Oil and bullets
Two interesting stories, from the indispensable foreign press. First, Bloomberg’s Anatoly Kurmanaev explores the lack of progress in reining in guns and munition, and how it shows the...
Life
Sobremesa Chronicles
You know what I miss? I miss the truth. I yearn for a politician that speaks his or her mind, damn the torpedoes. Consider, for example, the past few weeks...
A political prisoner dies
(I met Lissette González back in college, when we were both interns at the UCAB’s Institute for Social and Economic Research. We were never close – she, the...
Conatel Breaks 4,832,000 Eggs to Make One-Egg Omelette
After a long battle, the central government can finally say they took down the real mastermind behind the evil “parallel dolar”: DolarToday’s mobile app. Sure, it couldn’t be...
The Misguided MUD
Boy, this communiqué from the MUD in response to Barack Obama’s recent Executive Order is a clear example of the old adage about a camel being a horse designed...
An important point on the Venezuelan "threat"
A friend from the States calls me up to say: “the word ‘threat’ and the declaration of an emergency is a technical requirement. The legal body that gives the...
The Andorran connection (2nd Update)
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Treasury designated the Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) as a “foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern”. After being informed by the U.S.,...
What's in Roy's head? (Updated: Chaderton sort of apologizes)
Roy Chaderton, Venezuela’s Ambassador to the OAS, has always been a curious little beast. A product of Venezuela’s ancien regime, he is one of the few highly-educated diplomats...
Is he a threat?
In today’s Executive Order imposing tough sanctions on seven mid-ranking cogs in the chavista repression machine, Barack Obama had this to say: “I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the...
Three views on why Venezuela's plight is being ignored
(Disclaimer: I wrote this post last night; obviously, after today’s events, Venezuela is NOT being ignored in Washington, but I will post about this tonight) By now, it has...
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