The Miami pallbearer
There he is in Miami, sitting in the front row at Carlos Andrés Pérez’s controversial funeral, photos courtesy of Noticias 24. And there he is, standing guard by the former...
Life
Under the Radar: Maracay's Imminent Shitstorm
Here’s a story the ever Caracas-centric media’s barely noticed: the recent rains have left the heavily-polluted Lake of Valencia on the verge of a major flood. The water...
Carlos Andrés Pérez - 1922-2010 - Fashion Victim
Carlos Andrés Pérez, who dominated Venezuela’s social democratic landscape for over a quarter of a century, has died at the age of 88, on Christmas day. CAP, as...
Usually, we take a break for Christmas
…this year, though, the government won’t. So we don’t get to, either.
The throwback
(A gift under the tree for our readers: this is an exclusive guest post by Alejandro Tarre, a talented, Caracas-based writer and blogger. Do check out his blog,...
Today's Minsk is tomorrow's Caracas
Chavez ally Aleksandr Lukashenko stole the Belarus election today. At least that’s the opinion of thousands of protesters who flooded the streets of Minsk. Euronews has the roundup....
Weeding
Both Quico and I have had a busy week, hence the light posting, but here is one news item I did want to comment on. As I was...
The Final Word (por ahora) On Wikileaks and Chávez
Alejandro Tarre has the most lucid piece yet on Wikileaks and Chávez. It’s in Spanish. You should read it.
Foreign chavista apologists: temblad!
In the text of the new, about-to-be-approved Law on International Cooperation (aka the NGO Muzzle Law), there is this little doozy: “Representatives of NGOs with political objectives, of...
Jumping the Visa queue by telling Valle Arriba how they juke the oil export stats
Ah, Wikileaks, the gift that keeps on giving…
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