Too Toxic for Pablo Iglesias?
Even Pablo Iglesias, whose political party, Podemos, appears to have risen out of irrelevance on the back of chavista payments, is backing away from Maduro. That tells you something, doesn't it?
The Treatment Chavismo's Fellow Travellers Deserve
The chickens are coming home to roost for chavismo's international supporters. A brutal take-down in The Guardian ensures reputational costs are duly paid.
Manuela and Holodomor
As the governor of Guárico bans rice from leaving his state, we take a detour through the theory of famines, and what Manuela Bolívar is doing to stop it.
It's different when it happens in your neighborhood
Our very own Emiliana Duarte takes to The New York Times to explain what it's like when the crisis arrives on your doorstep.
Par for the curse
The final entry on our Caracas Chronicles Book Club selection: “The Oil Curse,” by Michael Ross.
Signing, then and now
For people who suffered discrimination after signing for Chávez's recall in 2004, signing again is a fraught act. So are they holding back? Not necessarily.
All pain, no gain
Venezuela's cutting imports and spending, and raising taxes, all the pain from a regular IMF program... Without the gain of an IMF loan.
Goats and cabrones
Your daily briefing for Thursday, May 19th, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
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