Alfredo Octavio: VenezuelaNews about my country(Untitled)- March 31, 2005 Instapundit notes the possibility of civil war in Venezuela. I think this is no more than wishful thinking on the part of some that want Chavez out by any means. It is foolish to spread rumors like this because it makes the people that are seriously oppsing Chavez think that the work will be done for them and it will be easy. It is never easy. It just doesn't happen this way.http://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/31.html#a3674 (Untitled)- March 31, 2005 Tyranny's Full Tank. How high oil prices hurt democracy. By By MARINA OTTAWAY. NYT > Opinionhttp://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/31.html#a3672 (Untitled)- March 13, 2005 Some time back there was some noise about Venezuela moving towards Open Source, because of a government order to use Open Source Software. Today I'm learning from some friends how on target was my scepticism about this issue. If you are a government employee, you need to file your taxes online and despite how easy it is to do multi platform web development this efficient government has manage to force the use of Windows to file taxes. Way to go! How do they plan to increase Open Source this way.http://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/13.html#a3652 (Untitled)- March 12, 2005 bookofjoe - 'Hail Estonia!'per thou Rated 4 in the world in the 2005 Index of Economic Freedom. Truly amazing, what can happen when government backs off. Buried in the Soviet system after World War II, Estonia essentially ceased to exist until the Communist world collapsed. Now, in little more than a decade, Estonia is behind only Hong Kong, Singapore, and Luxembourg in the degree of freedom, transparency, and fairness in its business sector. Surprising, at least to me, is that the U.S...http://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/12.html#a3649 (Untitled)- March 2, 2005 Uruguay signs deal with Venezuela. Uruguay's new left-wing president signs an energy deal with Venezuela and restores ties with Cuba. BBC News News Front Page UK Editionhttp://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/02.html#a3618 (Untitled)- March 1, 2005 Venezuela arrests key Chavez foe. Venezuelan police say they have arrested a key player in strikes against President Hugo Chavez two years ago. BBC News News Front Page UK Editionhttp://alfredo.octavio.net/categories/venezuela/2005/03/01.html#a3617 |