Si yo fuera Leopoldo…
Tremenda noticia la de ayer. Estaba claro que era sólo cuestión de tiempo para que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) fallara en favor de Leopoldo. La decisión es de suma importancia. No sólo en…
Commercial interests keep tyrants in power
One can see them around. They are unmissable. For all their designer jeans, cool shirts, buckle shoes, limited-production watches, matte or white cars and bespoke perfumes, they can’t fool anyone. A characteristic tackiness gives them away. Russians,…
PDVSA’s Fadi Kabboul: "China had only paid $5/barrel of crude"
US embassy cable – 10CARACAS233 VENEZUELA: PDVSA Director for Strategic Planning Alleges it is Open for Dialogue with U.S. Identifier:10CARACAS233 Origin:Embassy Caracas Created:2010-02-26 13:31:00 Classification: Tags: EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE VZCZCXRO4257 RR RUEHAO DE RUEHCV #0233/01 0571331 ZNY CCCCC…
Wikileaks – Skeletons in PDVSA’s closet
E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/12/2017 TAGS: EPET, ENRG, EINV, ECON, VE SUBJECT: OIL TRADING: SKELETONS IN PDVSA\’S CLOSET REF: A. 2006 CARACAS 3224 B. CARACAS 183 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: Acting Economic Counselor Shawn E. Flatt…
Aqui no pasa nada…
En el ultimo mes, personas cercanas en Venezuela han sufrido los siguientes percances: – Robo a punta de pistola de Blackberry. – Intento de robo de vehículo, y subsiguiente enfrentamiento con armas blancas. – Robo…
Capitalismo v Socialismo
Mucho se habla en estos días del fracaso del capitalismo. Es una «realidad» de la cual uno no puede escaparse. Con sólo comprar un periódico, prender la tele, navegar por la red, o entablar una…
The Hugo Chavez brand is worthless
I was sitting on the starboard side of a P & O ferry, between Dover and Calais, minding my own business, enjoying the sun and the wind of the English Channel, admiring the seamless flow…
List of useful idiots apologising for Chavez in frank decline
Readers of this blog will surely remember the exchanges I have had with Noam Chomsky in the past. The ‘world’s foremost intellectual’ came out of his cave with a letter, published in the newspaper he…
[ACTUALIZADO] Cuba subcontrata a Gemalto para provisión de e-ID en Venezuela
En otro giro en la saga en curso de Hugo Chávez cediendo asuntos soberanos a Cuba, El Nacional informó sin definir el 17 de julio que las nuevas identificaciones electrónicas serán manejadas por una rama…
[UPDATED] Cuba subcontracts Gemalto for provision e-IDs in Venezuela
In another twist in the ongoing saga of Hugo Chavez ceding sovereign matters to Cuba, El Nacional reported on 17 July that the new electronic IDs will be handled by a branch of a Cuban…