This afternoon, I had the pleasure of finally meeting Raquel Rivas Rojas at the seminar titled “Memories of Delirium: The Missteps of History in Three Contemporary Venezuelan Novels” at King’s College. Raquel is the creator…
The former British ambassador to Venezuela remarked, “but Chávez is an incredibly popular figure, isn’t he?” I must admit, I really dislike such arguments. They mean little to me since I belong to that 52%…
Recently, Hugo Chavez appeared before the National Assembly to deliver one of his typical speeches, lasting over 7 hours during which he hardly said anything meaningful. It was meaningless banter that thrilled his supporters, who…
In 2008, I began working with the Human Rights Foundation. One of the first missions I participated in was serving as an international observer at the autonomous referendum in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Morales is not…
The decision by President Chávez to allow PDVSA to enter into a long-term sponsorship agreement with Williams is undoubtedly a clever move and will create much-needed favorable public relations worldwide. Most analysts commenting on the…
By Walter Molano, BCP Securities, LLC | As Colombia evolves into an oasis of prosperity, Venezuela sinks deeper into the dungeons of despair. Some scholars suggest that a country’s leadership has a limited impact on…
Some might say that I dedicate too many articles to Eva Golinger, the so-called ‘girlfriend of Venezuela.’ I must admit, it’s hard for me to hold back, as Eva is like a vein that cuts…
The graph on the left shows Venezuela’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1960 to 2009. GDP is defined as the total value of all goods and services produced in a country’s economy over a specified…
We were discussing Venezuela. I was narrating what has been happening in recent years, asserting that it’s a mistake to refer to Venezuela as a democracy. He looked at me, allowing me to expand my…
Several years ago, searches for Venezuela on Google News returned about 3,000 results. Today, that number has skyrocketed to over 25,000. Unfortunately, this surge in news articles doesn’t equate to an eightfold increase in objective…
As stated, only in Chávez’s Venezuela, where mediocrity, lack of judgment, and voluntary abjection are the most valued traits, can someone as deficient as Eva Golinger achieve positions of relative importance. Eva has taken it…
Marcel Granier recently said something that all Venezuelans should internalize: “No one is going to solve Venezuela’s problems; only we Venezuelans can and must do it.” Compared to the caudillo’s political approach of consulting all…
A couple of days ago, the BBC World Service called me to ask for my thoughts on whether the diplomatic ‘dispute’ between the U.S. and Venezuela would lead to something significant, like a break in…
This morning, I received a call from the BBC World Update program, requesting my thoughts on the ongoing dispute between Hugo Chávez and the U.S. regarding the U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, Larry Palmer. The last…
The gocho has passed away. He was a person who dared to dream of a better Venezuela, a cutting-edge nation. A guy who, despite his ignorance on many topics, didn’t hesitate to invite politically indifferent…