What Chávez has wroughtThe authoritarian socialist has brought Venezuela food shortages and massive inflation, writes Duncan Currie.
Hugo Chavez
Fox analyst: Did Obama and Chavez do *more* gay things off-camera?
Col. Ralph Peters on Fox News describes the “embracing and fist-bumping and making lovey-dovey in the hotel and god-knows-what-else behind closed doors” between Obama and Chavez.
Venezuelan president and salesman extraordinaire
Forget Oprah. If you want to market a book Hugo Chávez is your man.
The Special Hair Edition
It’s Movember!
Goodbye El Commander, hello Cosmo Kramer. Castro quits.
Castro steps down, and now the war of words will begin, writes Guy Rundle.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
By now we should be thoroughly used to the collision of pop culture and politics. Even so, two recent news events suggest exciting new crossover trends: Model journalists and model/singer-songwriter first ladies.
Give globalization a chance
Chinese, Arabs, Indians and Mexicans are not portrayed in the media as being the economic winners of globalization, but increasingly they are, writes Matt Marks.
