Monthly Archives: October 2002

There’s no stopping the referendum… One of the perils of journalism is that you end up writing stories now and then that, though perfectly reasonable at the time of writing, wind up being left behind by developments by the time … Continue reading →

There’s no stopping the referendum… One of the perils of journalism is that you end up writing stories now and then that, though perfectly reasonable at the time of writing, wind up being left behind by developments by the time … Continue reading →

Wednesday, it must be time for a VenEconomy editorial… Negotiating with a Narcissist Much of what’s happened in Venezuelan politics over the last three years has been unprecedented, but the spectacle in Plaza Altamira over the last week has finally … Continue reading →

Aggression! Violence! Fascism! It was really heart rending hearing J.V. Rangel’s speech yesterday. The passion in his words, the anger in his eyes, the humanist zeal! In a tone of high moral righteousness, the Vicepresident complained bitterly about the abhorrent … Continue reading →

Aggression! Violence! Fascism! It was really heart rending hearing J.V. Rangel’s speech yesterday. The passion in his words, the anger in his eyes, the humanist zeal! In a tone of high moral righteousness, the Vicepresident complained bitterly about the abhorrent … Continue reading →

Wednesday, it must be time for a VenEconomy editorial… Negotiating with a Narcissist Much of what’s happened in Venezuelan politics over the last three years has been unprecedented, but the spectacle in Plaza Altamira over the last week has finally … Continue reading →

Aggression! Violence! Fascism! It was really heart rending hearing J.V. Rangel’s speech yesterday. The passion in his words, the anger in his eyes, the humanist zeal! In a tone of high moral righteousness, the Vicepresident complained bitterly about the abhorrent … Continue reading →

“This is the protest that never ends… …it just goes on and on like this…” What to even say about the last 150 hours on Plaza Altamira? What started as a postmodern military antirebellion has slowly transmogrified into a strange … Continue reading →

“This is the protest that never ends… …it just goes on and on like this…” What to even say about the last 150 hours on Plaza Altamira? What started as a postmodern military antirebellion has slowly transmogrified into a strange … Continue reading →

Sensitive New Age Coup It wasn’t hard to guess that sooner or later General Enrique Medina Gomez would eventually try to piece together some kind of antigovernment action, but who could’ve guessed it would be this? The man called a … Continue reading →

Sensitive New Age Coup It wasn’t hard to guess that sooner or later General Enrique Medina Gomez would eventually try to piece together some kind of antigovernment action, but who could’ve guessed it would be this? The man called a … Continue reading →

I’m obviously hopping mad about the government’s incredible, howling, flashing, bold-faced lying about yesterday’s “paro.” Thus, this week’s VenEc editorial is about… Getting rid of Chávez well On Monday, Venezuela once again spoke loud and clear, and the government once … Continue reading →

I’m obviously hopping mad about the government’s incredible, howling, flashing, bold-faced lying about yesterday’s “paro.” Thus, this week’s VenEc editorial is about… Getting rid of Chávez well On Monday, Venezuela once again spoke loud and clear, and the government once … Continue reading →

Newsflash: AD toes the line! I think I just saw the most significant event of the whole strike, and I bet most people missed it. Rafael Marin, Secretary General of Accion Democratica, gave a press conference. At one point, a … Continue reading →

Strike update… Well, it looks like a pretty good general strike. Not a great strike. We’ve had better ones. December 10th was bigger, but this one’s bigger than April 9th. Most shops shut in the east side, about half I’d … Continue reading →