Expediente por expediente...
…idle thought: is Iris Varela personally going to go through the files of each of the 15,000 or so prison inmates she intends to let loose on Venezuelan...
Life
Iris, unfiltered
Iris Varela’s plan to deal with prison overcrowding by simply freeing 40% of the prison population is nice and all, but … aren’t judges supposed to be the ones...
XIIIth Century Socialism
So far we haven’t commented much on chavismo’s batty new Law on Fair Costs and Prices – mostly because it’s too depressing. Criticizing the economics behind it in...
The Votes are In!
Everyone loves the new layout!
Tinderbox meets match
There’s a lot to digest in today’s appointment of La Comandante Fosforito (in English, Commander Firecracker) as Minister for the Penitentiary System. It’s no secret that Venezuela’s prison...
Pran in Chief (Updated)
To tackle Venezuela’s #1 Human Rights issue by heading the shiny new Special Ministry for Prisons Hugo Chávez has tapped none other than…the crazy lady whose idea of...
Nationalizing Cement Plants while Privatizing Schools
Here’s a crazy thing: turns out the Chávez government – you know, the same one that has managed to nationalize everything from black bean imports to cement manufacturing...
When Unity Becomes a Wedge Issue
The lazy point to make about La Vino Tinto’s exhilarating run at the Copa América this year is that it’s a rare, exciting moment of National Unity –...
Crab Lice Chronicles
Over on The New York Times, Simón Romero schools the nation on the horrors of Queue Culture, Caracas-style (and sends some love Juan’s way while he’s at it!)
Going south, deep in the red, yet surviving
The liquidation of my sorta-hometown bookstore today brought mixed feelings. I’m sad to see a place that I visited so often go down in flames. But on the other...
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