Apocalyptic South American fuck-up nudges up fund manager's alpha
This Bloomberg lede tiptoes right up to the point of self-parody. (The article itself is good, though – sorry, don’t have a link to the whole thing…) July...
Politics
Some final thoughts on Capriles in Chile
As some of you know, Henrique Capriles was in Chile last week as part of a tour that took him to Peru. (My take in Prodavinci here, and...
Oh Mark, never change...
Only Mark Weisbrot could look at this chart… …and conclude “already inflation has started to fall from its peak of 6% monthly.” Worse than the headline, though, is the...
Double standard
Days after the April 14th election, this video of Housing Minister Ricardo Molina threating to fire any employee who dares to “speak ill of the Revolution” or is...
You don't know Father Vidal
Last month, a Maracaibo priest named Vidal Atencio put Chávez on the altar…literally. Alongside the image of the comandante eterno he had pictures of the Libertador and Zulia State Governor...
A modest proposal
On the occasion of the birth of his royal babydom, I’d like to make a modest proposal for the betterment of Venezuelans’ relationship with power: let us commit...
You don't have to be on LSD to come up with an auction mechanism like SICAD...but it helps
So the first analysis is in on the operation of the new alternative-to-CADIVI dollar “auction“ system. (And yes, I had to put the scare-quotes in bold type because the...
The long game is supra-constitutional
After having the privilege of spending some time listening to Henrique Capriles in Chile (more on that in future posts), I have a better understanding of what the...
A No-Show Epidemic in Distortiolandia
So puzzle me this one: how can it be possible that international flights out of Maiquetía are booked solid for now until the end of time, yet all...
Business Plan! Business Plan!
Esta vaina es un tiro al suelo… [Hat tip: House.]
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