The goonies
An excerpt from Time magazine, May 22, 1989: "Members of the gang that carried out the bloody attack on Panama’s opposition leaders last week did not try to...
Álvarez Paz in Historical Context
Today we have a guest post from friend of the house Guillermo. Originally conceived as part of OAPWeek, the piece sets out to place Álvarez Paz’s political career...
The Ease of Forgetting
This blog is a case in point. Not two weeks ago, I started out with great and noble intentions to have a "Oswaldo Alvarez Paz Week" where we’d...
Rorschach test Chronicles
That was Caracas yesterday. What is your immediate reaction? a) Fear b) Laughter c) Sadness d) The final realization that compromise, negotiation or, perhaps, even coexistence with...
The Second Time as Farce Chronicles
Yes…that really is Venezuela Socialista brand tomato ketchup. No, really.
PPPractically Free
Several of you have written in over the last few days to complain that The View from Your Electric Bill is a somewhat misleading blog feature. Obviously, the...
The View From Your Electric Bill: 17 cents/kWh in São Paulo
The Bills keep on coming. In Brazil, before tax, you pay the equivalent of 17 US cents per kWh.
Using diesel as a cleaning supply
Today, we have a guest post on the electricity crisis from the man they call Setty. Friday in Caracas I ordered a coffee at a cheap little restaurant,...
The Electric Crisis is an Overconsumption Crisis
Here’s an even clearer chart showing Venezuela’s relative electric profligacy, courtesy of Google’s latest fun toy, the Public Data tool. http://www.google.com/publicdata/embed?ds=wb-wdi&ctype=l&met_y=eg_use_elec_kh_pc&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=country&idim=country:CHL:COL:VEN:BRA:ARG:MEX:ECU:PER&tstart=31536000000&tunit=Y&tlen=35&hl=en_US&dl=en In this data series (drawn from the...
Artificially Low Prices = Too Much Consumption
It’s really too obvious to need much elaboration, and yet it’s almost never said out loud. The Venezuelan electric crisis is caused not just by too little supply...
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