Sometimes lightning is just lightning
It’s probably wisest to resist drawing any wider inferences from the refinery fire in Puerto La Cruz yesterday. Silly though it sounds, it really is true that sometimes...
Politics
A sense of scale
Here’s The Economist’s recent article on corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela, in graphical form…
Municipal Elections: The Gift that Keeps on Giving [UPDATED]
So there’s a strong rumor circulating that tomorrow will be the grand day in which super lame (duck) Mayor of Chacao Emilio Graterón announces his candidacy for reelection...
The Normal Politics Trap
The question now is what will collapse sooner: Venezuelans’ confidence in the government or the opposition’s confidence in MUD’s leadership. I think of it as a kind of...
I just want to be a good fascist and the Government won't let me...
So it’s Wednesday morning in the International Office of the MUD and I’m walking in, bleary eyed, heading straight to the coffee pot for my requisite 8:00 a.m....
Fait accompli (Updated)
As expected, the TSJ’s Constitutional Chamber has thrown out Henrique Capriles’s legal challenge to the 14-A presidential election. 24 hours earlier, Capriles had announced that he would not wait...
The Chery on Top (FUBAR)
Story FUBAR: Gah, it’s been a terrible week for corrections. Turns out Great Wall de Venezuela was not a Chinese firm at all, it was a Venezuelan firm...
Forget about the "Millonas"...
…what’s up with this?!
The military diversifies its portfolio
Defense Minister Adm. Carmen Meléndez announced yesterday the creation of new military enterprises, including a bank and companies dedicated to transport and agriculture. But the biggest news was...
Rock Bottom Geology 101
…one for the ages.
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