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Venezuela: No bread, but they’ll build a circus 26 Aug 2013 | 11:34 pm
Mary O’Grady points out how Chavez’s Inflation Bites His Successor Nicolás Maduro needs a circus because there is no bread in Venezuela. With the bolivar collapsing and prices spiraling higher, the g...
The Venezuelan birthers Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean 26 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
The birth certificate is missing – was Venezuela’s Maduro born in Colombia? The Venezuelan opposition wants to know. ARGENTINA Argentina evicts LAN airline from Buenos Aires hangar Latin America’s b...
Saturday night tango: Dijon 25 Aug 2013 | 03:47 am
Showing that it takes 1 to tango, and 1 to hold the camera,
Brazil: Prosecutor wants to investigate the Cuban doctors deal 24 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Just the other day I was wondering what the back-room deals were; now a Brazilian prosecutor wants to check deal for 4,000 Cuban doctors, and not just any prosecutor but the chief prosecutor in the la...
Congratulations to Prof. Steve Hanke 24 Aug 2013 | 05:51 pm
Last month the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences awarded the title “Doctor Honoris Causa” to the world-famous economist Prof. Steve Hanke. In his academic speech , Prof. Hanke thanked for the honor and e...
Brazil: A Lula comeback? 24 Aug 2013 | 01:01 am
Shampoo, rinse, repeat: Talk turns to a Lula comeback as Brazil’s president tumbles in polls Well, well. The protestors who were complaining about corruption would be willing to take Lula back? Are ...
Venezuela: Where was Maduro born? 23 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm
Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro’s origins are muddled, since his birth certificate is missing and there’s very little information on the first 30 years of his life: Venezuela’s Own ‘Birther’ Controversy: W...
Brazil: Cuban doctors now OK 22 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
I don’t know what the back-room negotiations were, but the Brazilian government has changed its mind, even when the medical association doesn’t want uncertified Cuban medics: Brazil to Send Cuban Doc...
Puerto Rico: 68 arrested on SS disability fraud 21 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
Disability-Fraud Probe Leads to Arrests in Puerto Rico Social Security Benefits May Have Been Improperly Obtained The identity of those arrested couldn’t be learned immediately. One person familiar ...
Princeton University is already paying taxes 21 Aug 2013 | 08:23 pm
As you may know, I’m running for Princeton Municipal Council. The Wall Street Journal had an op-ed article by James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley: Why Shouldn’t Princeton Pay Taxes? Money-making...
