Monthly Archives: November 2008

Quico says: Bring. It. On! Update: The more I think about it, the more I think Chávez is caught in a trap of his own making here. Again, it’s the oil cycle, stupid! He’s doing this at the end of … Continue reading →

Quico says: Bring. It. On! Update: The more I think about it, the more I think Chávez is caught in a trap of his own making here. Again, it’s the oil cycle, stupid! He’s doing this at the end of … Continue reading →

Quico says: You thought Chávez was a handful running the government? Just wait till you see him running the opposition.

Quico says: You thought Chávez was a handful running the government? Just wait till you see him running the opposition.

Quico says: So I wanted to take a more systematic look at the Urban-Rural split in Sunday’s elections. Here’s what I did: Using data from the 2000 Census (out of date, but the best we have) – I made a … Continue reading →

Quico says: So I wanted to take a more systematic look at the Urban-Rural split in Sunday’s elections. Here’s what I did: Using data from the 2000 Census (out of date, but the best we have) – I made a … Continue reading →

Quico says: A while ago, I identified 13 urban municipios the opposition should target in this year’s election. I picked out big urban municipios that fulfilled two conditions: – The mayor elected in 2004 was chavista – The municipality voted … Continue reading →

Quico says: A while ago, I identified 13 urban municipios the opposition should target in this year’s election. I picked out big urban municipios that fulfilled two conditions: – The mayor elected in 2004 was chavista – The municipality voted … Continue reading →

Quico says: Petare parish, (in Sucre Municipality of Miranda State) has more registered voters than any other parroquia in Venezuela: 310,430. The barrio it hosts is the biggest in Venezuela. By some accounts, it’s the biggest shantytown in all of … Continue reading →

Quico says: Petare parish, (in Sucre Municipality of Miranda State) has more registered voters than any other parroquia in Venezuela: 310,430. The barrio it hosts is the biggest in Venezuela. By some accounts, it’s the biggest shantytown in all of … Continue reading →

Quico says: Lets face it: the standard results map is depressing to look at. Just too much red. Of course, most of those red states have more cows than people. Make the size of each state proportional to its actual … Continue reading →

Quico says: Lets face it: the standard results map is depressing to look at. Just too much red. Of course, most of those red states have more cows than people. Make the size of each state proportional to its actual … Continue reading →

Quico says: Longtime reader Abelardo Mieres has done it again! Over the last few days, Mieres has grabbed CNE’s website by the lapels and shaken it virulently until it gave up this massive trove of election data, all in convenient … Continue reading →

Quico says: Longtime reader Abelardo Mieres has done it again! Over the last few days, Mieres has grabbed CNE’s website by the lapels and shaken it virulently until it gave up this massive trove of election data, all in convenient … Continue reading →

Quico says: It wouldn’t be a Venezuelan election if nobody was crying fraud. This time it’s chavista dissident extraordinaire and scourge of the Chávez clan in Barinas Julio Cesar Reyes, who says that while 99% of actas (official tallies) were … Continue reading →