Krauze on Chavez, ‘the Shah of Venezuela’
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of listening to historian Enrique Krauze talk about his article, The Shah of Venezuela: The ideas that keep Hugo Chavez in power, and their disastrous...
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Drug trafficking, nationalism and populism: The three enemies of Latin...
Peruvian daily El Comercio celebrated its 170th anniversary with a symposium where they invited Peruvian president Alan Garcia, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, Chilean writer and diplomat Jorge...
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Chávez chickens out
Hugo Chávez, rambling as usual in his Aló Presidente TV show (whose 10th anniversary he is celebrating with a 4-day long cadena, as if Venezuelans hadn’t suffered enough), said on Friday that he was...
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Venezuela: Chavez’s Persecution, and No Debate
My latest article, Venezuela: Chávez’s Persecution, and No Debate, is up at Real Clear World Please read it and leave a comment.
View ArticleToday’s 15 Minutes on Latin America: Chavez chickens out
In today’s podcast at 11AM Eastern, not only did Chávez chicken out from debating Jorge Castañeda, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Enrique Krauze, he cancelled his Alo Presidente show Saturday and Sunday....
View ArticleMexico: Oil industry overhaul?
If Mexico really makes significant improvement, it will reverse the decline in oil production, says Liam Denning: Mexico Moves to Overhaul Oil Industry Bill to End State Monopoly Would Open Vast...
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Last night at PU: Krauze and Vargas Llosa, the two giants
Imagine the two foremost figures of Latin American letters having a conversation on the politics of the region, and you being able to listen. Well, that was the scene last night at 50 McCosh on the...
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Mexico: Enrique Krauze on oil reform
Mexican historian Enrique Krauze has a must-read op-ed in the NY Times, Mexico’s Theology of Oil Over the next few weeks, the Mexican Congress is likely to become a kind of theological council to...
View ArticleMexico: A house divided
Enrique Krauze has an interesting op-ed in the NYTimes, The Danger in Mexico’s Divided House In the end, however, Mexico’s old model of governance was brought down not by economic liberalism but by the...
View ArticleMexico: Demonstrators want respect
Headline from El País: Mexicans take to the streets to protest against Donald Trump. Non-partisan demonstrations throughout the country bring thousands out to demand “respect” and “dignity” Marchers...
View ArticleMexico: Open-border agitprop at the NYT
agitprop propaganda; especially : political propaganda promulgated chiefly in literature, drama, music, or art Brace yourselves for the latest anti-American agitprop: The U.S. has three original sins:...
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