down? (Updated)
Setty has the details. Maduro’s line seems to be to continue to negotiate with Chevron on parallel tracks – simultaneously denouncing them and beseeching them to put more...
I'll see you in health!
A fortnight ago, one major public hospital of Western Caracas (the Periférico de Coche) was close to shutting down. Doctors and patients staged a loud protest from both inside...
Is Venezuela dipping into recession?
Before devaluing the Bolívar, the government was predicting Venezuela would grow by 6% in 2013. We already addressed how this was way higher than what most other people...
Margarita's "Torre de David"
The “Torre de David” highrise in Caracas got a lot of attention recently thanks in part to John Lee Anderson’s great article in the New Yorker, to the...
Three from the FP
Three articles you might find interesting in Foreign Policy. The first is a searing summary of Hugo Chávez’s impact on Venezuelan politics, by our friend Phil Gunson. It’s...
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