London 15.02.05 | Recent news about floods in my country have preoccupied me, so this morning I picked up the phone and had a chat with a good friend who lives in Merida. He gave…
London 11.02.05 | A reader kindly sent a report (as of September 15 2004), commissioned by the Chavez administration, which lays out the nationwide status of the health programme known as «Barrio Adentro». Shockingly in…
One day before the tragedy of Vargas shook Venezuela, as I was about to get indoors after having a haircut, my sister in law came rushing out the building’s entrance screaming that a child was…
London 10.02.05 | Not long ago our mayor Ken Livingstone considered fitting to lend his ‘credibility’ and signature to a letter penned by a Tariq Ali entitled «If We Were Venezuelans…We Would Vote for Hugo…
London 08.02.05 | Much to the discomfort of the official propaganda apparatus of Hugo Chavez, FOX News have reported from Venezuela three video clips that portray the Venezuelan president in its true light. The latest…
Just saw an interview of England’s Prime Minister Blair regarding the immigration issue. The way in which the journalist was questioning him, and his policies, was very tough indeed, and I wondered «why is it…
Luis Garcia Mora* | El Nacional 07.02.05 | Let’s not fool ourselves, dear readers. As a well known friend and medical doctor says, when he refers to the regime and the current moment, anyone that…
Interesting to see the newly found acumen of anglo-speaking reporters vis-a-vis Venezuela. Nonetheless I am quite happy to read Adams-like articles for it’s obvious that the democratic veil of Chavez has fallen. At times when…
By David Adams | St. Petersburg Times Published February 7, 2005 | MIAMI – It’s been one of the longest-serving and most reliable oil suppliers to the United States. But for how much longer? That’s…
London 06.02.05 | Hugo Chavez has taken his personal quarrel with the USA to the terrain of small private enterprise. Any person familiar with the system of franchises know that McDonald’s, at least in Venezuela,…