The thing about having a really crazy economic policy framework
Economists love to go on and on about “relative price distortions” – one of those inexplicable pieces of jargon that normal people just can’t make sense of. In...
Politics
Sobremesa Chronicles
Upon my arrival in Caracas, I expected to hear lots of stories about Leopoldo, or about scarcity, or about the lack of freedom in the press. Instead, the...
Six Hundred Something
Not like we’ll be posting the price of the black market Dollar every time it spikes, but just one week ago it hit the 500 mark. DolarToday’s closing rate for...
Maduro's Esequibo Speech: One huge mess (Updated)
After three postponements, Nicolas Maduro finally went to the National Assembly Monday night to deliver his long-awaited “Esequibo speech”. How was it? It was a three hour-long, rambling,...
The U.S. and Venezuela should just get a room
Venezuela's relationship with the Imperialist North has recently gone from chilly to chummy in a matter of weeks. What gives?
Lo de "Manipulating postcolonial sensitivities" es contigo, Dilma
There can’t be many world figures today who speak with greater moral authority than the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu. Today, he takes to the Wall...
In the land of the twenty-four hour "fruit" stands
I leave La Chinita airport, relieved that my cargo – two suitcases filled with toilet paper, shampoo, diapers, and other essentials – went undetected through customs, as if...
Luisa Ortega's Spectacularly Failed Attempt to Lecture an Arab Spring Leader
Extraordinary scenes in Geneva yesterday as Venezuela’s Chief Prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, took to the UN Human Rights Council floor to try to convince the world that War is...
If BOOBS Could Kill
Remember Caraemuerto? Luidig Ochoa (a.k.a. Caraemuerto) was the alleged criminal in recovery who survived fifteen shots (three in the face), created a successful web series, and the love interest of T&A slapstick comedienne...
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