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Tic tac tic tac tic tac… Luis Alcalá was leaving his house to go pick up his eight year old kid from school. The man he’d seen scoping...

Francisco Toro September 27, 2002

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Tic tac tic tac tic tac… Luis Alcalá was leaving his house to go pick up his eight year old kid from school. The man he’d seen scoping...

Francisco Toro September 27, 2002

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“Please crush our movement, sir.” The thing about these “Security Zones” is that by decreeing them, the government set out an implicit dare. “You can`t come here,” Chávez...

Francisco Toro September 27, 2002

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“Please crush our movement, sir.” The thing about these “Security Zones” is that by decreeing them, the government set out an implicit dare. “You can`t come here,” Chávez...

Francisco Toro September 27, 2002

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“We’ve reached the breaking point and nothing is improbable.” It’s a scary thought. But it’s much much scarier as a screaming headline leading the nation’s most widely read...

Francisco Toro September 25, 2002

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“We’ve reached the breaking point and nothing is improbable.” It’s a scary thought. But it’s much much scarier as a screaming headline leading the nation’s most widely read...

Francisco Toro September 25, 2002

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Reinventing the hyperinflation wheel Probably the hardest part of my job is writing about monetary and fiscal policy, impossibly technical topics that tend to make readers’ eyes glaze...

Francisco Toro September 24, 2002

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Reinventing the hyperinflation wheel Probably the hardest part of my job is writing about monetary and fiscal policy, impossibly technical topics that tend to make readers’ eyes glaze...

Francisco Toro September 24, 2002

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Correction… The previous post wrongly reported that the La Carlota security zone includes Francisco de Miranda Avenue and the Plaza Altamira. It doesn’t. It does include a big...

Francisco Toro September 23, 2002

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Security zones? OK…but for whose security? Another Monday, another feverish political row in Caracas. This week, the hot issue is the decree Chávez issued last week declaring eight...

Francisco Toro September 23, 2002

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