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Una Épica Sobre La Venezuela Chavista

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Joel D. Hirst

Vivi siete años en Venezuela. Lo conocí en la época ‘buena’; es decir, los tiempos de Carlos Andres Perez “2”. Y después los años de Hugo Chavez. La única manera de contar la historia de la Venezuela Chavista es atraves … Continue reading →

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In Venezuela the Church Still Endures

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Joel D. Hirst

Yesterday I had coffee with a new friend, who is himself Catholic, and in a wide-ranging conversation you have when you are surprised by stumbling upon a kindred spirit, I recalled this article I wrote about the Catholic Church in … Continue reading →

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“Auxilio…” Help – The Cry of Venezuela

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

“Auxilio…” Help me. The word was barely audible, a whisper in a crowded courtroom. The only word uttered by the defendant; his last word before he fell. Captain Rafael Acosta, arrested by the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela for … Continue reading →

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Art Predicting Life in Venezuela – On Predictive Fiction

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

“He withdrew from his satchel his old notebooks, writings that had begun in prison and extended through his wanderings across the country, from the deceased general’s lair of sumptuous violence, to the self-governed villages attempting to free themselves from the … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s ALBA: A Reflection 7 Years On

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

Seven years ago, as a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, I wrote my (and perhaps the…?) hallmark book on the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas: Hugo Chavez’s grand plan. At the time I received a lot of push-back, … Continue reading →

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The 2018/19 Maduro Diet

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

It is said that Marie Antoinette, when she offhandedly suggested regarding the hunger of starving peasants “Let them eat cake” was not mocking the suffering of the poor but was so disconnected from reality that she assumed that it was … Continue reading →

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A Green New Deal? – Part II

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

Continuing on my musings about a “Green New Deal” (see Part I here), since it seems to be the flavor of the week for those who seek emergency powers over me and mine in order to steal my stuff, I … Continue reading →

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La “Ley Comun” de una Republica Libre

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

Inglaterra tiene una linda tradicion que llaman ley comun. “El Common Law —término que conviene no traducir si no es estrictamente necesario—, está formado por un conjunto de normas no escritas (unwritten) y no promulgadas o sancionadas (unenacted). Se fundamenta, por tanto, … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s Fight is Also Our Own

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

We get goose bumps when we see streets full of people and somebody standing on a podium or at the base of a noble old statue draped in a flag and exhorting their people to stay the course, to count … Continue reading →

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Forgetting Venezuela’s Animals

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

They liked to call it the “Revolucion Bonita” – the pretty revolution. It was not going to be a 21st century version of “Cement”, that old soviet realist novel by Feodor Gladkov which was all smelly children and factory floors … Continue reading →

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