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...
Politics
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.
We're Gonna Party Like It's 1989 (UPDATED)
Victor Salmerón’s latest in El Universal left me rechecking my calendar to make sure we’re not in January 1989. Las reservas internacionales, el tanque de divisas que permite...
Default Ain't Just a River in Turbio
So this one’s inexplicably flying under the Communicational Hegemon’s radar: Sidetur, the steelmaker and one-time Sivensa subsidiary expropriated back in 2010, missed its coupon payment on $100 million...
Chavismo to Bring the Dynamism of the Home Rental Market to Used Cars
Own a car? Want a car? Be very, very afraid: the government’s proposed Used Car Law could well mean the end of legal market for used cars in...
Meet PSUV's No Hopers
Because information is power, and all voters must be well-informed, we now present to you the PSUV contenders for Municipalities in the Caracas area. I, for one, can’t...
Cuando voy a Maracaibo y empiezo a cruzar el puente denuncio una conspiración tan grande que se me nubla la mente...
Folks, President Maduro has just announced that noted crazy person Miguel Angel Pérez Pirela will be PSUV’s candidate for Mayor of Maracaibo. Mi sentido pésame to Juan Cristobal...
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