Hausmann Presidente
A translation of a delicious put-down of our cerebrally-limited President, courtesy of Harvard Prof. Ricardo Hausmann: After a trip to Albania, South Africa, India, and Kazakhstan, where I have...
Politics
Another year, another attempt at police reform
Is violence still rampant in the country? Yes. Is homicide such a problem that it must be considered as an epidemic? Absolutely. So, what’s the central government doing about...
The Precise Instant Everything Went to Hell
It’s a luxury, really: not that many countries are able to pinpoint the exact moment when the wheels came off their economic institutions and macro-chaos became inevitable. We can....
The "pet cock" gave them away
Five weeks ago, our pal Setty published a terrific article for the Columbia Journalism Review on scams and the media. Using Arevenca, the scam Venezuelan company whose president, Francisco Javier González, has...
Bye-bye Landrieu
Perhaps you remember U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu from Louisiana? You know, the one who blocked the bill to impose sanctions to certain members of the Venezuelan government because...
Venezuela isn't Germany in 1938, it's Germany in 1921
On September 1st this year, Bs.87 would buy you $1 in Cúcuta. Today, those same 87 bolos will buy you 50 cents. That’s a 100% rise in the...
The Animal Farmification of Venezuelan Politics
Corporate jets owned by a Venezuelan State oil company are being abused by regime cronies to take their families on pleasure trips to Colorado, Hawaii, Australia, Paris, Bilbao and...
This is the sound of wasteful culture
Caracas has been hosting a music festival in the last few days, courtesy of the Mayor of western Caracas (Libertador Municipality) Jorge Rodríguez. The former CNE president/Vice-President/head of...
The A-to-Z of Violating María Corina Machado's Rights
Chavismo’s animus against Maria Corina Machado, the leading democracy activist who was indicted on trumped-up charges of “conspiracy” today, has reached farcical extremes. Today, attention was focused on whether she would be...
Live-blogging Maria Corina's day
Opposition legislator Maria Corina Machado will go to the Prosecutor’s Office today to be charged with attempting to kill Nicolás Maduro. She may be imprisoned today. We’ll be live blogging...
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