Monthly Archives: June 2007

Quico says: Megan, my co-everything on Law of the Land, and the person who really put the film together, promised to send in a post discussing her experience on the project. But I wanted to write one more thing about … Continue reading →

Quico says: Megan, my co-everything on Law of the Land, and the person who really put the film together, promised to send in a post discussing her experience on the project. But I wanted to write one more thing about … Continue reading →

Katy says: “Our first speaker today is Dr. Eva Golinger, who will lecture us about the ills of neoliberalism.” Imagine being in a conference room and hearing those words. Listening to a talk by “the bride of the revolution”, the … Continue reading →

Katy says: “Our first speaker today is Dr. Eva Golinger, who will lecture us about the ills of neoliberalism.” Imagine being in a conference room and hearing those words. Listening to a talk by “the bride of the revolution”, the … Continue reading →

Katy says: “Our first speaker today is Dr. Eva Golinger, who will lecture us about the ills of neoliberalism.” Imagine being in a conference room and hearing those words. Listening to a talk by “the bride of the revolution”, the … Continue reading →

Quico says: In case you missed it, yesterday I posted Law of the Land, a documentary about Chávez’s Land Reform I made with Megan Folsom back in 2002 and 2003. It would probably make sense to watch it before you … Continue reading →

Quico says: Loyal readers know that back in 2002 and 2003 I fancied myself a documentary film-maker. Along with my friend Megan, we made this hour-long thing on the Ley de Tierras and the takeover of two farms in Obispos, … Continue reading →

Quico says: Loyal readers know that back in 2002 and 2003 I fancied myself a documentary film-maker. Along with my friend Megan, we made this hour-long thing on the Ley de Tierras and the takeover of two farms in Obispos, … Continue reading →

Katy says: It seems like the thing everyone wants to know about is the new Vargas Viaduct. Well, it’s fine, a perfectly normal, ordinary piece of engineering that simply replaces something that was there before. I know chavistas are going … Continue reading →

Katy says: It seems like the thing everyone wants to know about is the new Vargas Viaduct. Well, it’s fine, a perfectly normal, ordinary piece of engineering that simply replaces something that was there before. I know chavistas are going … Continue reading →

Quico says: As I write this, my partner-in-blog Katy is airborne and Caracas-bound, for a few days that should yield some top-grade blogging. Do you have any questions for her? Anything in particular you think she should look into? This … Continue reading →

Quico says: Et tu, Katy? Jumping onto the facile bandwagon of BBC bashing? Ugh. Just because an outlet doesn’t sound like Martha Colomina does not make them cryptochavistas. Maybe I’m too much of a beeb habitué to buy it, but … Continue reading →

Katy says: Something isn’t right in the revolution when even the BBC criticizes the government. The final quote is priceless: “Bureaucracy, inefficiency and corruption are evils that weaken President Chavez’s revolution – a revolution that is moving forward faster now … Continue reading →

Quico says: Every so often I catch myself almost thinking the government has a point: Venezuela has not been well served by its media culture over the years. How wonderful it would be if we could really reform the media, … Continue reading →

Quico says: Every so often I catch myself almost thinking the government has a point: Venezuela has not been well served by its media culture over the years. How wonderful it would be if we could really reform the media, … Continue reading →