The coverage of Hugo Chavez's death has been almost universally terrible. But this piece from Associated Press business reporter Pamela Simpson takes the cake: Chavez invested Venezuela's oil wealth into social programs including state-run food markets, cash benefits for poor families, free health clinics and...
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Since it seems Hugo Chavez is about to die, it's worth looking at his legacy a bit. Of course, it's almost impossible to do so in a measured way. His.
Callum McCormick has a very thoughtful essay on the legacy of Hugo Chavez from a leftist perspective. The upshot: While a defeat would for Chavez would be a setback for.
In general, I feel the same way as Yglesias and Attackerman about the Venezuelan Embassy's aggressive spamming tactics. In this case, however, the Venezuelan ambassador's letter to the editor of Armed Forces Journal is a useful corrective to Peter Brookes' hysterical nonsense about the threat...
Why try to pretend that this should be taken seriously? Second, it's not just about drugs. The Venezuelan alliance is almost a classic geopolitical attempt to deny the US access.
Apparently, if Hugo Chavez says something stupid, Evo Morales has to follow suit:President Evo Morales said Wednesday that Bolivia would seek U.N. condemnation of what he called the U.S. military.
The idea that Raul Castro may have moved against Venezuelan proxies in Cuba is fascinating, but there doesn't seem to be much to it. That is, I have no doubt that the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Carlos Lage Davila and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez...
Nothing much to see here; Chavez postures, the Russians posture, and perhaps a few lucky bomber pilots and ground crewmen get extended vacations to Venezuela. Here's the most interesting bit:Cuban.
Peter the Great has arrived in Venezuela:The flag of Venezuela already flies on the mast. It is naval tradition to fly the flag of the countries in whose port you.
RFS Pyotr Velikiy and his (my understanding is that Russians use the masculine in reference to naval vessels, but if anyone has clarification, please don't hesitate) entourage set sail for Venezuela yesterday. Let's hope he doesn't break down along the way, as he did in...
Given that the Russian Navy is hopelessly outmatched by NATO in the Black Sea, what point is there to maneuvers off Venezuela?...a source indicates to me that the task force.
On Monday the Wall Street Journal recycled an editorial that conservatives have been using more or less since the late 1940s. The theme runs something like this: Democrats are threatening.