PDVSA’s Self-Inflicted Wound
The new Oil Minister and PDVSA CEO, General Manuel Quevedo has no experience in the oil industry. His appointment is a tantalizing peek at what's happening behind chavismo’s closed doors.
Politics
2005: The Blunder Year
2005 was great for the Revolution, as president Chávez consolidated his political victories of previous years. The opposition was so ineffective, it seems complicit in retrospective.
2005: Dismantling the State
Your Yearly Briefing for 2005. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Psychopath autocrats of the world, unite!
Mindless radicalization, anyone?
2004: The Year of the Recall
Your yearly briefing for 2004. Translated by Javier Liendo.
2004: When Censorship becomes an Institution
The freedom of expression gag seen today in Venezuela has been around for over ten years. An ambiguous and voracious law from 2004 would establish censorship as a fundamental part of chavista philosophy for years to come.
How low can you go?
"Mal paga el diablo a quien bien le sirve". In 2004, over 2,400,000 Venezuelans who demanded Chávez to step down are put in the regime’s sights when the (in)famous lista Tascón is published. 2008: Tascón is being left aside from the government’s circles.
No Passports for You
After a lot of back and forth, the Venezuelan government just admitted that it cannot provide new passports for its people. The reason is as sad as it is predictable.
2003: The Smell of Loss
Everyone I grew up with in Paraguaná worked for PDVSA. The defeat of the oil strike in 2003 shattered the company, our community and, very nearly, our families.
2003: The Architecture of Control
Photo: Historia Total February 3, 2003, marked the end of the indefinite strike called by the Democratic Coordinator the previous December. The government believed that Christmas would finish...
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