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Pushing it

Quico says: What would it take to get me really, seriously alarmed about the latest uptick in chavista autocracy? This is a question many of you have been...

Francisco Toro August 20, 2008

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Who moves the markets?

We move the markets! [hat tip: Omar]

Francisco Toro August 19, 2008

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Does Cemex matter?

Juan Cristobal says: – The government is confiscating Venezuela’s largest cement company. Our readers are incensed. Some are wondering when we are going to write about this latest...

Francisco Toro August 19, 2008

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Qué rayón

Juan Cristobal says: – Don’t miss the latest outburst from chavista congresswoman Desireé Santos Amaral in the front steps of the Mercosur Parliament, where Leopoldo López was about...

Francisco Toro August 18, 2008

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Plantain chronicles

Juan Cristobal says: – Don’t miss Alberto Barrera’s amusing riff on Venezuela’s new barter law. In Spanish only.

Francisco Toro August 17, 2008

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My Piedad Córdoba Shame

Quico says: OK, OK, I admit it! I funnel Venezuelan government money to Piedad Córdoba!

Francisco Toro August 16, 2008

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Boy, I never saw that one coming!

Quico says: Guess who Chávez blames for the South Ossetian war? You have three guesses. First two don’t count.

Francisco Toro August 15, 2008

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Kidnapped Twice

Quico says: Want something new to be alarmed by? Check out the newly enacted anti-kidnapping law – something I’d written about before – which mandates the Prosecutor General’s...

Francisco Toro August 15, 2008

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Ten reasons why November matters

Juan Cristobal says: In some opposition circles, wanting to get elected to office amid the swirl of inhabilitaciones and decree-laws almost amounts to treason. The conventional wisdom seems...

Francisco Toro August 13, 2008

Life

The Smoking Gun That Went on Nicorettes

Quico says: Here’s a question to ponder: what really changed in Venezuela when the 26 laws of the Gacetazo were decreed into effect? We’ve heard a lot of...

Francisco Toro August 13, 2008

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