CARACAS, Venezuela — This country may be an energy giant, boasting the largest conventional oil reserves outside the Middle East and one of the world’s most powerful hydroelectric systems, but that hasn’t prevented it from…
The last time I visited Antillean Alcatraz, I had the fortune to briefly meet and chat with Yoani Sanchez. We took the bus and showed up at her house, just like that. I remember that…
The advantage of having immersed myself in Latin American literature and history over the past year is gaining a better understanding of our origins as a country and a collective, as well as the processes…
In August, I wrote a post about Google as the latest propaganda tool of Hugo Chávez. That post certainly upset some true believers; however, to their detriment, Google emerged from the shadows and acknowledged its…
Recent events in Honduras clearly highlight the moral inconsistencies of the so-called international community and the media, perhaps more than any other political issue in Latin America. Independent institutions in that country, including the Supreme…
It took a while to happen, but it seems those who have made a living spreading propaganda about Hugo Chávez in Washington DC have joined the ranks of the unemployed. Records from the Foreign Agents…
Recently, a reliable source in Venezuela revealed a couple of drafts detailing some quite intriguing conditions for the purchase of approximately 60,000 metric tons of powdered milk by Philpot Dairy Products Limited from PDVAL, a…
Our language, rich in adjectives, falls short in defining another. In English, “other” carries a certain connotation not commonly applied in Spanish. “Other,” in one of its literal meanings, refers to a person distinct from…
The Telegraph paid £110,000 to an insider who revealed all the juicy details about MPs’ expenses in Westminster. It makes me wonder: what is the total amount of funds that the victims of Chávez have…
The BBC has produced what it calls a “Series that offers a definitive account of what led to the greatest financial crisis in eighty years,” titled The Love of Money. The series is noteworthy because…
For some time, Hugo Chávez, his officials, and various supporters have claimed that FONDEN, intended to be a kind of development fund for tough times, had $57 billion. Today, the truth has come to light:…
It seems that someone else has the number of Calvin Tucker. A Marxist named Louis Proyect has taken the time to ridicule the Stalinist Tucker, who is well-known in the Venezuelan blogosphere for his threats…
So the latest from Hugo Chávez is that he added Oliver Stone to the list of useful idiots who applaud him. Who do we have on our side (referring to the field of the rule…
A group of Colombians is set to organize a global protest against Chávez, aptly named “No More Chávez.” This is the same group that successfully conducted a similar protest in 2008 called “No More FARC,”…
The Spanish newspaper El País reports that Noam Chomsky visited Caracas to witness how “Chávez is making another world possible.” Indeed. Hugo Chávez, if the world hasn’t realized it yet, is building a different, better…