Panfleto Negro at 14
Yup, Venezuela’s own little online corner of the web for overeducated depressives turns 14 today. Whoddathunkit? Many happy returns, Panfleto. If we didn’t have you we’dhave to invent...
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Pero Tenemos Patria Chronicles
Famasloop puts the boot right in… (Deliriously NSFW, btw)
Recordando transiciones pasadas
(And now for a change of pace: a guest post by my friend, Barquisimetan historian Froilán Ramos. In Spanish) Los días que vivimos recuerdan los que causaron la...
Pompis Chronicles
Butt implants on the sly from an unlicensed “Doctor” in Catia? Step right this way… “Lo que yo inyecto son biopolímeros, y como ya sabrás, esto es peligroso....
Thinking about deadweight loss
This post from the UC Berkeley Energy Institute got me thinking that we’re not grasping the fullness of Venezuela’s crazy gasoline subsidy. The post is about Indonesia, and...
Samanic Possession
It’s nice to see we’re not the only ones enthralled by Eduardo Samán, the old/new Consumer Protection Agency head who’s quickly become a favorite hate figure for the...
Christmas in July
Ladies and gentlemen, get your cedulas ready… Its election season again! Finally we can put off thinking about boring, structural issues that need urgent attention like the crumbling...
Wasteful spending chronicles
The government is creating a brand new public transportation company called “Corporation of Socialist Transportation”. Didn’t they know there’s already have a similar kind of company called Sitssa?...
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