What empires?
A few weeks ago, Fr. Luis Ugalde published a searing op-ed in El Nacional blasting those wanting to re-write history. His main point? When Venezuelan leaders talk about...
Life
Putting our militias in their proper context
The AP has an interesting on-site story about the Bolivarian militias’ boot camp. The group’s increasing (and increasingly unjustified) anti-Americanism struck me as misplaced. But mostly, I was struck...
Teodoro the Wrong
For the past 10 years, Teodoro Petkoff has helmed the consistently impresive daily, Tal Cual. In the process, Petkoff has evolved from the opposition’s enfant terrible to its moral compass....
The view from your electric bill: Ciudad Ojeda, Venezuela -
Seems like the COL (Costa Oriental del Lago, for all you non-zulianos) gets a nice deal on electricity: between 1 and 2 US cents per kWh, depending on...
Mockusology 101: Why Colombians Are Ready to Embrace a Freak for President
It’s hard to look away from the Mockusmania gripping our Hermana República. This documentary (Now off Vimeo, available in 6 parts on YouTube) shows it way more vividly than...
Technical Difficulties: Please Stand By
Wow, it’s taken a bit longer to work out the kinks in the new software than we’d anticipated. Do bear with us while we bring comments back up.
All We Are Saying Is Give Peace a Rest
Before you take me for some gun-toting nut, let’s get one thing straight: "Peace", in Colombian political parlance, doesn’t mean what it says in the dictionary. In the...
Software
After a few days with the new layout and the software updates, we figured we could use the comments board to this post to get some feedback on...
Is Wellisch this year's Antonini?
This article by Argentine newspaper Clarín puts a name to the recent bribery scandal in Argentina: Roberto Wellisch, CEO of Palmat International, the supposed Miami intermediary in the...
The only interesting thing about Chávez’s Twitter account ...
… is reading what people are saying to him. Case in point: @VVperiodistas says "Twitter es libre expresión: Hoy a las 8pm twitteros protestan enviando #tasponchao a @Chavezcandanga"
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