Of grandmothers and bicycles
There’s a good reason why seasoned politicians are careful never to answer questions about hypotheticals. Trying to take positions about what you would do if something that isn’t currently...
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Dime a quien no le defaulteas y te diré quien eres
Over on Project Syndicate, Ricardo Hausmann and Miguel Angel Santos have a fun riff on the state of the debate on whether Venezuela will go into default in the coming months....
Sacudón Chronicles: The Big Shakedown
So what do we take away from last night’s Sacudón? First, as Kanako put it to me, that Rafael Ramírez’s power turned out to be the political equivalent of the...
Lord almighty
First came the man. Then came his famous signature. A little over a month ago came his own typeface. And who can forget the “get a tattoo of the Eternal...
Have you seen the latest economic indicators? Didn't think so.
For those of us living in Venezuela, you only need a short stroll to your local market to see the current state of our economy. However, there’s always the...
IVAD & Leopoldo
Happy Monday, everyone. A new poll in my Inbox today, this one from IVAD which, as you probably know, usually leans toward the government in its numbers. The highlights: 77%...
Wanted: wonks
One of the remarkable things from recent opinion polls such as this one from Datanálisis is that, while the Maduro government is blamed for most of the country’s...
The master remembers the "millardito"
Ten years ago, Hugo Chávez had a problem: the Central Bank of Venezuela was independent. This was a personal affront to Chávez, who considered independence from him to be...
Things you find in your septic tank
Over the years, we’ve been hard on traditional Venezuelan media outlets. Sometimes, we’re really hard on them. So it came as a refreshing surprise to read the latest...
Was the government "strengthened" after the protests?
People who put all blame for the opposition’s current woes on the #LaSalida protests – we need a hashtag for them, can we call them the #2019 folks? –...
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