Monthly Archives: November 2006

Quico says: Well, here’s the seriously disturbing audio of part of that Rosales town hall meeting. Rosales is, um, not a natural speaker. But it’s Globo’s comically inept attempt to make him seem less boring by setting his speech to … Continue reading →

Quico says: To understand the next few days, you need to understand one key fact: it’s in the government’s interest to bait the opposition into over-reaching. Provocation is the name of the game. And Plan Colina the Nth is underway: … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, as usual, my hit-count is going berserk as Sunday’s election draws near. Hello new people! Caracas Chronicles has been around for over 4 years now, and usually caters to a hearty breed of hardcore English-speaking Venezuelan politics … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, as usual, my hit-count is going berserk as Sunday’s election draws near. Hello new people! Caracas Chronicles has been around for over 4 years now, and usually caters to a hearty breed of hardcore English-speaking Venezuelan politics … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, as usual, my hit-count is going berserk as Sunday’s election draws near. Hello new people! Caracas Chronicles has been around for over 4 years now, and usually caters to a hearty breed of hardcore English-speaking Venezuelan politics … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, here’s the final survey slide, with the latest Evans McDonough poll added: Click to enlargeAs you can see, I’ve split the Surveys into two groups. Standard methodology surveys – the ones based on in-home, face-to-face interviews – … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, here’s the final survey slide, with the latest Evans McDonough poll added: Click to enlargeAs you can see, I’ve split the Surveys into two groups. Standard methodology surveys – the ones based on in-home, face-to-face interviews – … Continue reading →

Quico says: Well, here’s the final survey slide, with the latest Evans McDonough poll added: Click to enlargeAs you can see, I’ve split the Surveys into two groups. Standard methodology surveys – the ones based on in-home, face-to-face interviews – … Continue reading →

Katy says: Last night, Globovisión held a town-hall meeting with opposition candidate Manuel Rosales. It was an interesting broadcast since it allowed the candidate to get all sorts of questions from an audience that was clearly comprised of chavistas and … Continue reading →

Katy says: Last night, Globovisión held a town-hall meeting with opposition candidate Manuel Rosales. It was an interesting broadcast since it allowed the candidate to get all sorts of questions from an audience that was clearly comprised of chavistas and … Continue reading →

Katy says: Last night, Globovisión held a town-hall meeting with opposition candidate Manuel Rosales. It was an interesting broadcast since it allowed the candidate to get all sorts of questions from an audience that was clearly comprised of chavistas and … Continue reading →

Quico says: Check out this impressive overview of the Poll Wars by Phil Gunson in the Miami Herald. Polls offer vastly different predictions for Venezuela’s presidential election Sunday. CARACAS – With less than a week to go before Venezuela’s presidential … Continue reading →

Quico says: Check out this impressive overview of the Poll Wars by Phil Gunson in the Miami Herald. Polls offer vastly different predictions for Venezuela’s presidential election Sunday. CARACAS – With less than a week to go before Venezuela’s presidential … Continue reading →

Quico says: Actually, there are eight logical possibilities:Care to hazard a guess how this will go? Which scenario do you think is most likely? 1. Rosales does a Kerry 2. Rosales does an AMLO 3. Chavez does a Daniel Ortega … Continue reading →

Quico says: Actually, there are eight logical possibilities:Care to hazard a guess how this will go? Which scenario do you think is most likely? 1. Rosales does a Kerry 2. Rosales does an AMLO 3. Chavez does a Daniel Ortega … Continue reading →