A nice demonstration of her skills
Juan Cristobal says: – Everyone knows Venezuelan women are beautiful and win lots of pageants. Like populists and ball players, beauty queens are one of those things that...
Life
Ñapa Valley
Quico says: One source that’s quickly becoming a must-read for me is Política de Ñapa: Hernán Lugo Galicia’s PSUV gossip blog in El Nacional. Lets be clear here:...
Rosemont
Quico says: OK, so here’s my idea for a movie pitch: As we fade in, we see the old oil baron on his death bed, a picture of...
Deep thought
Quico says: Rama Vyasulu is the Gordo Antonini of 2009. Update: Confused by this whole story? The Wall Street Journal explains it from start to finish.
Así! Así! Así es que se bloguea!
Quico says: You’ve heard of Bad Hair Days? Well Miguel Octavio had a Good Blog Day yesterday. A very Good Blog Day. I love it when the blog...
Panic in the Swap Market
Quico says: I’ll own up, I have no idea what the hell is happening in the bolivar swap market. Some prominent Caracas exchange operators have stopped trading altogether...
No NPR for me...
Quico says: Sorry, false alarm.
Choices, choices, choices...
Quico says: Now that el jefe has announced that there isn’t enough money to go around this year, it stands to reason that any spending increase has to...
The devil hates Prada
Juan Cristobal says: – Remember Chávez’s prophetic speech about how Cuba and Venezuela were sailing together toward the same “sea of happiness“? Funny, I doubt Havana Airport’s Duty-Free...
Electrifying
Quico says: In the current New Republic, Enrique Krauze writes a remarkable essay grounding Chávez’s authoritarianism in its historical context. Whether he’s covering familiar ground or striking off...
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