PSUV loses London
Quico says: Yay!
Life
No means no
Quico says: “No es no.” Three words, six letters, short, sharp, unambiguous, devastating. The slogan is one of the most heartening developments in recent Venezuelan politics: it crystallizes...
Chávez, can you spare $20 million?
Katy says: Recently, I came upon a story about a cost-effective alternative to expensive mass-transit systems. It’s called Aerobus and it has been in use in the city...
Crazy Polar Bear Chronicles
[Note: My usual policy is to steer well clear of non-Venezuelan subjects…we’ll be stretching that rule in this post.] Quico says: There are local elections in Britain tomorrow....
Binge and purge
Quico says: It’s official: the inhabilitación binge will be matched by a PSUV purge. In a weird kind of political murder-suicide, chavismo is not just disqualifying key oppo...
The false promise of food security
Katy says: When Chávez first came to power, one of the things he asked to include in the Constitution was the concept of “food security.” The country’s ability...
Rent-seeking as a Livelihood Strategy
Quico says: Thinking about the way the New Political Class has looted the proceeds from our current oil boom, it’s hard to contain a certain moralistic rage. We...
The calm before the storm
Katy says: Just how strong is Chávez these days? The answer is not so obvious. If you judge by the opposition conventional wisdom, he’s at the helm of...
Compare and Contrast
Chávez says: “My opinion has always been – and I still hold this – that the new National School Curriculum should not be called ‘bolivarian’ because that word...
Another one bites the dust
Quico says: Another guilty plea in the unending saga that is Illegally – Diverting – Venezuelan – Public – Money – to – Illegally – Fund – Cristina...
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