A Hausmann-FRod debate
This happened a few days ago at Harvard University. It’s long but well worth your time. Enjoy! (HT: Alfredo)
Politics
EAT THIS: Cabello's wife appointed Minister of Tourism
No reason to beat around the bush: Marleny Contrera de Cabello, wife of Diosdado Cabello (President of the Venezuelan Congress), was just appointed Minister of Tourism. Seems like...
Our horrible candidates are our only hope
The date for the Parliamentary elections has not been announced, but for the sake of argument, let’s say the CNE will follow the law and hold them this year....
Austin time
I’m thrilled to have been invited to be a moderator at the Plan País Conference in Austin, Texas this weekend. Plan País is a yearly conference in which Venezuelan students in...
Two can play the CARICOM game
The 7th Summit of the Americas is just around the corner, and public attention will be focused on U.S. President Barack Obama, who will carry a huge diplomatic...
Mining for news
Don’t miss Efecto Cocuyo’s take on illegal mining in Venezuela’s South. Thanks to intrepid reporters working for Discovery Max, we can witness the devastation that illegal mining is causing in the...
#Odebrechting - an Easter egg in the Brazilian media
Dilma Rousseff, the current President of Brazil, is leading a crumbling government, what with her poll ratings in the tweens. It’s always fun to see a chavista ally eating...
Your signature or your life
A few years ago, Hugo Chávez enacted one of his most vile yet brutally effective political strategies: the Lista Tascón. When the opposition began collecting signatures to recall his...
Alternative Twitter-verse
You probably know about the strange case of the fake child kidnapping that has served as an excuse for Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Diaz to propose to regulate social...
Live-blogging "la cola"
It’s MY day. It’s not my birthday. And Saint Anne’s Feast Day is July 26th. It’s my day because, on Tuesdays, Venezuelans with ID numbers ending in 2 and...
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