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For those that just want to know about the bizarre, wonderful country of Venezuela and its even more bizarre current ...

Last Update: Fri May 30 02:01:24 2008

- To bash or not to bash the opposition: That is not the question - In the last two days, I made two posts in which I expressed my concerns about what I perceive are problems going [...] on the papers or TV, then I must live in a different country, because I find the media hungry for interviews or article

- The Enabling Bill: Students raise awareness of its dangers - While everyone seems to think that it will be clear sailing from here until the November elections, I have been [...] but at least someone is worrying about this issue lost in the frenzy of the campaign for local positions. You

- New Datanalisis poll: Despite opposition optimism, people are still looking for leadership - I am still trying to make sense of the most recent poll by Datanalisis. All I have seen is what El Universal [...] that consider themselves opposition believe that Chavez’ Government has not collaborated with the FARC. -

- An article about those adorable Venezuelans - Businessweek has an article about us adorable Venezuelans and our cheap gas. The article contradicts [...] and most Gulf States at twice that, but remember, the 12 cents is calculated at the official rate of exchange!)

- On its first year anniversay of the RCTV shutdown, we will not forget those that deny us our rights - Today is the one year Anniversary of the illegal and arbitrary shutdown of TV station RCTV by the Chavez [...] Chavez’ party PSUV , announced on her TV program on TV, that viewers would have the chance to be presented

- Active General goes to Court to strike "Patria, Socialismo o Muerte" from military facilities - Last week, General Angel Vivas Perdomo, went to the Venezuelan Supreme Court and introduced an injunction against [...] any General a pension, that is precisely what Vivas Perdomo was risking by his daring to go to the Supreme Court.

- Chavez and Marulanda's death: Damn if he knew it, damn if he didn't - Even in death, the Head of the FARC, Marulanda, seems to be playing games with Hugo Chavez. You see, much like in his [...] points out in the comments and had been suggested to me before, could it be that FARC Commander Ivan Marquez is bei

- Mr. O The presidential candidate out-hawks Mr. B the President on Chavez - Mr. O, the man that is running for President against Mrs. C., managed to actually be more hawkish on Hugo Chavez [...] after Colombia's Ministry of Defense formally announced Marulanda has been confirmed as dead. .

- Chavez´ economic policy shifts as ¨solutions¨have not worked - The Government has spent about US$ 6 billion lowering the parallel swap market rate and it ahs worked partially, [...] Thus, the Government has decided to take a different approach, a clever one at that, even if as usual the

- A glimmer of hope as Goicochea speaks out for the individual and freedom in Venezuela - Sometimes it gets really boring to write about Venezuela. I mean, how repetitious can I get: Should I [...] opposition has been. Divided, split or simply talking about elections rather about real problems. Like the fact th

- Searching for a white corn arepa - While in China, I stuck to the local food for lunch and dinner for most of the three weeks I was there and only [...] there were shortages of white corn flour, which led Venezuela to import yellow corn from South Africa and a Governm

- Nothing new in Interpol's report that we did not know about Hugo Chavez' support for the FARC guerrillas - The non-event happened today and Interpol told us that the documents that the material turned over by Colombian [...] a man accused of hundreds of murders, cocaine trafficking, rape, sexual abuse. kidnappings, extortion and was found

- The bizarre virtual world of the Chavez Government - The outrageous statements and accusations by Chavez and his buddies against the world may be considered [...] All in his own peculiar world, where he is always right and the Hitlerian ghosts of imperialism hover over him.

- A country that needs no diplomats - On Sunday’s El Nacional, the newspaper had a study showing that Venezuela’s diplomatic service [...] to country’s diplomatic relations, as Foreign Minister Maduro, who is a bus driver by training, had failed

- Memories of China - Took a gizillion pictures in China, here are two which show the ...

- Three weeks in which the country seemed to be running in place - Returning to Venezuela after three weeks of traveling, I find that very little has changed since I left. The [...] found in Reyes' camp simply confirms the details and it has provided data that has led to arrests and captures, s

- A superficial overview of modern China - While I like to limit the subject matter of my posts in this blog to Venezuela, on very special occasions I [...] The transformation has been simply staggering. If it were not for the historical monuments, such as Tian An Me or

- Lights out! - Today's blackout may simply be showing the dark future awaiting us... Miguel from the Yangtze River ...

- What could you do with 5 billion dollars? - You can't help but be awed by the growth of China in the last three decades. I was here twenty-two years ago and [...] is being done at the expense of using the funds in new infrastructure to benefit the population, rather than po

- To wed or not to wed: Chávez marital dilemma - Chávez has a dilemma: he needs a wife. Naomi Campbell or Pilar Córdoba won't do [...] tame you! And if you are not happy with it, they send you to hell and leave you forever. They may or may not have a ca

- Chavez according to Caballero (Bruni's post) - Hugo Chavez is not a communist, nor a socialist or a Muslim, as he once said. But he is all that at the [...] there is a table full of ornaments where live together a high Simon Bolivar in wood, with all Mafalda's characte

- Errors, Lies and Manipulations on education in the times of Chavez and his brother - What an interview with Chavez’ brother Adan ! (Don't miss the picture and the pointed finger in the [...] so don’t give me that BS) Q: The literacy target has been questioned. You said there was 4%

- Time to dissapear, back on May 8th. or so - I will be traveling on my annual vacation. I will be gone to three weeks to the other side of the planet. Bruni and [...] even try to contribute. Hope the country holds together in my absence, funny things seem to happen when I travel...

- Is Chavez a CIA agent? Or... - While we have become accustomed to the most bizarre and outrageous behavior and statements from Chavez Government [...] project which led to the suit, given the refusal of the Venezuelan Government to pay more than book value and in v

- How to get rich if you have contacts within the exchange control office CADIVI - Because there is no transparency, it is not possible to look at the details of transactions within the [...] dozens of stories like the one above, this one is just the simplest scam you can find. More as they show them.

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