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Everything I know about Chavista geostrategic thinking I learned from a fat gringo neo-con

Quico says: If you’re looking for some mind-broadening reading this weekend, I heartily recommend this New Republic piece by Iraq War-monger extraordinaire Robert Kagan. It’s about the rising...

Francisco Toro April 19, 2008

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Red goes the neighborhood

Katy says: Victor Vargas, remember him? BOD President, father-in-law to royalty, polo-playing socialist, poster boy for the Revolution of the Rich and the Well-connected? Well, turns out Mr....

Francisco Toro April 19, 2008

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Expropriation by any other name...

Quico says: People tend to think of nationalization as a black-and-white thing: either you’re in the private sector or you’re in the public sector. But I think it’s...

Francisco Toro April 18, 2008

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Six degrees of Hugo Chávez

Katy says: How many people separate Barack Obama from Hugo Chávez? Yesterday’s debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton gives us the answer: two! Barack Obama … sat on...

Francisco Toro April 17, 2008

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Everybody Already Knows Everything About the Anderson Case

Quico thinks: Oh, man, I should write something about the Anderson case. It’s getting really, really over the top, this one. I mean, sure, I know, everything else...

Francisco Toro April 16, 2008

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Confessions of a dangerous mind

Katy says: “Por allí se nos fueron miles de millones de dólares el año pasado (en compras de Internet), he ordenado ajustar al vicepresidente y que más nunca...

Francisco Toro April 14, 2008

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Newsweek's Credibility Tanks

Quico says: With sources like these, can you believe a word Newsweek says?

Francisco Toro April 13, 2008

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Right-hand Column overhaul

Quico says: In a fit of procrastination, I just checked, updated and re-organized the entire right-hand column. All the links have been checked and all of them work...

Francisco Toro April 13, 2008

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Six years on: Usón's April 11th

On my trip to Caracas, I picked up a copy of “Opinion Prisoner: General Usón Speaks”. It’s a book of interviews with former Finance Minister and jailbird Francisco...

Francisco Toro April 11, 2008

Life

Mark & Doug's excellent Venezuelan adventure

Katy says: “Exit poll results show major defeat for Chávez” Caracas Chronicles headline, August 17th, 2004, citing a press release from Penn, Schoen & Berland. The long anticipated...

Francisco Toro April 10, 2008

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