Pedro Trebbau-Lopez, 29 years old and possibly a billionaire. London – The connections of ACU Chairman Al Cardenas to Hugo Chavez’s associates date back years and involve the defense of individuals tied to fraud, theft,…
London – Tomorrow marks the start of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the most significant event for the American political right. The event is sponsored and organized by the American Conservative Union, led by…
My thoughts on the death of Hugo Chávez for the BBC program World Have Your Say: a radio debate featuring Gabriela Torres, producer at BBC Mundo, and Julia Buxton, a professor of peace studies at…
I was participating in a debate about Chávez… As I was getting fired up and finding my rhythm, I thought it would be great to throw a curveball highlighting a very valid point about Chávez’s…
Dear Eduardo, It must be hard for you to realize that beyond the cheers from the radical extremes of the political spectrum for what you’ve done, realpolitik always triumphs over naïve behavior. You probably don’t…
London – Today, I was part of a debate on Chávez’s legacy for Cross Talk, a program on Russia Today. I thought it would be fitting to mention María Afiuni, after all, she is as…
London – With the news of Hugo Chávez’s passing flooding the world’s media, his life and legacy will be the subject of many debates. Having blogged about Venezuela since 2002, I thought I could share…
Hugo Chávez is dead. In my thoughts, I feel like the Chileans must have felt when Pinochet was ousted; like the Egyptians when Mubarak was toppled; like the Libyans when Gaddafi was killed; like the…
London – Well, well. Finally, a significant U.S. publication has echoed the reports I’ve shared on this blog regarding the rampant corruption and money laundering orchestrated by a few Venezuelan thugs and their American accomplices.…
London | According to reports from The Miami Herald, on Friday, October 17, 2008, at 10 a.m., 15 shots were fired at a woman driving in Carrasquilla, Panama City. Eight shots hit the woman; one…
London – There has been a lot of controversy recently regarding Hugo Chávez’s condition. In my view, whether from chavista officials, voices from the Venezuelan opposition, or observers, everything was manipulation or speculation. This remains…
The law firm of a prominent Washington conservative is representing a dubious Venezuelan company with close ties to the Chávez regime, while major conservative news sites self-censor this article. Al Cárdenas, a public figure, is…
London 20.01.2013 | This morning I was reading about how the Cayman Islands are becoming more transparent regarding unreliable companies registered under their jurisdiction. Some time ago, I was conducting due diligence, which led my…
London, 01.19.2013 – My distrust of Wikipedia is well known: essentially, I don’t trust encyclopedias edited by individuals whose references and academic credentials no one verifies. That said, I will quote a fact that I…
LONDON, 01.17.2013 | The above is an email sent to Oscar Alfredo Thomas by Andrés René Guzmán “for the Minister’s attention.” Oscar Alfredo Thomas is the Executive Director of the Binational Yaciretá Entity, an Argentine-Paraguayan…