G.M.V.V. Chronicles, ctd.
A fire broke out last week in the improvised shelter for displaced people located in La Rinconada, Caracas’s racetrack. After the fire was put out, the shelter spent...
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Adrift in Caracas
I’m in Venezuela this week visiting friends and family, so I’m not going to be posting much. However, I did want to convey the very strong sense that...
Venalum on strike
Since the start of the month, State-owned aluminium producer Venalum has been on strike. Three weeks later, the conflict has heated up between company workers and management, which has brought...
The World is my Podcast
I was on PRI’s The World today talking about The Return. It was fun!
Chávez sneaks in through the bathroom window
So Chávez snuck back into the country at 2:30 in the morning with no previous announcement, no cameras around and only a 3 a.m. tweet to announce the...
A rejoinder on Leopoldo López's indictment
The substance of the accusations being brought 15-years after the fact against opposition leader Leopoldo López don’t merit very much comment, other than to note that that guy must really be squeaky...
Hedging on Venezuela
CNBC has an interesting article on the companies that are taking a hit thanks to Giordani et al. They provide some detail into the issue of why these...
Leopoldo López's future electoral viability bolstered
As the regime moves to put Leopoldo López in jail for the mother of all cold cases, I can’t help but wonder: Has chavismo really thought this one...
The oilman who came in from the cold
A friend from Washington writes about this bit of seriously unreported news: Igor Sechin, the CEO of Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil giant and one of the Kremlin’s most...
Losing the spin war
My immediate reaction after today’s “pictures” and revelations, in Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog. Whether it’s Chávez’s health or the economy, it seems the only “proof” we have is that...
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