Hitchens on Hugo
Christopher Hitchens is dead. Love him or hate him, man, did he have a way with words. His excoriation of Hugo Chávez is something to remember, well worth...
Life
PISA-tarios
In case you did not know, the government of Miranda recently applied the PISA educational quality test to students in its schools. Longtime reader and commenter Kepler has...
Today's Must-Read
…is Tom O’Donnell’s latest on the Chinese frustration over chavista foot-dragging on Faja projects. The gap between the conventional wisdom and the real story here is especially wide....
A little break
The holidays are upon us, and here in Chile it coincides with the end of the school year and the beginning of summer vacation. So I’m a bit...
¿Celacomió? Absolutamente não, meu amigo.
First off, credit where credit is due: chavista diplomacy deserves real kudos for some great optics at the Celac Launch summit still going on in Caracas today. Those...
Tracking Broken Promises
So, as we move towards Friday’s big flashy launch of Chávez’s pet Organization of American but Not North American States, I keep thinking someone, somewhere should be keeping a...
Our sexist opposition
The other day, Carlos Ocariz, candidate for governor of Miranda, endorsed a group of 21 people who are vying for mayor in his state. Their names? Juan Carlos,...
Brilliant - UPDATED
Update: Turns out some of da kidz who made the video read this blog! Check out their rationale for it.
What CCTs can't do
In The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn launches a fascinating discussion of (very) early childhood intervention with wide repercussions for policy-making in Venezuela (and everywhere else.) Read it.
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