Monthly Archives: November 2005

One last one for today: The idea of postponing the election has been ruled out. Who announced this transcendent decision, you ask? Vicepresident José Vicente Rangel! Just minutes after Rangel spoke to journalists, CNE head Jorge Rodriguez was on the … Continue reading →

One last one for today: The idea of postponing the election has been ruled out. Who announced this transcendent decision, you ask? Vicepresident José Vicente Rangel! Just minutes after Rangel spoke to journalists, CNE head Jorge Rodriguez was on the … Continue reading →

According to the latest Hinterlaces poll, carried out before this week’s pullout by AD, Copei and Proyecto Venezuela, 71% of voters were planning not to vote on December 4th, 9 percentage points higher than in their previous poll. Other results: … Continue reading →

The fidelista playbook in action: Alí Rodríguez blames the US for the opposition parties’ withdrawal. See? Everything bad that happens in Venezuela is the gringos’ fault…

For those who doubt that it’s viable to cheat by manipulating the Electoral Registry, it turns out that Giovanni/Geovanny/Jovany José Vásquez, the Colombian alleged paramilitary/psychiatrist and key witness in the Danilo Anderson murder case, is registered to vote in Venezuela, … Continue reading →

According to the latest Hinterlaces poll, carried out before this week’s pullout by AD, Copei and Proyecto Venezuela, 71% of voters were planning not to vote on December 4th, 9 percentage points higher than in their previous poll. Other results: … Continue reading →

The fidelista playbook in action: Alí Rodríguez blames the US for the opposition parties’ withdrawal. See? Everything bad that happens in Venezuela is the gringos’ fault…

For those who doubt that it’s viable to cheat by manipulating the Electoral Registry, it turns out that Giovanni/Geovanny/Jovany José Vásquez, the Colombian alleged paramilitary/psychiatrist and key witness in the Danilo Anderson murder case, is registered to vote in Venezuela, … Continue reading →

Over at Devil’s Excrement, Miguel writes a very lucid post explaining the Opposition parties’ decision to withdraw from the December 4th vote. (Note that Miguel, for reasons he has explained carefully, thinks conditions were safe enough to vote.) I’ll sum … Continue reading →

Over at Devil’s Excrement, Miguel writes a very lucid post explaining the Opposition parties’ decision to withdraw from the December 4th vote. (Note that Miguel, for reasons he has explained carefully, thinks conditions were safe enough to vote.) I’ll sum … Continue reading →

Over at Devil’s Excrement, Miguel writes a very lucid post explaining the Opposition parties’ decision to withdraw from the December 4th vote. (Note that Miguel, for reasons he has explained carefully, thinks conditions were safe enough to vote.) I’ll sum … Continue reading →

Ten days ago, the Opposition parties had no problem going to a vote despite all the well-known CNE irregularities. Last week, Opposition technicians demonstrated that one of those irregularities – the finger-print scanners – could indeed be used to track … Continue reading →

Ten days ago, the Opposition parties had no problem going to a vote despite all the well-known CNE irregularities. Last week, Opposition technicians demonstrated that one of those irregularities – the finger-print scanners – could indeed be used to track … Continue reading →

Iran and Venezuela are to sign a contract to produce two Iranian passenger car models – the “Samand” and the “Pride” – in this Latin American country, the Persian service of the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported.

Iran and Venezuela are to sign a contract to produce two Iranian passenger car models – the “Samand” and the “Pride” – in this Latin American country, the Persian service of the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported.