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The opposition's identity problem

Katy says: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is not my favorite. Still, I make it a point to read her since a lot of people do. Sometimes,...

Francisco Toro February 29, 2008

Life

Leashing the unhinged can be hard work

Katy says: Yesterday, celebrity terrorist and chavista fanatic Lina Ron forced her way into the offices of the Archbishop of Caracas. There, she demanded that the government cease...

Francisco Toro February 28, 2008

Life

Logic 101

Katy says: Leopoldo López is the brilliant, popular, telegenic Mayor of Chacao and one of the opposition’s most promising politicians. We haven’t talked about him in quite some...

Francisco Toro February 28, 2008

Life

Sinamaica Chronicles

Katy says: “That one over there, that’s my mother’s house. The house next to it also belongs to my mother, but she’s loaned it to make a Barrio...

Francisco Toro February 27, 2008

Life

More from that Francisco Rodríguez piece

Quico says: …which is now available online here. Indeed, Cháveznomics is far from unprecedented: the gross contours of this story follow the disastrous experiences of many Latin American...

Francisco Toro February 26, 2008

Life

The Theory and Practice of Revolutionary Metabullshit

Quico says: Hats off to Tibisay Lucena. The head of the National Elections Council is more ambitious than she seems. First, she pulled off a feat that seemed...

Francisco Toro February 21, 2008

Life

Coming soon in Foreign Affairs

Quico says: It’s great fun to watch Francisco Rodríguez run an analytical bulldozer through a mountain of chavista bullshit. Choice bit: One would expect [the consensus abroad that...

Francisco Toro February 19, 2008

Life

Fidel Castro resigns!

Quico says: Newsrooms rush to tweak his obituary!

Francisco Toro February 19, 2008

Life

Empire of Doublethink

Quico says: I’m a bit late to this story, but I don’t want to let it go without comment. The way Chávez justified his decision to raise milk...

Francisco Toro February 18, 2008

Life

Are we having fun yet?

The Onion says:

Francisco Toro February 16, 2008

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