Once upon a time, such as the late 1990s, Caracas was one of the great cities of Latin America.    It didn't have tango like Buenos Aires or a carnival like Rio, but it had all the signs of a cosmopolitan modern city.  I remember a couple of business trips down there, and it was a great city.  I recall an Italian restaurant across from the hotel that made you feel as though it was the Venezuelans who had really invented lasagna and pasta. That was then, and this is now.  Like the once great city of Havana, Caracas is now one gigantic mess. We just learned from our friend Dr. Carlos Eire that there's even a shortage of Coca-Cola: As the Normalization Circus continues to gain strength,  the Castronoid colony of Caracastan is going into an ever steeper death spiral. It seems that  the final unfolding of the Bolivarian Revolution has arrived. It’s dreadful, as dreadful as dreadful ever gets…. as dreadful...(Read Full Post)