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Can We Make Entertainment Out of Irrationality?
If, as I have suggested, irrationality knows no bounds, can we at least start mining it for its entertainment value? I have to confess that this was my immediate reaction to the following report that just appeared on the BBC News Web site: Venezuelan...
Mexican Government Extradites 11 Fugitives to the United States
The Mexican government has extradited 11 defendants to face trial in the United States. The defendants are accused of various crimes, including murder, sex offenses, drug trafficking and money laundering in Texas, Washington, Florida, Indiana, California...
Venezuelan Government to Shore Up Ailing Aluminum Industry
Venezuela’s minister of basic industries and mining, Rodolfo Sanz, announced last week that the state will inject more than 213 million bolivars (nearly US $100 million) into four majority state-owned aluminum companies in the southeastern state...
Hugo Chavez’s Dysfunctional Reality – Political Opinion
There is a suffused sense of the unreal when we watch the chavista campaign for the eternal reelection referendum. It is not really a matter of watching the now routine power abuse to win an election at any cost. No, there is something else at play,...
New Venezuelan Finance Minister Presents Plan to Fight Inflation
On Sunday, Ali RodrÃguez, the new Venezuelan Finance Minister, detailed ministry plans to take on the “immediate challenge†of inflation by investing Venezuela’s “overflowing†oil revenues in a broadened state apparatus...
Venezuelan Voters Not Supporting Chavez’s Proposed Changes to Constitution
A new poll shows that Venezuelan voters oppose by a strong margin President Hugo Chavez’s proposed changes to the country’s constitution. The polling company Datanalisis announced Saturday that 49% of likely voters oppose Chazez’s reforms,...
Venezuela’s Chavez Warns Oil Prices Could Soar If US Attacks Iran Or Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned that oil prices could more than double to $200 a barrel if the United States attacked Iran or Venezuela.
Venezuelans Protest Proposed Constitutional Reforms
Thousands of Venezuelans have gathered in the capital, Caracas, to protest proposed constitutional reforms that would allow President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.
