Fun Proposals for the Coat of Arms...
Leave it to Venezuelans to crack jokes about anything… “Gentlemen of the Assembly: how about this proposal?” by some guy in Noticiero Digital
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The Antidote to Decency
Talking to Europeans about Venezuela, I find that one of the hardest things to communicate is chavismo’s utter lack of common decency. Sure, if you follow the papers...
The Antidote to Decency
Talking to Europeans about Venezuela, I find that one of the hardest things to communicate is chavismo’s utter lack of common decency. Sure, if you follow the papers...
Utterly Spineless, Fantastically Debased, Prostrated, Grovelling, Bootlicking Sycophancy Chronicles
Yes, I know that by even touching on this subject I’m only taking the bait, playing into a crass ploy to distract attention from much more important issues,...
Utterly Spineless, Fantastically Debased, Prostrated, Grovelling, Bootlicking Sycophancy Chronicles
Yes, I know that by even touching on this subject I’m only taking the bait, playing into a crass ploy to distract attention from much more important issues,...
The Petrostate that never went away: Part I
With vague hopes that some curious, open-minded World Social Forum participants might stumble on Caracas Chronicles over the next few weeks, I’m re-posting again this background piece from...
The Petrostate that never went away: Part I
With vague hopes that some curious, open-minded World Social Forum participants might stumble on Caracas Chronicles over the next few weeks, I’m re-posting again this background piece from...
The Petrostate that never went away: Part II
continued… II: Our botched attempt at reformBack in 1989, all you needed to do to realize how badly Venezuela needed reform was pick up a phone. On a...
The Petrostate that never went away: Part II
continued… II: Our botched attempt at reformBack in 1989, all you needed to do to realize how badly Venezuela needed reform was pick up a phone. On a...
Institutional Decay Chronicles
Huguito gets a front-page thrashing in the current issue of Foreign Policy. The piece by Argentine political scientist Javier Corrales is a good read, though I’m still trying...
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