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Tag Archives: Maduro
Three Weeks Out: The Supposedly-(but-not-really)-Pre-Campaign Round Up
Let’s recap of the first seven days of non-campaign campaigning, or in criollo doublespeak: pre-campaña. Technically, you see, the official campaign only starts on April 1st and lasts a mere 10 days. Obviously neither candidate has taken the CNE campaign schedule … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Presidential Election
Tagged Henrique Capriles, Maduro, presidential race, campaign, elections
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A blunder in Carabobo
Chavez made a huge mistake in Carabobo. The PSUV mayor of Puerto Cabello, Rafael Lacava, has a real chance against Salas Feo and has something most Chavistas in local offices lack: a governing record. As someone with family in the area I can tell … Continue reading
Chavismo’s idea of a “primary”
It’s hard not to speculate on Maduro’s future role now that Chávez has named Francisco Ameliach in his place as candidate for governor of Carabobo. The dedo-based primary was a sight to behold, btw. As a reader notes, “Nothing suprising … Continue reading
Posted in Chavismo
Tagged Maduro, Yo he dicho Ameliach!
MAD-uro
This one is flying sort of under the radar screen: turns out that in the wake of Fernando Lugo’s impeachment in Paraguay, Venezuelan foreign minister (and aspiring dauphin) Nicolás Maduro was in Asunción, where he took the opportunity to more-or-less … Continue reading
So, really, it’s Maduro or Diosdado, right?
Is it just me, or am I noticing a narrowing of the chatter to those two?
Esta se cae de…
The last time your sunglasses got nabbed out of your parked car, did dozens of cops from two local jurisdictions (plus two separate CICPC teams, plus the National Guard) show up, cordon off the shopping mall where your car was, search … Continue reading
Maduro…wait, really?!
El Mundo is running a story claiming bus-driver-turned-foreign-minister Nicolás Maduro will end up in the Vice-presidency after a reshuffle to come later today. It would take somebody more versed in the ins-and-outs of chavista kremlinology to know how credible that is, … Continue reading
