Savage capitalism alert!
Are you in the market for a 1953 Ford Pisicorre with eight seats? Do you want to use it as a boat taxi? How about a brand new laptop,...
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Iris Varela, no longer funny
I’ll admit, when Iris Varela was appointed to a cabinet position, I smiled broadly. Iris is a nutter, a loose cannon, the personification of unhinged chavista maximalism, but...
Torture the pots
Over at the Spanish site, I discuss Chile’s new normal and the memories it brings me. And by the way, the New York Times story on the Chilean...
Random chavista paper makes stuff up, Juan gets tangled up
So Juan got a bit tangled in the weird round of allegations and denials about the Venezuelan football team’s supposed – but false – troubles getting a U.S....
U.S. Embassy inserts cleat in mouth (UPDATE: I'm the one with the cleat in his mouth)
Venezuela’s love affair with its national soccer team is strong and growing. The President, the opposition, the media … everyone loves the Vinotinto. Some days, we think it’s...
The Santos Luzardo Moment
Sitting here in the comfort of my Montreal apartment and the security of my Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation-protected bank account, it’s a wee bit uncomfortable for me to...
Will that include the math books?
The Minister for Science and Technology is promising a series of events to sell school supplies with savings of up to 130%. Really. [Hat tip: the other CC.]
Expediente por expediente...
…idle thought: is Iris Varela personally going to go through the files of each of the 15,000 or so prison inmates she intends to let loose on Venezuelan...
Iris, unfiltered
Iris Varela’s plan to deal with prison overcrowding by simply freeing 40% of the prison population is nice and all, but … aren’t judges supposed to be the ones...
XIIIth Century Socialism
So far we haven’t commented much on chavismo’s batty new Law on Fair Costs and Prices – mostly because it’s too depressing. Criticizing the economics behind it in...
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