Snapshot from Beirut
Quico says: Sadly Hugo has not yet presented me with the opportunity to add Nasrallah to my right hand column, but that isn’t stopping Hizbullah supporters in Beirut...
Life
The impossibility of Scandal...
Quico says: Scandal is not possible in the Chávez Era. I don’t mean that there’s any shortage of scandalous behavior in the country – au contraire! – or...
One of my heroes passes...
Quico says: It’s a sad day for me: Ryszard Kapuscinski passed away in Warsaw yesterday. He was an inspiration for a generation of aspiring journalists, myself included: something...
Killer fact!
Since 2005, Venezuela has spent more on weapons than China.
Oil, econophobia and the staggering intellectual bankrupcy of chavismo
Quico says: Miguel points to this lovely Chávez quote… “A President shouldn’t listen to economists.” A fine sentiment, no doubt, as long as you can get away with...
Where is the oil price red line?
Quico says: As chavista radicalism escalates, and with no institutional checks left on the guy’s power, the only brakes left on the damage this government might inflict are...
Lessons in XXIst Century Socialism
Katy says: Ever since his convincing victory at the polls last December, President Lt. Crnel. Chávez has been claiming a mandate for implementing “XXIst Century Socialism.” The main...
Superfluous Authoritarianism
Rule by decree. There’s something irreducibly brutal about the phrase, something about it that makes the flavor of authoritarianism linger in your mouth. Ruling by decree is what...
Rage against the machine
Katy says: One thing I learned during the past year is that writing regularly can be a chore. The best posts are the ones that combine insight, common...
Chávez Unchained
Quico says: After all the dread, after the slow, protracted, build-up of the last eight years, the denouement that began this week comes almost as a relief. Finally,...
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