What Chávez is offering
Yesterday there was a little brouhaha regarding some documents that people within the MUD may or may not have authored. It prompted Chávez to go out and say...
Politics
The Many Downsides of Building in a Mad Rush
The Chavernment’s housing program, Gran Mision Vivienda Venezuela is still going full throttle, but its path has been rocky: damage to the enviroment, workplace accidents and workers mad...
Ground Game Update
Check out the fancy editing on 0:50. Take that, Chávez!
That Spending Binge Chart, Adjusted for Inflation This Time
After a series of virtual (and well deserved) coscorrones for publishing what really was a misleading post this morning, I went back and re-did that M2 expansion chart including...
The Spending Binge in Comparative Perspective
Correction: As several commenters pointed out, this chart is badly misleading in this form, as it doesn’t adjust for inflation. A corrected version can be seen here.
Ad War Update, cont'd
Chavez’s camp latest claim: Culture and history are only possible in revolution… Where to start with this one, beside the cheesy, melodramatic tone? History has not been treated...
Put your money where your vote is
A reader sends us this about how the October 7th election is getting more attention abroad: “I’m sure you’ve heard about Intrade, the predictive market website… I follow...
Carlos Graffe and Daniel Blanco - kudos!
This video needs to go viral. Sorry, in Spanish. The backstory to the video, and the government’s campaign to discredit it, is here. HT: Liz.
Censored Ad Update
The CNE ordered TV stations to take off the air this 30-second spot of Leopoldo Lopez’s political party Voluntad Popular, titled “Security is the Way”. Here’s the ad...
Schrödinger's Bond
Did Chávez have his “you didn’t build that” moment after the Amuay disaster when he said that, accident or no accident, “as some philosopher whose name I don’t...
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