Tracking Broken Promises
So, as we move towards Friday’s big flashy launch of Chávez’s pet Organization of American but Not North American States, I keep thinking someone, somewhere should be keeping a...
Grand Theft Party
In the era of chavista social lunacy and decay, there’s always one more depth left to plumb. Today, we find out that the Supreme Tribunal is aiding and...
Our sexist opposition
The other day, Carlos Ocariz, candidate for governor of Miranda, endorsed a group of 21 people who are vying for mayor in his state. Their names? Juan Carlos,...
Thugs and their Thuggish Thug Things
Probably one of the more difficult things about my job is communicating to a First World audience that unmistakable taste of sheer thuggishness the Chávez government leaves in...
Brilliant - UPDATED
Update: Turns out some of da kidz who made the video read this blog! Check out their rationale for it.
We are geniuses
Well, that didn’t take long. A mere day after the SUNDECOP began “controlling” the prices for all goods and services in the economy, we are hearing from the...
The tyranny of the deadline
Dang it, I’m on deadline today so I really don’t have the time to give full flight to the furious, disgusted, downright marialejandralopezesque rant I have brewing inside...
Don't cry for me
Venezuela’s cancer-stricken President, while addressing a group of young chavistas today, suggests time is not on his side: “You will finish the job. It’s up to you to...
Toxic Arria
Miss the good old days of never-ending, hyper-emotive, hyper-polarized political conflict narrowly focused on the figure of Hugo Chávez and ignoring the actual needs of Venezuelan people? Do...
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