Shocked, shocked no longer...
New Year’s Resolutions are famously made to be broken. Mine, ‘mafraid, will be no exception: I’m resolving to stop writing about Entirely Predictable, By-Now Routine Abuses of the Venezuelan...
Politics
A 1,942% Return on Investment, in Three Months
Say I offered you $2,450 in three months in return for a $120 deposit. Would you take the deal? Of course you would…with Pride! (I dunno how Setty...
The Miami pallbearer
There he is in Miami, sitting in the front row at Carlos Andrés Pérez’s controversial funeral, photos courtesy of Noticias 24. And there he is, standing guard by the former...
The Banality of Incompetence
One story that should be getting more play abroad is the simply amazing tale of the oil Venezuela is selling to China for $5/barrel…only for the Chinese to turn...
Aló, ¿soberano?
Reader causetoujours has an idea: a Repeal Referendum. Article 74 of Venezuela’s Moribund Constitution says: “Laws may be repealed partially or totally when the repeal is petitioned by at...
The throwback
(A gift under the tree for our readers: this is an exclusive guest post by Alejandro Tarre, a talented, Caracas-based writer and blogger. Do check out his blog,...
Breaking it down
Alek Boyd eloquently explains why Venezuela can no longer be considered a democracy. The money quote: It is ironic that the debate about democratic deficit is mentioned in...
Clarity
Trying to pick out any one bit of Chávez’s 2010 Paquete Navideño (a.k.a. the current storm of lame-duck session laws) as the most unconstitutional of the bunch is...
Ledezimated
As if taking away their power to legislate wasn’t enough, today AN Chief Inquisitor Cilia Flores is announcing a Reform to the Rules on Debates inside the National...
About those Bandagro bonds...
Setty rips my post and destroys my credibility. I had it coming. Post duly updated. The great Miguel provides some more background.
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