Andrew Cawthorne of Reuters reported that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “referred several times” to Luis Vicente Leon of Datanalisis, an opposition-aligned polling…
The exchange below took place on the UK’s channel 4 News. Why didn’t Cathy Newman even attempt to respond the way a…
Bloomberg – one of many outfits that uncritically report what big credit ratings agencies say – especially regarding Venezuela and Argentina lately…
This article by Andrew Cawthorne is more balanced and thoughtful than the headline and opening few paragraphs would lead one to believe. The…
This article is straightforward gutter journalism from Reuters ( Davide Scigliuzzo). Very thinly veiled hopes for a coup in Venezuela are served up to…
This article like countless others, cites one of the big credit rating agencies without mentioning their horrible track record. As I’ve said…
Surviving or “punching above our weight” isn’t good enough. We need weigh
This Reuters article by Mehrdad Balali suggests that Venezuela’s recession and tumbling oil prices (perhaps both, it isn’t that clear) have driven…
Mr. Shipley Your editorial on Venezuela asked “Why not cut military spending instead? ” You then cited a paper listing Venezuela as the…
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