Category Tag: Alek Boyd

A statistical study done by two Venezuelan scientists, Maria M. Febres Cordero and Bernardo Marquez, has determined that Hugo Chavez alleged victory in the recall referendum of 2004 was unlikely. The reports concludes by saying…

A phone call from ITV News desk yesterday morning brought me back to the Venezuelan reality. Frankly I was completely unaware that bus driver cum Venezuela’s Foreign Secretary Nicolas Maduro was to sign the disgraceful…

It finally came to be: the oil for propaganda agreement between dictator Hugo Chavez and Red Ken has been signed. In spite of all the criticism, in spite of the fact that London’s poor are…

A few weeks ago a Muslim woman refused to shake Met police chief Ian Blair’s hand on religious grounds. The incident took place in an official ceremony held by the Metropolitan police in which Blair…

London 07.02.07 | It seems that the ever so efficient Venezuela Connection keeps sending thousands of kilograms of cocaine to airports and ports all around the world. Nearly a year ago, on April 11 2006,…

London 30.01.07 | The web is abuzz with the news that supporters of Rafael Correa stormed into Ecuador’s Congress where a debate as to whether to approve the convening of a National Constituent Assembly was…

London 24.01.07 | Dear Richard, Unfortunately I did not get your email address when we met at Quinta Esmeralda in Caracas on 3 December last year, so an open letter will have to do. I…

In true revolutionary fashion, whereby all deputies present in the National Assembly stand up, raise their hands and unanimously pass laws, the all-chavista legislative body in Venezuela has just given Hugo Chavez carte blanche to…