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In praise of Blogging the Revolution
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
New Blood: Raul Aular
A big focus over the coming months will be broadening out the writing stable beyond just Juan and I by reaching out to new talent. We’re looking for smart, opinionated writers allergic to the usual clichés and far removed from … Continue reading
Drowning in a sea of zeros
Over in Spanish, it’s the Calculator 1, El Nacional 0.
Ideal for Rounding Up Dissidents
You can’t make this stuff up. Above is ملعب هوجو تشافيز - Hugo Chávez Stadium to you and me – in Benina, Libya.
Chávez starts to pay the price for that Bolivar sword replica UPDATED
Even longstanding Chávez ball-coddler Nikolas Kozloff is appalled by his chumminess with Ghaddafi… Update: Now long time friend-of-the-house Al Giordano piles on – taking it out, bizarrely, on Evita Golinger and Telesur. It’s like these guys’ heads would explode if … Continue reading
Juan Goes Off
Over in Spanish, Cesar Pérez Vivas sets Juan off…
Ten black boxes
Over in CrónicasdeCaracas.net, a frustrated rant on the sheer impossibility of figuring out how much the government spends.
Posted in Corruption
Tagged Fonden
Nausea
The thought that the man responsible for this has been honored and lionized in my own country fills me with a kind of dread-soaked rage that feels curiously like nausea.
Revolutionary Priorities
The blue bars are the government’s 2011 spending budget. The orange bar is our estimate of the opportunity cost of selling gas below the world price.
Word of the Day: Agnotology
Definition: “the study of culturally-induced ignorance or doubt.” According to John Quiggin, an agnotological belief acts as a political shibboleth, “that is, an affirmation that marks the speaker as a member of their community or tribe. Asserting a belief that … Continue reading
Posted in Chavismo
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In a perfect world
A Venezuelan newspaper would find a dogged, talented journalist and give him/her a research budget, six months and enough exposure to blow the top right off of a story like this one. Until then, we have Setty.
Españolification Chronicles
So I’ve decided that the way I’m going to get all you deadbeats to check out CronicasDeCaracas.net is by posting most new material in Spanish only over the next few weeks. Today, more belief-beggaring new jail stats.
Over in Spanish
Alejandro Tarre has a go at the desbandada from Mubarak’s ranks.
Posted in International
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“Rangel Silva es un gocho A-1″
…that, at least, is how convicted felon Moises Maiónica sees it. As our favorite Narco-general takes the dais at the National Assembly, take a trip down memory lane with me to the time when the FBI taped his associates discussing … Continue reading
The real meaning of February 14th
From today, we’ve asked Alejandro Tarre – of the invaluable AlejandroTarre.com – to contribute more actively to Caracas Chronicles. Today, he explains why February 14th should be about more than just romantic dinners and candy hearts to Venezuelans. It’s an … Continue reading
Posted in History
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Give us a hand up, yeah?
So, we’re finding out what Miguel and Daniel have known all along: building an audience for the Spanish doppleganger to an English blog about Venezuela is not so easy. Traffic over on CronicasDeCaracas.net is still stuck at 5-10% of the … Continue reading
Posted in In Other News
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