Tightening the noose
Juan Cristóbal says: When the government’s “Media Responsibility Law” forced all radio stations to allocate five and a half hours of broadcasting per day to programming made by...
Life
Graduating Out of the Axis of Annoyance
Quico says: It’s tempting to dismiss Rodrigo Sanz’s revelation that Iran is collaborating with Venezuela in an effort to secure high grade Uranium in Santa Elena de Uairén...
The view from your window: Austin
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Radioactive
Quico says: So, just one day after Presidents Obama, together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, warned Iran that they’ve determined that “the size and configuration of this...
The Thicket
The fine landed like a bombshell in this well-appointed east-side building’s condo board. The government was fining them for BsF.60,000 – some $10,700 at the no-joke exchange rate...
The View from Your Window: Virginia Water
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Non-Traditional Exports
[In a provocative journal article on Chávez’s strategy to project power abroad…] Javier Corrales says: If a foreign government or politician accepts Venezuelan aid, what follows is more...
Clarifications on Bocarandagate
Quico says: Oh, I do enjoy riling you all up once in a while. But since the general level of up-rilery appears to be a bit higher than...
The View from Your Window: Paris
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He can run run, but he can't hide...
Quico says: So we’re all supposed to be sad now that oppo radio-broadcaster Onda la Superestación has canceled Nelson Bocaranda’s long-running political gossip show, “Los Runrunes de Nelson...
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