These days, he's only a problem for us
How times change. As the diplomat Chávez once championed to lead the OAS openly calls for a formal debate on his increasing authoritarianism and says the Enabling Law violates...
Life
Our Southern Mirror
Poverty falling, and fast. A stable, growing economy, resilient to external shocks. Low, steady inflation. Inequality falling, and fast. An appreciating currency. Improving educational standards. Successive leftwing governments increasingly...
Lukashenko: your oil is in Lake Charles
A little nugget in my Inbox courtesy of a reader. You know how Hugo Chávez is always boasting that he wants to ship oil to other countries, how he...
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...
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...
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