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Monthly Archives: December 2006
The Year in Review
Katy and Quico says:JanuaryThe first post of the year was about Chávez’s decision to name Jorge Rodríguez Vice-president, shunting legendary evil genius José Vicente Rangel to the side. At the time, I mused, It may be that, in time, we’ll … Continue reading
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The Year in Review
Katy and Quico says:JanuaryThe first post of the year was about Chávez’s decision to name Jorge Rodríguez Vice-president, shunting legendary evil genius José Vicente Rangel to the side. At the time, I mused, It may be that, in time, we’ll … Continue reading
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Leaving the light on
Katy says: Christmas is upon us once again. Most people in Venezuela have left politics behind for a few weeks and have thrown themselves into their annual rituals of shopping, putting up the lights and preparing hallacas, ham bread and … Continue reading
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Leaving the light on
Katy says: Christmas is upon us once again. Most people in Venezuela have left politics behind for a few weeks and have thrown themselves into their annual rituals of shopping, putting up the lights and preparing hallacas, ham bread and … Continue reading
Posted in Way Back (Older Posts)
Santiago Chronicles
Katy says: Santiago on a Sunday is an unusually subdued place, boring even. One of my first shocks upon moving here was hopping over to the Restaurant district of El Bosque Norte on a Sunday for lunch and finding restaurants … Continue reading
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Santiago Chronicles
Katy says: Santiago on a Sunday is an unusually subdued place, boring even. One of my first shocks upon moving here was hopping over to the Restaurant district of El Bosque Norte on a Sunday for lunch and finding restaurants … Continue reading
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Why did more people vote for Chavez than for Rosales?
Quico says: Just to pick up on Alek’s lucid postmortem, I’ll add some thoughts of my own. I think the best way to go about dissecting Rosales’s loss is to divide it up between things he might have done differently, … Continue reading
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Podcast: "This is a political triumph amidst an electoral setback"
Quico says: Well, Manuel Rosales kicked a huge amount of ass at his press conference yesterday (download part of the audio here.) The guy will never quite be eloquent, but yesterday he came across as clear-headed, mature, forward-looking, sincere and … Continue reading
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Podcast: "This is a political triumph amidst an electoral setback"
Quico says: Well, Manuel Rosales kicked a huge amount of ass at his press conference yesterday (download part of the audio here.) The guy will never quite be eloquent, but yesterday he came across as clear-headed, mature, forward-looking, sincere and … Continue reading
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Uruguayan Spoof
Quico says: This one’s too good not to post. Sorry to say it’s not really translatable.
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Alek’s reaction…
Quico says: Don’t miss Alek Boyd’s brief day-after statement.
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Alek’s reaction…
Quico says: Don’t miss Alek Boyd’s brief day-after statement.
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Ojo Electoral’s Preliminary Observations
Quico says: Ojo Electoral, a Venezuelan elections monitoring NGO, posted observers at 337 randomly chosen voting tables (mesas de votación) spread out over 22 out of Venezuela’s 24 states. Check out their preliminary monitoring report in Spanish. Key points: Ojo … Continue reading
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Ojo Electoral’s Preliminary Observations
Quico says: Ojo Electoral, a Venezuelan elections monitoring NGO, posted observers at 337 randomly chosen voting tables (mesas de votación) spread out over 22 out of Venezuela’s 24 states. Check out their preliminary monitoring report in Spanish. Key points: Ojo … Continue reading
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Ojo Electoral’s Preliminary Observations
Quico says: Ojo Electoral, a Venezuelan elections monitoring NGO, posted observers at 337 randomly chosen voting tables (mesas de votación) spread out over 22 out of Venezuela’s 24 states. Check out their preliminary monitoring report in Spanish. Key points: Ojo … Continue reading
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