Chávez, the myth
A pretty good op-ed in the New York Times, by Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera. The money quote: From the intensive care unit, the president “continues to perform...
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G.M.V.V. Chronicles
Last month, after two years of waiting in shelters, 96 displaced families were given the keys of their brand new apartments in a new tower built in Western...
The morgue conundrum, cont.
The days of Caracas’ main morgue in Bello Monte could be numbered: in the upcoming weeks, two new facilities located in Caricuao and El Llanito will take on...
Asthma Attack Chronicles
Probably the most distress-inducing thing I’ve read about Venezuela in the last few months is stuck away between parenthesis in this MUD press release: Venezuela is now experiencing a...
Signatures, oaths, and robots
Constitutional lawyer José Ignacio Hernández has been writing up a storm over at Prodavinci. It figures – chavistas are violating laws so quickly it makes your head spin....
Capriles owns Jaua
Henrique Capriles Radonski was inaugurated today as Miranda State Governor for a second term and he didn’t miss the opportunity during his speech to point how 16-D challenger...
Does a scribble prove a life?
Yesterday, Nicolás Maduro named Elías Jaua Foreign minister, or rather, he announced that Chávez had named him. Today, the official newspaper of the Venezuelan government (where all public...
Chavismo is coming for grandma
… and I mean that literally. According to La Verdad, a Maracaibo newspaper, José Álvarez, a rural Táchira native, tortured and killed his 80-year old mother because “god”...
Devaluation around the corner? Not so fast
Over at the Foreign Policy blog (login required now), I cast doubt on the conventional wisdom that the government is going to have to devalue the Bolívar soon,...
Meet the VP of the VP
Former Vice-President Elias Jaua has been named new Foreign Affairs Minister. That’s his consolation prize after losing the Miranda State election last month. Back in October, he said...
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