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How Bitcoin Is Undermining Socialism in Latin America
Rodrigo Souza on why technology is the clearest path to freedom.
3 Ways Bitcoin Is Promoting Freedom in Latin America
Cryptocurrency vs. tariffs, monetary controls, and red tape.
Venezuela Seizes Medicine from Catholic Charity, Skips Talks with Opposition as Starving Residents Flee Country in Boats
Socialist Venezuela may not outlast Fidel Castro by much.
The Secret, Dangerous World of Venezuelan Bitcoin Mining
How cryptocurrency is turning socialism against itself
Venezuela Raises Minimum Wage, Public Sector Pay to Quell Protests
Government responds to inflationary pressure by contributing to it.
Venezuela's Nightmare Government Will Not Get a Recall Vote This Year
Maduro-aligned election board delays referendum until 2017, virtually guaranteeing socialist rule until 2019.
Venezuela Prepares for Massive Protests By Arresting Activists
2008 Cato Institute Milton Friedman Prize winner Yon Goicoechea is among the arrested.
Venezuela's Latest Response to Food Shortages: Ban Lines Outside Bakeries
Maduro's government claims the lines are a calculated political attempt to stir up "anxiety."
Venezuela's Maduro Decrees All Workers Subject To Forced Labor
Can be ordered to work in fields for up to 60 days or longer to provide food for starving country.
Disaster Déjà Vu in Venezuela
Planning a recovery is tough in a country where an awful lot of guys with guns aren't ready to admit that socialism has failed again.
Starved by Socialist Policies, Venezuelans Urged to Take Up Urban Farming
The Ministry of Urban Agriculture promotes home and community gardening in hunger-wrecked Venezuelan cities.
Socialist Venezuela Facing Food Shortages 'Despite' Central Planning, Food Rights
Self-induced catastrophe
Venezuela's Supreme Court Bans Publishing of Lynching Footage; Opposition Lawmakers Physically Attacked
President Maduro says images of the horror his country has become are part of a conspiracy against his government.
5 Ways Capitalist Chile is Much Better Than Socialist Venezuela
The story of Chile's success starts in the mid-1970s, when Chile's military government abandoned socialism and started to implement economic reforms.
Rule of Law Collapses in Venezuela As Maduro Continues to Push Socialist Agenda
Vigilante violence plagues the streets, citizens are hunting dogs and cats for food, but the president insists Bolivarian socialism will save the day.
Europe's Proto-Trumpism, Venezuela's Useful Idiots, and Kmele Foster's L.P. Ambivalence
The Fifth Column discusses whataboutism, third-party challenges, J.K. Rowling's defense of Trump's free speech, and more
Hey Kids, Don't Be Suckers for Socialism!
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds points to the real-time economics lessons coming out of Venezuela...
Venezuela Spends Millions on Incredibly Dumb Things While Its Economy Collapses
Bolivarian socialism apparently means financing things like lousy race-car drivers while the people lack medicine, food, and toilet paper.
Forget Denmark, Venezuela is the Real Culmination of Bernie's Socialist Dreams
For the Vermont senator who favors press censorship and sees bread lines as evidence of success, the Bolivarian regime would seem to embody his ideals.
Obama Renews Declaration that Venezuela is a National Security Threat
But it's more just a desperately poor nation suffering from socialist mismanagement and oppression.
Venezuela Bans GMOs, Utopia via the Borg Collective, and Cancer: Bad Luck or Environment?
A scitech research and policy roundup for January 6, 2016
Top 10 Foreign Affairs Stories of 2015 That Will Matter in 2016
What you need to know about the year's biggest international hotspots, revolutions, and brewing conflicts.
Cops in 'Podunk' Florida Town Sent Millions to Venezuela, Including to Maduro Aide
Police in Bal Harbour never made an arrest.
Pay Your Venezuelan Doctor…in Cooking Oil?
The triumph of socialism-if the goal is to get people to emigrate
Venezuelan Government Collecting Signatures to Petition President Obama Over National Security Threat Declaration
Executive order declaring Venezuela an extraordinary threat could pave the way for wider sanctions.
China Not Getting Dragged Into Venezuela's Problems
China's foreign minister says he hopes the U.S. and Venezuela can deal with their issues with mutual respect and non-interference.
Caracas Mayor Arrested, Held by Secret Police, After Being Accused of Plotting Coup
A member of the opposition, the Venezuelan mayor has been a target of a ruling party that wants a seat it created back.
Venezuelan Security Agent Fingers Head of National Assembly as Leader of Drug Cartel
Diosdado Cabello alleged to be leader of a cartel based in the Venezuelan military.
Venezuelan Fuel Subsidies Mean Cheap Gas—for Colombians
They should probably enjoy that cheap gas while they can get it.
Protests, Arrests, Explosions, Venezuela Boiling Over? How Long Would You Wait in Line for Diapers if You Weren't a Government Spokesperson?
An increasingly dire economic situation caused by Venezuela's socialist government is leading to renewed protests
