Hugo Chávez: “I am a Marxist”
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Recadivi reductios itself ad absurdum
The sheer absurdity of having your primary needs determined by government fiat only really hits home when you get down to the details. For instance, chavismo has decided...
With Chávez micromanaging the electricity crisis, what could possibly go wrong?
Well, if he didn’t own the electricity crisis before, he does now. In a virtuoso display of government-via-La Hojilla last night, Hugo Chávez fired the Electricity Minister for...
Chávez hearts JPMorgan
If any final confirmation of the fundamental lack of seriousness of the chavista project were needed, VTV’s ecstatic reception of JPMorgan’s decision to upgrade Venezuela’s bond ratings surely...
Begging 4 it
For the second time in a week, Hugo Chávez "challenged" the opposition to collect signatures and try to recall him. This is bizarre even for Chávez. A recall...
Haiti Appeal
We interrupt our regularly scheduled program of trashing the Venezuelan government to ask you to consider donating to MSF’s Haiti Earthquake Response. Thanks.
The chickens coming home to the gallinero vertical to roost...
Throughout the last decade, even as I’ve worked feverishly and hoped ardently for an early end to the Chavez disaster, a dark thought has haunted me: what if...
One big red blackout
The Venezuelan government has just announced nationwide rolling blackouts affecting most of the country. Read the details here. The challenge for the opposition is how to spin this...
The Bottom Line on Red Friday
Far too little, far too late. That’s the bottom line. It’s important to get this right. Taking cheap shots at the devaluation as such is irresponsible and counterproductive....
Eleven years on, Chávez discovers Dutch Disease
You gotta hand it to Planning Minister Jorge Giordani. It took him eleven years but in the end – we’re not sure how – he managed to get...
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