The kind of video Nicolas Maduro doesn't want you to see...
I don’t know about you, but for me, Nicolás is right: watching this made me deeply anxious. [Hat tip: mah sugar daddy…]
Politics
To control shortages, ignorance is bliss (Updated)
The government is pulling out all the stops to contain the wave of shortages, from importing our way out of this mess to militarizing supermarket check-outs. But Nicolás...
La hegemonía va por dentro, continued
Outside the realm of State media, there’s probably no better place to explore the state of grass-roots Chavismo than the alternative news and opinion website Aporrea. The site...
An 18-Wheeler Named Venezuela
Some things, I feel, need to be said in Spanish. In cases like that, I take to PanfletoNegro. Desde el día que nos llevamos por delante ese puente...
Una de Hormigas y Parchitas
Kudos to El Nacional for writing up some of the detail of (one of) the megabucks scams at Bandes (a.k.a., the Economic and Social Development Bank, a.k.a., the place-where-both-our-current-and-former-Central-Bank-heads...
Dear @Forbes, do you realize what @HilaryKramer is using your brand for?!
Setty in full rant mode is a force of nature. A thing of beauty. A real joy. Do not miss his epic takedown of the appalling Derwick fluff...
The economic war's new frontline: Supermarket checkout counters (Updated)
Remember that Superior Organ for the Economy Nicolas Maduro created not long ago? Well, its head, Hébert García Plaza found out during an inspection tour that the real...
Venezuela is Trolling You - Further-evidence-as-though-any-were-needed Edition
Oh, Tibi, never change… Venezuela and Russia Sign Electoral Cooperation Agreement La presidenta del Consejo Nacional Electoral, Tibisay Lucena, y el vicepresidente primero de la Comisión Electoral de...
Enjoy it while you can, airlines
When all is said and done and Misión Cadivi comes crashing down along with the rest of Chavenomics, a lot of people will be very upset. But one...
I come not to bury IMF Conditionality, but to praise it!
We may hate to admit it, but Nicolás Maduro’s Chinese junket has, as far as we can tell, been a success. He gets to leave with a headline...
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