The scarcity of scarcity
Juan Cristobal says: – Today’s edition of El Universal carries an interview with Planning Minister Jorge Giordani, Chavez’s economic pater-familias. Giordani is usually a bland, boring guy, but...
Life
PSF-ari
Juan Cristobal says: – Kudos to Alexander Cuadros of Slate. While in Caracas, he sought out the foreigners who make the Revolution their home to ask them –...
Danny's Move
Quico says: Now that Hugo Chávez has come out as a personal supporter of Omar Al Bashir, will Darfur genocide activist Danny Glover see fit to raise a...
Hugo and Omar, sitting on a tree...
…K-I-S-S-I-N-G… Quico says: OK, ok…lets line up our ducks in a row here, Huguito. You got a beef with the politization of the International Criminal Court? You oppose...
Dear G20, Please Stop Buying Our Oil...
Quico says: My latest piece in the Guardian’s Comment is Free site is now up. (Notice: 500 words, and not one of them is “Chávez”!) The comments thread...
Dear Nobel Prize for Economics Selection Committee: Your Search Ends Here
Quico says: In a feat of unparalleled economic mastery yesterday, Hugo Chávez proposed a new international currency to be backed by underground oil reserves: the Petro. Canadian Prime...
A nice demonstration of her skills
Juan Cristobal says: – Everyone knows Venezuelan women are beautiful and win lots of pageants. Like populists and ball players, beauty queens are one of those things that...
Ñapa Valley
Quico says: One source that’s quickly becoming a must-read for me is Política de Ñapa: Hernán Lugo Galicia’s PSUV gossip blog in El Nacional. Lets be clear here:...
Rosemont
Quico says: OK, so here’s my idea for a movie pitch: As we fade in, we see the old oil baron on his death bed, a picture of...
Deep thought
Quico says: Rama Vyasulu is the Gordo Antonini of 2009. Update: Confused by this whole story? The Wall Street Journal explains it from start to finish.
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