Crash dummy policies
Juan wrote a great article today with some really appalling numbers. 817 cars produced in February. January wasn’t great either. The first two months Venezuela produced 1,539 cars....
Politics
Pax Chavista
The government has been pushing hard the idea that they want peace. I don’t doubt it. But it’s a very particular type of peace. It’s peace through domination. It’s the peace...
You did WHAT to free health and education programs?!!
“Created” them? Did you just say you created them?! Watch me blow the rest of that gasket over on The New Republic.
Painting the Grey Lady Rojo Rojita
Nicolás Maduro just published an Op-Ed pieces in the New York Times. We could do a point-by-point debunking of his bullshit claims but that would not the best use of our time here. The real question isn't "what" Maduro is saying, but “why?”
Political rape
Last night, Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal said that, indeed, Maria Corina Machado’s expulsion from the National Assembly could stand. On its own, this shouldn’t seem so shocking – chavismo has...
The myth of Washington's lost influence in the Americas
After last week’s vote in the OAS, where the United States lost to Venezuela in a vote to let Maria Corina Machado speak, the consensus in Venezuela has...
The myth of Washington's lost influence in the Americas
After last week’s vote in the OAS, where the United States lost to Venezuela in a vote to let Maria Corina Machado speak, the consensus in Venezuela has...
Don't trust your gut
Some people say that the best way to make decisions is to “trust your gut.” As political advice goes, we can do a lot worse. However, the danger...
1,600 Soldiers vs. One Guarimba in Puerto Ordaz
The month-long shut-down of the La Churuata neighborhood in Puerto Ordaz seems to be over, after a simply huge military action to lift it. Correo del Caroni’s Maisdulin Younis...
We have learned nothing [UPDATE]
As Venezuela slides deeper into the dictatorial morass, the protest movement is setting off a major political crisis. It just happens that that crisis isn’t inside the government, it’s...
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