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Category Archives: Chavez’s mental health
The telenovela reaches its climax
When the comandante presidente went public with his cancer in June 2011, I was out of the country. When people asked me about it, I told them that Chavez claimed he had cancer, but there was no medical report to … Continue reading
Where’s Waldo? Cont.
Six days after his last public appearance, Hugo Chávez is on TV again. Same setting. Pretty much the same attendees. Zero contact with the people. The topic of his boring talk today? The regional elections, and how the opposition is … Continue reading
Posted in Chavez cancer, Chavez's mental health, Politics
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It’ll never happen again, baby, I promise
This is simply upsetting. Speaking to supporters in Cabimas, Chávez literally promises to “be more efficient, a better companion, a better person,” adding “I won’t fail you.” That “companion” bit got me. I mean, I know it’s a marialejandralopecista talking … Continue reading
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Chavez’s “47 percent” moment
The comandante presidente said the following during a rally in Maturin: “There can be some people could be unsatisfied with the failures of our government, that the streets aren’t fixed, that electricity is out and water isn’t running, that they … Continue reading
Suddenly, it’s Chávez playing into our narrative
Capriles has spent the last few months working to portray Chávez as out-of-touch with “the concerns of people like you”: a guy who let power get to his head and now spends more time worrying about geostrategy and saving humanity … Continue reading
Laureano nails it
Laureano Márquez has a wonderful piece today, where he weighs in on the milieu of the times. So if you’re the sort of person who thinks milieu counts for something, go and read it… (in Spanish, btw) The money quote: … Continue reading
Posted in Chavez's mental health, Venezuelan Culture
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Schrödinger’s Bond
Did Chávez have his “you didn’t build that” moment after the Amuay disaster when he said that, accident or no accident, “as some philosopher whose name I don’t remember said, The Show Must Go On“? Both were gaffes, and the … Continue reading
File Under: Caiga quien caiga, hasta las últimas consecuencias
Después dicen que el gobierno no es eficiente. A scant 36 hours after the Amuay disaster, and just 24 hours after he had promised an “exhaustive investigation” President Chávez has already ruled out both maintenance issues and the possibility of a pre-existing … Continue reading
The Cadena that Wasn’t
For once, today, Venezuela faced a situation where a Cadena Nacional would have been entirely appropriate, even welcome. Facing a genuine national disaster, people naturally turn to their leader for explanation, for guidance, for leadership, for solace. Handling events like … Continue reading
File Under “Signs of the Apocalypse”
What’s scarier? That chavistas think these images are going to make da kidz vote for Chávez, or that they’re right, possibly? And, pardon me while I pick up my cédula but, what the hell does “otro beta” mean!? Can it … Continue reading
Posted in Chavez's mental health, Presidential Election, Venezuelan Culture
Tagged Chávez el mío
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Foiled magnicidio # 3,012,623
The comandante presidente announced to the press before a campaign rally in Catia La Mar that authorities detained a man in the border with Colombia, which he described as a “presumed American mercenary of Latin origin“. Though no details about … Continue reading
Posted in Chavez's mental health, Politics, Presidential Election
Now we know who Bolívar really reincarnated as…
Not Chávez, not CAP, but… Ricardo Montalban. Now, that is uncanny. All S-Bol needs now is a midget next to him shouting “el galeón! el galeón!” [HT: hgdam.]
Brooklyn hipster stumbles upon “Aló, Presidente” on YouTube – hilarity ensues
Actually, it makes for a pretty good read… I started watching as a lark but became fascinated with the show when I realized, with some unease, that it was the most real reality TV I’d ever seen. Most shows called … Continue reading
One, two, a thousand Ismaels
After mistakenly tweeting tonight that another Supreme Court justice and a high-ranking military officer had fled to the United States, one would be tempted to chastise Ismael García for spreading false rumors. I say to Ismael: more power to ya. … Continue reading
Posted in Chavez's mental health, Politics
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As if on cue
Chavismo: 13 years without missing an opportunity to make fools of themselves. Case in point: the celebration of the second anniversary … of the opening of a Twitter account. A perfect bookend to my article on FP.
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