Pants on Fire Chronicles (Updated)
Chávez’s latest issue ad looks like it’s trying to sell you shoes or sportwear more than like an election spot, so its obviously targeted at the young crowd....
Life
Rafael Ramírez = nepotist ... y pichirre (Updated)
The story of the tragic shooting of Francisco Javier Ramírez, nephew of PDVSA President Rafael Ramírez, is noteworthy on several fronts. For example, I was not aware that...
The cost of Venezuela's oil discounts
$100 billion. That’s how much oil discounts have cost Venezuela since 1999, according to estimations by a group of oil researchers who go by the name of Subaeshi....
The Ins and Outs of "Communication Hegemony"
Over on the IHT, underlining the media chapter in Human Rights Watch’s impressive new report.
The BusCaracas that never comes
Travel in and out of Puerto Cabello and you’ll pass in front of the local Airport and the Naval Base next door. In recent months, you’ll have noticed...
Perhaps the world's richest deposit of arbitration processes
The sprawling farce that is the Las Cristinas gold mine sunk to a new low yesterday, as Rusoro, the Russian firm that had been brought in to take over...
Fun Mental Exercise of the Day
How would Venezuela be different if the constitution had allowed Jaime Lusinchi to be re-elected president in 1988? If instead of leaving a new administration without a penny...
Two hearts that beat as one
The “Venezuelan Heart” PR campaign, which was launched by the Chavernment last May has been withdrawn for now. Information Minister Andres Izarra said that the decision was taken...
No longer just about opportunity cost (Updated)
“We shouldn’t have to pay market prices for gasoline, we’re an oil-producing country.” We’ve all heard the above argument. We all know it makes no sense. Still, it’s...
How to do innovation wrong
Innovation. A very particular word that is now a big part of our daily lives. People usually relate it to scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs, but now it...
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