07/04/10 Read (684 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

PUTIN AND HU VISIT HUGO CHÁVEZ; BARACK OBAMA TO VISIT GLORIA ESTEFAN

When President Obama met with the other American presidents in Trinidad last year, I was filled with hope for a new relation between the United States and Latin America. But as President Chávez of Venezuela has pointed out, the Barack Obama of Trinidad is not the Barack Obama of today.

18/03/10 Read (474 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

THE VENEZUELA THAT DOESN'T EXIST

Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, in Washington, D.C. and president of Just Foreign Policy , has published an excellent analysis of what is happening in regard to Venezuela—outside of Venezuela.

14/02/10 Read (216 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

THE U.S. SPEAKING TOUR

I will be in the United States for the next two weeks speaking in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Kansas, and Minnesota, about Venezuela and Latin America. It would be great to meet you if you are in any of these areas. Following are some of the public presentations:

05/01/10 Read (385 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

A BELATED: HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving was November 26; the Feast of St. Nicholas, December 6. They were followed by Hanukkah, Christmas, and even New Years—and not a word here from Charlie Hardy since September. Forgive me.

02/09/09 Read (704 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

IS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IN VENEZUELA A RELIGION?

Recently Colombia accused Venezuela of providing three anti-tank rocket launchers to the FARC (the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia). President Chávez has repeatedly denied the charge.

04/08/09 Read (1,065 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

THANK GOD (AND CHAVEZ) FOR TELESUR

At 9:01 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, I received a text message from Javier Marquez. It was brief: “Coup d’état in Honduras.”

17/05/09 Read (404 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

OBAMA STILL LACKS SOME LISTENING SKILLS

President Barack Obama said he went to the Fifth Summit of the Americas to listen but I’m not sure he heard or understood all that what was being said.

15/04/09 Read (695 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

BARACK, HUGO, AND EVO’S TEA PARTY

U.S. President Obama, Venezuelan President Chávez, and Bolivian President Morales will be together for the first time this weekend in Trinidad for the Summit of the Americas. I hope they will become friends for a number of reasons.

15/04/09 Read (1,110 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

PRESIDENT OBAMA: DO YOU REMEMBER JOHNNIE?

“Harvard! Goddamn. I just hope you remember your friends when you up in that fancy office downtown.”

10/04/09 Read (592 words) Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version

LONELY PLANET OR OFF THE PLANET

If you are planning a trip to Venezuela, I wouldn’t recommend putting too much faith in LONELY PLANET’S Venezuela edition.