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Author Archives: Juan Cristobal Nagel
Once bitten, twice shy
Maduro wants dialogue. He wants to sit down and have a chat with the murderous, fascist, imperialist, anti-homeland, drug-snorting, baby-eating, racist, mysoginist haters of the poor he calls the opposition. That means you and me. We’ve been through this before. … Continue reading
Posted in Nicolas Maduro
76 Comments
2013 “results” by parish
Long time CC reader and contributor Dorothy has a really cool map … for those of us into this sort of thing. Enjoy.
Posted in CNE
24 Comments
It’s war
When the opposition first claimed fraud, back in the Recall Referendum of 2004, it had very little to go on. Quickly, we were split into two camps: those that thought we had lost (albeit uncleanly), and those that thought we … Continue reading
Posted in CNE
126 Comments
Tale of two crashes
Yendrick Sánchez likes to crash presidential speeches. Compare the reaction of Nicolás “Ew-get-away-from-me-I-coulda-been-shot-respect-the-President’s-Majesty” Maduro with Henrique Capriles’ reaction when, a few months ago, the same guy crashed his speech. Say what you will, but Chávez would have never fumbled this … Continue reading
Posted in Henrique Capriles, Nicolas Maduro
166 Comments
Carito Chronicles
A guest submission by Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez, live from the Windy City. Yesterday, at DePaul University in Chicago, the following event was presented by the local Venezuelan consulate: The primary speakers were — rather fittingly — a couple of Cubans empowered … Continue reading
Posted in International chavistas
44 Comments
“We’re going to fire you because you voted for Capriles”
(In Spanish) The video shows a recording of a meeting headed by the Sports Secretary of the Zulia state government. He is saying that people were taken to the voting booths, but that thanks to the “1×10″ (a chavista operation … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
37 Comments
Prosecutor, judge and jury
Supreme Tribunal chief Luisa Estella Morales says: “There won’t be a manual recount.” All of the sudden, she starts feeling guilty about people dying on the streets, and threatens Capriles. For a different take, I suggest José Ignacio Hernández’s article … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Justice System
60 Comments
Press reporting Capriles and López could be jailed (Updated)
Leopoldo López says there is a warrant out for their arrest. Spanish daily ABC reports a similar thing. They are being accused of the seven deaths that took place during last Monday’s protests. Don’t know how accurate this is, so … Continue reading
Posted in Henrique Capriles, Leopoldo López
146 Comments
Fraudulent notions of fraud
I couldn’t disagree more with Quico’s basic premise in his lazy cat metaphor. Particularly, I dislike this phrase: “The evidence of fraud, if fraud did happen, is already in the thousands of paper-based hand-tally reports from the “hot audit” now … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
208 Comments
My immediate reaction
Here’s my take, posted on Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog. An excerpt: The inherent tension in Venezuela’s economic situation is that a government that believes in socialism uses promises of capitalist consumption to win elections. Maduro will soon learn that it … Continue reading
Posted in Henrique Capriles, Nicolas Maduro
32 Comments
The tweets are God-given
What was Diosdado Cabello saying with these tweets? Was he interpreting the unease with which the military received these “results”? Was he undermining the weak Maduro? The floor is open for wild speculation.
Posted in Diosdado Cabello, Military
22 Comments
Double dose of crazy
As many of you, I watched Nicolás Maduro’s speech last night in awe. Not only was it a rambling, incoherent mess; it also made clear what everyone seems to be catching on to – that Maduro is insane. For me, … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Crisis, infrastructure, Nicolas Maduro
26 Comments
Butterflies in your stomach? Comment here
Open thread for comments here. We won’t be posting until we’re ready to call the election. I’ll be live on CNN Chile starting at 9 PM Chile time, 8 PM EST, 7:30 PM Caracas time.
Posted in Henrique Capriles, Nicolas Maduro
57 Comments
Where are the dishwashers?
One thing I think nobody has noted in this election cycle: where are the dishwashers? The clothes washers? The dryers? The apartments? Heck, I haven’t even heard of Maduro handing out iPods. As you know, last year’s election was marked … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption
14 Comments
