Twenty one years ago yesterday
As we reach the final of February’s three unavoidable political aniversaries, here’s a question you seldom hear raised: what was Venezuela like on February 26th, 1989? Well, lets...
We interrupt the destruction of our democracy...
… to focus your attention on the strength of Colombia’s, where the Constitutional Court is set to reject a referendum on allowing Alvaro Uribe to run for a...
The Judges are the Thing
The more I look at it, the more I’m convinced that what’s truly important about IACHR’s report on Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela is its heavy emphasis on...
"As something of an expert in 'pure excrement', I can confidently say…"
Non-news doesn’t get any more non-newsy than Chávez’s blanket dismissal of OAS’s extensively researched, carefully drafted 300-page report on Democracy and Human Rights in Venezuela as "pure excrement."...
Um, that's because ... there wasn't one!
Whopper of the day: "The Fourth Republic (Translation: the governments prior to Chavez) did not carry out the necessary investments to solve the country’s electricity crisis." Vice-President Elías Jaua...
It's a ploy
I can see it now. Foreign journalists in Venezuela beginning to board the Henry Falcón bandwagon, naming him Chávez’s strongest rival, clapping away at their keyboards discussing "chavismo...
Judge For Yourself
While a handful of high profile cases of political interference in the courts monopolize our attention, the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights‘s 2009 report on Democracy and Human...
Just because they're terrorists doesn't mean they can't boogie
This latest PR stunt by Colombia’s FARC guerrilla group would be funny … if it wasn’t so creepy. (Hat tip: JR) Update: TalCual has the backstory. Complete with Reyes...
On Countdown Mode...
So is it really, really pathetic that I’m so looking forward to the première of Isla Presidencial? If you haven’t heard, this is the Bipolar Capybara’s new animated webcast...
Egotistical neighbors in bitch-slapping contest
The obscenity-laden "chou" that Hugo Chávez and Alvaro Uribe put on in Mexico made its way to CNN’s main page. You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the...
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