The view from your window: Olanthe
Olanthe, Kansas, USA. 6:25 PM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame...
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"I'll have a second serving of crazy please"
Juan Cristóbal says: – We’ve discussed the insanity of the government’s recent bond extravaganza here and here. The great Miguel summarizes the whole carnival here. What does the...
This socialism thing is hard!
Juan Cristóbal says: – “It’s hard to build socialism in this country.” Wise words coming from the mouth of chavista apparatchik Aristóbulo Istúriz. Socialism is hard, he claims,...
The Bonos Soberanos Scam for Dummies
Quico says: Oh goody…an excellent excuse to make some powerpoint slides! And just keep in mind, while this is happening, the government is shutting down panaderías and auto...
Chavista porn
Juan Cristóbal says: – Our chavista readers complain that all our blog does is talk smack about the government nonstop. That’s a fair criticism, so I decided to...
Selling bonds, selling our future
Juan Cristóbal says: In what the government is hailing as a positive development, the Chávez administration has just “sold” $5 billion worth of bonds in order to ease...
Chávez numbers tank just when it matters the least
Quico says: Teodoro Petkoff spills the beans today on Chávez’s god-awful poll numbers these days. In the latest IVAD (Seijas) poll, Chávez gets whooped by two-to-one margins on...
The view from your window: Cabudare
Cabudare, Estado Lara, Venezuela. 8:30 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window...
Only in Venezuela, part 58,271,943
Quico says: The thicket is everywhere: It seemed like a minor bureaucratic change at the time: in March 2008, the government led by president Hugo Chávez downgraded the...
The View from Your Window: Concón
Concón, Chile: 6:45 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
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