Do you remember Ricardo Fernandez Barrueco? The so-called ‘entrepreneur’ who transitioned from working in a parking lot before Chavez’s rise to power in 1998 to becoming a billionaire with a net worth exceeding $1.6 billion…
LONDON 25.03.2012 | Thankfully, the leader has this fascination with Cuba and the dictator Fidel Castro. Thank goodness. By some twist of fate, the coup leader admires communism and is utterly captivated by the Cuban…
Londres 25.03.2012 | Thankfully, the leader has that fascination with Cuba and with dictator Fidel Castro. Thank goodness. Thanks to providence, it’s quite fortunate that the coup leader feels admiration for communism and is completely…
There is a record of my position regarding Julian Assange and his Wikileaks. What I hadn’t published until now is that I tried to make contact with Assange, as well as people from his organization,…
UPDATE October 8, 2012: The new electoral map is here. London, March 3, 2012 | After the last presidential election, Venezuela’s electoral map was looking a lot like red. Really red. Out of the 73,129…
London, March 3, 2012 | After the latest presidential election, the electoral map of Venezuela was looking very red. Out of the 73,129 registered voters in Amazonas state, 78% voted for Chavez. In Bolivar, of…
“We need volunteers!” “Will you be my witness?” “Will you help organize the primaries in London?” This kind of message has been flooding my inbox for some time now. Having previously organized my share of…
«We need volunteers!» «Will you be my witness?» «Will you help organise the primaries in London?» These kinds of messages have been filling up my inbox for some time now. Having organized numerous Venezuela-related political…
Here we have the sponsorship contract between Williams F1 and PDVSA. The entry Williams F1 charges PDVSA £29.4 million for the 2012 season was first published on El Faro del Morro.
LaPatilla.com has released an invoice from Williams F1 to PDVSA, dated September 12, 2011, to ensure pay-driver Pastor Maldonado’s continuation with the team for the 2012 season. The requested amount for 2012 is £29,400,000, to…
So finally, after hiding it for years, until the information published on this blog was picked up by the New York Times, Gregory Wilpert from Venezuelanalysis signs his indefinite opinion pieces with the following disclosure:…
Finally, after years of keeping it a secret, Gregory Wilpert from Venezuelanalysis has begun tagging his opinion pieces with the following statement: Full disclosure: Gregory Wilpert has been married to Carol Delgado since 1998, who…
As always, many myths surround Venezuela. It’s truly the land of realismo mágico. Just the other day, I read an article in El Universal where Chavez claimed that thanks to him, Venezuela’s GDP has tripled.…
As usual, there are plenty of myths floating around when it comes to Venezuela. It is the land of magical realism. Just the other day, I was reading a story in El Universal where Chávez…
I must admit that Teodoro Petkoff has never been my favorite person. It might be due to my natural disposition towards individuals who achieve intellectual maturity after 45. Nevertheless, Teodoro is a figure of admiration…