Delfin en Guayaquil

The king of Tecnocumbia Andina.

Some music for Chavez (some soothing music for my Venezuelan Friends)

Los Apodos

Siempre me llamó la atención que en la generación de mi hermano los amigos de el eran los que tenían apodos más llamativos. Los Mellocos (un par de gemelos); Huevo (ni idea porque) Lepra (este ha de haber estado lleno de granos y feo pero nunca supe); Perlita (mi hermano); Rama Seca (flaco esquelético con [...]

Cuban artists granted asylum

This is an interesting story, 50 cuban artists left wife, families to escape one of the last socialist paradises on earth. And Cuban leaders say that nobody would like to leave the communist paradise.

Head of the OAS resigns

Yesterday at 5 Miguel Angel Rodriguez Secretary general of the OAS resigned. What a pitty, the press says that he recived a personal loan from a Minister that received the bribe:
“The evidence seems damning enough: Rodriguez’s close friend and former housing minister, Jose Antonio Lobo, now under house arrest while cooperating with authorities, told prosecutors [...]

Se acabó la fiesta en Venezuela (The party is over in Venezuela)

Only weeks after the national recall referendum Chavez is tightening the grip on the opposition. For those who believed in the legitimate democracy of Venezuela and its blessing by Carter and the Gaviria’s OAS, how can they explain this?

Constantine Menges

I met Constantine Menges last year when I was working to organize a conference on Argentina at a joint project between Atlas and Hudson Institute. Later on he helped me put together the conference about Venezuela, and to host some visitors that came to DC to network in the area. At all [...]

Freedom in Ecuador

In a recent discussion in a private forum with a group of friends I have been discussing why my home country is in trouble economically, even though we dollarized in 2001. My main argument is that the lack of continous reforms toward more freedom are the main reason why Ecuador is still in crisis.

Lazy Congressmen in Mexico

Thanks Eneas for this funny piece of news. A Mexican congressman affiliated with the Green party applied to participate in the newest edition of Big Brother Mexico.

Not only bad news from Venezuela

Informality and Venezuela