The Economist, on PDVSA
Katy says: Influential British magazine The Economist (registration required) has a very interesting article on national oil companies and how they have often served as cash cows for...
Life
Flying the coop
Katy says: Venezuelans woke up Sunday to the news that jailed union leader Carlos Ortega had fled Ramo Verde military prison along with three other jailed military officers....
A quiz
Katy says: As everyone knows, Chávez went to Cuba to visit Fidel Castro, courtesy of Venezuelan taxpayers. Here’s a question to test your knowledge of bolivarian/revolutionary knicknacks. The...
Flying the coop
Katy says: Venezuelans woke up Sunday to the news that jailed union leader Carlos Ortega had fled Ramo Verde military prison along with three other jailed military officers....
A quiz
Katy says: As everyone knows, Chávez went to Cuba to visit Fidel Castro, courtesy of Venezuelan taxpayers. Here’s a question to test your knowledge of bolivarian/revolutionary knicknacks. The...
Literature as a revolutionary propaganda tool
Katy says: Venezuela has just announced that it will not participate as the guest of honor in the La Paz Book Fair. Our country’s representatives allege that this...
Literature as a revolutionary propaganda tool
Katy says: Venezuela has just announced that it will not participate as the guest of honor in the La Paz Book Fair. Our country’s representatives allege that this...
Retaliation chronicles
Katy says: Wednesday, August 1, 3:50 AM: Former CNE President and chavista figure, Jorge Rodríguez, goes to Clínica El Ávila (one of Venezuela’s most prestigious private medical centers)...
Retaliation chronicles
Katy says: Wednesday, August 1, 3:50 AM: Former CNE President and chavista figure, Jorge Rodríguez, goes to Clínica El Ávila (one of Venezuela’s most prestigious private medical centers)...
Man(uel) of the hour
Katy says: Manuel Rosales, two-term governor of the state of Zulia, in Western Venezuela, has just been confirmed as the single presidential candidate of a substantial portion of...
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