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		<title>Estudiantina Komaba: Venezuela far, far beyond the clichés</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/18/estudiantina-komaba-venezuela-far-far-beyond-the-cliches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Venezuelan Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estudiantina Komaba]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela in Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My jaw hit the floor when I saw this: [Si por casualidad estás viendo esto en Tokio, la próxima presentación del grupo es este domingo, 20 de mayo 2012, en el marco de la Fiesta de Mayo de la Universidad de &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/18/estudiantina-komaba-venezuela-far-far-beyond-the-cliches/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15510&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caraqueños only care about La Planta when it screws up their commute</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/17/caraquenos-only-care-about-la-planta-when-it-screws-up-their-commute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Planta]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; My sad reflection on the day&#8217;s incredible events at La Planta, over on Foreign Policy&#8217;s Transitions Blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15501&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tarjetón Blues</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/17/tarjeton-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opposition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNE]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tarjeta Unica]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the sub-species in the bewildering fauna of Venezuelan oppositionism, the one I understand the least is the Tarjeta Única Jihadist: folk who&#8217;ve made it a point of honor to have a single spot on the ballot for the &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/17/tarjeton-blues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15461&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yon, Pastor, and the concept of opportunity cost</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/16/yon-pastor-and-the-concept-of-oppostunity-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Cristóbal Nagel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Other News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunity Cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Maldonado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yon Goicoechea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a big Twitter-ruckus yesterday after the publication of Yon Goicoechea&#8216;s latest column in El Universal. In it, Goicoechea criticizes Venezuelans for cheering and applauding Pastor Maldonado&#8217;s Formula 1 triumph last weekend. He reminds his readers how much Maldonado&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/16/yon-pastor-and-the-concept-of-oppostunity-cost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15442&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Routinization of the Squatting Racket</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/16/the-routinization-of-the-squatting-racket/</link>
		<comments>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/16/the-routinization-of-the-squatting-racket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuelan Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over in El Nacional, María Alesia Sosa and Maolis Castro have a detailed piece on the way squatting on disused or neglected apartment buildings has become routinized in Caracas these days. Turns out there&#8217;s a whole standard M.O. now, with criminal gangs &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/16/the-routinization-of-the-squatting-racket/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15441&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The most depressing Venezuelan prison photos yet</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/15/the-most-depressing-venezuelan-prison-photos-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They are not gory shots of mutilated inmates. They are not appalling pictures of overcrowding, or heavily armed inmates. No &#8211; the most depressing Venezuelan prison photos I&#8217;ve seen recently are these propaganda shots of the sparkling &#8220;new&#8221; prisons the &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/15/the-most-depressing-venezuelan-prison-photos-yet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15425&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Troll Bait Alert</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/15/troll-bait-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International chavistas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I admit it: my latest over on the IHT Latitude Blog is 100% pure, unadulterated troll bait.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15423&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life in La Planta</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/15/life-in-la-planta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on Global Post, Girish Gupta sets the scene: CARACAS, Venezuela — A cloud of marijuana bounces along with the bass line from a stack of six-foot high speakers in the corner of this large hall, its smell infused with &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/15/life-in-la-planta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15419&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daniela Larreal&#8217;s Olympic struggle for funding</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/14/daniela-larreals-olympic-struggle-for-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gustavo Hernandez Acevedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Other News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Venezuelan Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan track cyclist Daniela Larreal has plenty of Olympic experience: four appereances in the last five games (she missed Beijing 2008 due to an accident) and she has qualified for London 2012. But last week, she faced her biggest challenge &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/14/daniela-larreals-olympic-struggle-for-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15410&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grown men wasting millions of dollars while burning fossil fuels for fun?</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/13/grown-men-wasting-millions-of-dollars-while-burning-gasoline-for-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 15:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In Other News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F1 is Dumb]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The wonder is that Venezuelans don&#8217;t win every Grand Prix.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15404&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speechless</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/12/speechless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 00:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just click on this.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15401&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggación, primo!</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/12/vyaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggacion-primo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gustavo Hernandez Acevedo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lo que nos faltaba. Maracaibo newspaper La Verdad just ran this stunning piece on the latest innovations of Zulian criminality. Pirates are now working the Lago de Maracaibo. Like, actual pirates. [Enter favorite pirate joke here...] Now it&#8217;s all fun and games &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/12/vyaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggacion-primo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15384&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daunted, much?</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/11/daunted-much/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Datanalisis&#8217;s April number is out. I only have the headline figures, but:    1,300 people surveyed.    Chavez 43%    Capriles 26% Yes, it&#8217;s an early poll. Yes, Chávez is still well south of 50%. Yes, most people aren&#8217;t tuned &#8230; <a href="http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/11/daunted-much/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15369&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holy. Cow.</title>
		<link>http://caracaschronicles.com/2012/05/10/holy-cow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 02:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A secret police team has just turned up at Ultimas Noticias&#8217; office asking questions about crosswordpuzzlegate. It&#8217;s&#8230; Wow. Just wow.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15366&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Narcing on the Narcos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francisco Toro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new piece re: LVA for Foreign Policy&#8217;s Transitions blog.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caracaschronicles.com&#038;blog=4220356&#038;post=15364&#038;subd=caracaschronicles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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