Monthly Archives: April 2004

Lets talk about investment…

It’s heartwarming to see Martin Sanchez of Aporrea and Venezuelanalysis suddenly take an interest in investment. His latest dispatch is breathless about DaimlerChrysler’s announcement that they will invest $20 million to “expand production” in their Valencia plant, apparently for export. … Continue reading

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Lets talk about investment…

It’s heartwarming to see Martin Sanchez of Aporrea and Venezuelanalysis suddenly take an interest in investment. His latest dispatch is breathless about DaimlerChrysler’s announcement that they will invest $20 million to “expand production” in their Valencia plant, apparently for export. … Continue reading

Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)

Lets talk about investment…

It’s heartwarming to see Martin Sanchez of Aporrea and Venezuelanalysis suddenly take an interest in investment. His latest dispatch is breathless about DaimlerChrysler’s announcement that they will invest $20 million to “expand production” in their Valencia plant, apparently for export. … Continue reading

Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)

Oddly fun…

I must have been in a very odd mood last night. I spent over an hour listening to this speech Chavez gave on December 5th, 1999 (Real audio stream). It’s an eye-opener. The first half an hour is an impassioned … Continue reading

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Oddly fun…

I must have been in a very odd mood last night. I spent over an hour listening to this speech Chavez gave on December 5th, 1999 (Real audio stream). It’s an eye-opener. The first half an hour is an impassioned … Continue reading

Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)

Oddly fun…

I must have been in a very odd mood last night. I spent over an hour listening to this speech Chavez gave on December 5th, 1999 (Real audio stream). It’s an eye-opener. The first half an hour is an impassioned … Continue reading

Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)

Cristina’s predicament

…or… La arrechera de Cristina No one who’s ever met my sister Cristina could even imagine her filling out her firmazo form wrong. Cristina’s an elementary school teacher, and a rigorous one at that. My mental image of her is … Continue reading

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Cristina’s predicament

…or… La arrechera de Cristina No one who’s ever met my sister Cristina could even imagine her filling out her firmazo form wrong. Cristina’s an elementary school teacher, and a rigorous one at that. My mental image of her is … Continue reading

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Cristina’s predicament

…or… La arrechera de Cristina No one who’s ever met my sister Cristina could even imagine her filling out her firmazo form wrong. Cristina’s an elementary school teacher, and a rigorous one at that. My mental image of her is … Continue reading

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The decision is made…

The Coordinadora Democratica will participate in the reparos process. For once, expectations are low: we can only be pleasantly surprised if CNE comes around and calls a referendum, but we’ll not be animically crushed again if they don’t.

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The decision is made…

The Coordinadora Democratica will participate in the reparos process. For once, expectations are low: we can only be pleasantly surprised if CNE comes around and calls a referendum, but we’ll not be animically crushed again if they don’t.

Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)

Open Letter to Eva Golinger

Dear Eva, I don’t know you, except as a byline over articles that I strenuously disagree with. I’m writing to you out of a concern, voiced again and again by some of my readers, to try to build some kind … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Eva Golinger

Dear Eva, I don’t know you, except as a byline over articles that I strenuously disagree with. I’m writing to you out of a concern, voiced again and again by some of my readers, to try to build some kind … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Eva Golinger

Dear Eva, I don’t know you, except as a byline over articles that I strenuously disagree with. I’m writing to you out of a concern, voiced again and again by some of my readers, to try to build some kind … Continue reading

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Nothing new under the sun

I thought I could keep my research separate from my Venezuela-blogging, but it’s not really working out that way. Try this one, from a paper by Paul Sabatier (et al.) on “Perceptions and Misperceptions of Political Opponents”: We hypothesize that … Continue reading

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