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Supreme Tribunal rules constitution says the opposite of what constitution says, Economic Emergency Decree ruled valid

In a tortured ruling that directly contradicts the plain meaning of the constitutional text, the Supreme Tribunal railroads Luis Salas's Economic Emergency Decree into force.

Francisco Toro February 11, 2016

Politics

Chávez, Maduro and the Ascendancy of the Arbitrageur Kleptolobby

Madurismo isn't just chavismo-with-low-oil-prices. Madurismo is the victory of the arbitrageur kleptolobby over the rest of the revolutionary coalition.

Francisco Toro February 11, 2016

Briefing

In the Dark

Your daily briefing for Thursday, February 11th, 2016.

Naky Soto February 11, 2016

Life

Tire Less

As Goodyear more or less writes off its entire Venezuela operation, people find it impossible to replace a simple flat.

Francisco Toro February 10, 2016

Life

Book Club: Tres generaciones, una revolución

Tengo una teoría acerca de “Patria o Muerte,” la novela de Alberto Barrera Tyszka que acabamos de terminar de leer: en el fondo, es una meditación acerca del...

Juan Cristobal Nagel February 10, 2016

Life

In Casey You Missed It

Nicholas Casey's chronicle of his first month in Venezuela as a New York Times correspondent is pretty intense.

Francisco Toro February 9, 2016

Life

Journey Into the Dark Heart of El Sistema

So what were the chances that an organization named El Sistema would turn out to have some creepy, cultish undertones? Fairly high, huh?

Francisco Toro February 9, 2016

Briefing

The Day of Indignity

Your daily briefing for Friday, February 4th, 2016.

Naky Soto February 8, 2016

Life

Revisiting the Morality of Debt

As mass-scale hunger begins to stalk the Venezuelan public sphere, the moral dimension of lending to a crazy regime comes into sharper and sharper focus.

Francisco Toro February 8, 2016

Life

It Sounds So Simple When Bello Says It

The Economist’s Bello column (on Latin America) this week pivots from hair-raising oumaigá to disarming simplicity in a few paragraphs, ending with this: Most in the opposition and...

Francisco Toro February 6, 2016

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