Monthly Archives: August 2004

I. Where’s our William Hague? Where are our pianos? There’s no particular reason for most Venezuelans to know who William Hague is. Briefly the leader of the UK Conservative Party, Hague was destroyed by Tony Blair in the 2002 British … Continue reading →

I. Where’s our William Hague? Where are our pianos? There’s no particular reason for most Venezuelans to know who William Hague is. Briefly the leader of the UK Conservative Party, Hague was destroyed by Tony Blair in the 2002 British … Continue reading →

by Gustavo Soto-Rosa I want to warn you, first off, that I’m a die hard comeflor, but at the same time I am very distrustful. What if the Coordinadora, seeing itself on the losing end, invented the story of the … Continue reading →

by Gustavo Soto-Rosa I want to warn you, first off, that I’m a die hard comeflor, but at the same time I am very distrustful. What if the Coordinadora, seeing itself on the losing end, invented the story of the … Continue reading →

Whether or not there was fraud is one question. The political dynamics of the Fraud-claim are something else altogether. Who gains from the fraud claim? 1-The Current CD Leadership: Claiming fraud shields the CD leadership from an uncomfortable debate about … Continue reading →

One week ago, I pulled the plug on the simple “comments” feature due to the turn the discussions had taken…straight into the gutter. This week, thanks to the initiative of several readers, Caracas Chronicles returns to interactivity on a far … Continue reading →

Whether or not there was fraud is one question. The political dynamics of the Fraud-claim are something else altogether. Who gains from the fraud claim? 1-The Current CD Leadership: Claiming fraud shields the CD leadership from an uncomfortable debate about … Continue reading →

One week ago, I pulled the plug on the simple “comments” feature due to the turn the discussions had taken…straight into the gutter. This week, thanks to the initiative of several readers, Caracas Chronicles returns to interactivity on a far … Continue reading →

Readers of this blog know I’ve had a very hard time trying to piece together what happened during and after the August 15th referendum. Like everyone in the opposition, I’ve gone through a lot of confusing, contradictory information on whether … Continue reading →

Readers of this blog know I’ve had a very hard time trying to piece together what happened during and after the August 15th referendum. Like everyone in the opposition, I’ve gone through a lot of confusing, contradictory information on whether … Continue reading →

Teodoro Petkoff does. This is the Aug. 25th editorial in TalCual Sumate’s statement, published yesterday, gives rise to an urgent reflection. In effect, if “it is not possible to speak of fraud without strong evidence,” a question of utmost importance … Continue reading →

Teodoro Petkoff does. This is the Aug. 25th editorial in TalCual Sumate’s statement, published yesterday, gives rise to an urgent reflection. In effect, if “it is not possible to speak of fraud without strong evidence,” a question of utmost importance … Continue reading →

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” I show this sentence to Kanako, my Japanese friend. She looks at it for a second, thinks about it, and in her broken Italian says, “No, … Continue reading →

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” I show this sentence to Kanako, my Japanese friend. She looks at it for a second, thinks about it, and in her broken Italian says, “No, … Continue reading →

Because, to cite Sumate’s Aug. 23rd statement… Sumate has received hundreds of reports of fraud from citizens, civil associations and other organizations [...] Some of these reports have already been investigated and discarted, while others have given rise to more … Continue reading →