Pernando Barrena is a spokesperson and one of the current leaders of the ‘political party’ Herri Batasuna. Under the government of President José María Aznar, it was deemed necessary to ban this “party” from participating…
And thus concludes the latest report published by the UN’s IPCC: While the science to provide policymakers with information on the impacts of climate change and adaptation potential has improved since the Third Assessment, many…
The newspaper El Progreso reported yesterday that 31 American citizens have been detained in the Gran Sabana region, near Santa Elena de Uairen at the Venezuela-Brazil border. The accusations of practicing medicine illegally allegedly led…
Local sources have confirmed that the former governor of Yaracuy, Eduardo Lapi, has escaped from the San Felipe prison. Lapi had been incarcerated for around a year. The prosecution never managed to file charges, which…
One of the most ridiculous claims made by dictator Chávez is that his miserable revolution is based on love. Observers will remember that late last year, during the presidential campaign, a nearly sobbing Chávez appeared…
Just a couple of critical publications about the BS surrounding the exaggeration of global warming is all it takes to send hate levels soaring towards CO2. Keep in mind that it took me a lot…
Recently, I was asked to comment on George Bush‘s trip to Latin America here in London. Generally speaking, the British have a superficial understanding of the political dynamics in that region. After years of relentless…
Recently, Channel 4 News aired a documentary titled “The Great Global Warming Swindle,” which has sparked considerable controversy. One of the scientists featured in the documentary – Carl Wunsch from MIT – is now accusing…
One of the additional benefits of studying Geology is that you can easily distinguish between nonsense and real science regarding earth-related issues. Recently, I participated in an online debate at Miguel’s place (check the comments…
For those who, like me, have been reporting on the evolution of the crisis in Venezuela, the news was not a surprise: Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia anyone can edit, is, to put it mildly, extremely…
The task of determining which Venezuelan political event will be covered by major international media outlets is quite complex. The communist state of Venezuela has become a place where no two weeks pass without a…
London 05.03.07 | Hugo said yesterday that they want to kill him. Again. What a situation. We’re used to Hugo’s announcements about assassination plots. Every time he remembers that CIA hitmen are lurking around, he…
One area where Spain excels is in being utterly powerless. Take bullfighting as an example. While many condemn this tradition for its supposed cruelty, Spaniards take great pride in it and are indifferent to global…
A phone call from the ITV News office yesterday morning jolted me back to the reality of Venezuela. To be honest, I was completely unaware that the bus driver and Venezuela’s Foreign Secretary, Nicolás Maduro,…
At last, it has happened: the oil for propaganda agreement has been signed between dictator Hugo Chávez and Ken Livingstone. Despite all the criticism, despite the fact that the poor of London are high-income individuals…