This, from a press conference today by Commander General John F. Kelly (USMC), U.S. Southern Command, simply defies parody: The real shame of it is, of course, they have...
ICSID has ruled: Venezuela owes a further $455 million for the expropriation of Owens-Illinois’s bottling plants in Los Guayos, near Valencia and in Valera, in Trujillo state. That...
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Treasury designated the Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) as a “foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern”. After being informed by the U.S.,...
Roy Chaderton, Venezuela’s Ambassador to the OAS, has always been a curious little beast. A product of Venezuela’s ancien regime, he is one of the few highly-educated diplomats...
Here’s what we know so far about the MUD primaries for National Assembly nominations: they will happen on May 17th, and only in 38 out of 87 districts up for election....
Chávez day is gone, but there were three things I wanted to highlight before we move on. Runrun.es has an in-depth interview with Nelson Bocaranda, the Venezuelan journalist...
Last week, the municipal council of Guasdualito, deep down in Apure State held a special session to oust mayor Lumay Barreto. With the vote of five of its nine...
Ten days or so ago, devoted reader/Excel nerd El Cachaco had some extra time on his hands and decided to spend it figuring out exactly how much official...
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death. We all remember him as a legend, an electoral behemoth who could conjure up adoring masses and fawning headlines...
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch...
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