The Hidden Middle Class
Picture a Venezuelan middle class family. What image comes into your head? If you’re like most people, you’re thinking of the Mavesa family. You know, the one in...
Life
The Killing Machine
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa From The New Republic Che Guevara, who did so much (or was it so little?) to destroy capitalism, is now a quintessential capitalist brand....
The Killing Machine
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa From The New Republic Che Guevara, who did so much (or was it so little?) to destroy capitalism, is now a quintessential capitalist brand....
Towards a critical theory of chavismo
or…Very early attempt to build an account of chavismo on the basis of J.M. Briceño Guerrero’s insights It is perhaps ironic that the most insightful book yet by...
Towards a critical theory of chavismo
or…Very early attempt to build an account of chavismo on the basis of J.M. Briceño Guerrero’s insights It is perhaps ironic that the most insightful book yet by...
The Savage Discourse
[These selected passages are translated from El Laberinto de los Tres Minotauros by J.M. Briceño Guerrero, available at the better Caracas bookstores.] The Labyrinth of the Three Minotaurs...
The Savage Discourse
[These selected passages are translated from El Laberinto de los Tres Minotauros by J.M. Briceño Guerrero, available at the better Caracas bookstores.] The Labyrinth of the Three Minotaurs...
CiF Draft
For the second time in 15 months, Venezuelans head to the polls on Sunday to vote on ending presidential term limits, potentially allowing Hugo Chávez to remain in...
If only Enrique Mendoza was more like Viktor Yuschenko
Creatively stolen from The Independent Venezuelans throng streets to protest against election ‘fix’ By Askold Krushelnycky in Caracas 23 November 2004 Tens of thousands of Venezuelans thronged the...
If only Enrique Mendoza was more like Viktor Yuschenko
Creatively stolen from The Independent Venezuelans throng streets to protest against election ‘fix’ By Askold Krushelnycky in Caracas 23 November 2004 Tens of thousands of Venezuelans thronged the...
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