The end of an error
Today, Venezuela’s opposition returned to the National Assembly they boycotted five years ago. They come armed with a sizable minority that, if this were a government that followed...
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Resorteme Bait
One point that really can’t be made often enough is that the 1999 Constitution doesn’t magically lose its validity somehow just because nobody pays any attention to it....
Must be the U.S. constitution he's reading...
In a rare bit of (seemingly) good news for the opposition, President Chávez has decided to veto the Universities Law that the 95% chavista outgoing National Assembly just...
Shocked, shocked no longer...
New Year’s Resolutions are famously made to be broken. Mine, ‘mafraid, will be no exception: I’m resolving to stop writing about Entirely Predictable, By-Now Routine Abuses of the Venezuelan...
A 1,942% Return on Investment, in Three Months
Say I offered you $2,450 in three months in return for a $120 deposit. Would you take the deal? Of course you would…with Pride! (I dunno how Setty...
The Miami pallbearer
There he is in Miami, sitting in the front row at Carlos Andrés Pérez’s controversial funeral, photos courtesy of Noticias 24. And there he is, standing guard by the former...
The Banality of Incompetence
One story that should be getting more play abroad is the simply amazing tale of the oil Venezuela is selling to China for $5/barrel…only for the Chinese to turn...
Aló, ¿soberano?
Reader causetoujours has an idea: a Repeal Referendum. Article 74 of Venezuela’s Moribund Constitution says: “Laws may be repealed partially or totally when the repeal is petitioned by at...
The throwback
(A gift under the tree for our readers: this is an exclusive guest post by Alejandro Tarre, a talented, Caracas-based writer and blogger. Do check out his blog,...
Breaking it down
Alek Boyd eloquently explains why Venezuela can no longer be considered a democracy. The money quote: It is ironic that the debate about democratic deficit is mentioned in...
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