Monthly Archives: January 2003

Correspondence with a California Lefty… > Francisco, > > Read your latest pieces, and I’ve got more questions for you (no doubt a bit naive to you, perhaps) but > bear with me! Paul, I’d have to write a book … Continue reading →

Correspondence with a California Lefty… > Francisco, > > Read your latest pieces, and I’ve got more questions for you (no doubt a bit naive to you, perhaps) but > bear with me! Paul, I’d have to write a book … Continue reading →

Correspondence with a California Lefty… > Francisco, > > Read your latest pieces, and I’ve got more questions for you (no doubt a bit naive to you, perhaps) but > bear with me! Paul, I’d have to write a book … Continue reading →

[The OpEd I would have liked to write for the Wall Street Journal – and would’ve written, if I’d had a more pliable editor and 1800 words to play with.] Venezuela’s Narcissist-in-Chief If you’re looking for insight into Venezuela’s political … Continue reading →

[The OpEd I would have liked to write for the Wall Street Journal – and would’ve written, if I’d had a more pliable editor and 1800 words to play with.] Venezuela’s Narcissist-in-Chief If you’re looking for insight into Venezuela’s political … Continue reading →

The opposite of freedom It sounds a bit melodramatic, I know, but in Spanish the post of Human Rights Ombudsman is translated as Defensor del Pueblo – literally “defender of the people.” Switch just a couple of letters around and … Continue reading →

The opposite of freedom It sounds a bit melodramatic, I know, but in Spanish the post of Human Rights Ombudsman is translated as Defensor del Pueblo – literally “defender of the people.” Switch just a couple of letters around and … Continue reading →

How to slide from political crisis to civil war without really trying …or… How the chavistas learned to love their guns It’s a tricky subject to write about, mostly because the opposition has been so irresponsible in talking about it. … Continue reading →

How to slide from political crisis to civil war without really trying …or… How the chavistas learned to love their guns It’s a tricky subject to write about, mostly because the opposition has been so irresponsible in talking about it. … Continue reading →

Revolutionary priorities My friend Erica was telling me the other day about an essay by Gabriel García Márquez she read. In it, he explains that the only reason people think his books have all these fantastic, supernatural elements is that … Continue reading →

Revolutionary priorities My friend Erica was telling me the other day about an essay by Gabriel García Márquez she read. In it, he explains that the only reason people think his books have all these fantastic, supernatural elements is that … Continue reading →

Update: Chávez flies into New York today to meet Kofi Annan [Clarification for the hopelessly gringo: Antigovernment protests here traditionally feature much banging of kitchen pots.]

Blocking the exits Most opposition supporters have been looking forward to Feb. 2nd with some anxiety, seeing that day’s referendum on whether Chávez should resign as our last best hope, short of an (impossible) negotiated agreement, to settle the crisis … Continue reading →

Update: Chávez flies into New York today to meet Kofi Annan [Clarification for the hopelessly gringo: Antigovernment protests here traditionally feature much banging of kitchen pots.]

Blocking the exits Most opposition supporters have been looking forward to Feb. 2nd with some anxiety, seeing that day’s referendum on whether Chávez should resign as our last best hope, short of an (impossible) negotiated agreement, to settle the crisis … Continue reading →