Greg Wilpert says...
Dear Quico, Thanks for your thoughtful comments on my coup article and for giving me the opportunity to reply to your letter. First, indeed, it is a shame...
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Wilpert in his labyrinth
An Open Letter to Greg Wilpert Dear Greg, I read your piece on the April Crisis with interest. While, obviously, I disagree with your overall interpretation, I’m really...
The socialism of 1984
“Uncritical loyalty to the USSR happens to be the current orthodoxy, and where the supposed interests of the USSR are involved they are willing to tolerate not only...
Considering
Quico says: It’s that time of year again, when we look back on the events of April 2002, and mourn the utter stupidity with which Pedro Carmona and...
The April massacre: the (un)told story revisited
Katy says: Our apologies for the silence the last few days: I have been travelling and Quico is tied up with personal issues. This is as good a...
Answers from Libreville
Katy says: This article, and the book that it refers to, are not to be missed. The author explores the current oil boom in Africa, and examines what...
Piece de resistance
Quico says: So, get this. “Comando Nacional de la Resistencia” spokesman Antonio Ledezma (groan) has formally asked Prosecutor General Isaías Rodríguez (double groan) to drop any ongoing investigation...
Prohibition makes a comeback
Katy says: In Venezuela, we have a popular saying: “pagan justos por pecadores”, roughly “the just pay for the sins of the sinners.” This was never more true...
I think what he thinks, but backwards
Quico says: Phil Gunson writes a delicious bit of Chávez debunkery in Tuesday’s Miami Herald. Money grafs: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was on the ethanol bandwagon. Until, that...
Don't term-limit the revolution
Katy says: One of the hot-button issues in Venezuela these days is the upcoming Constitutional reform that will propose lifting term limits on the Presidency and allowing indefinite...
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