Andrés Iniesta Gives Me Back My Brain
Yesterday, after 30 days of football-fueled oligophreny, Andrés Iniesta gave me my brain back for another 47 months. Good of him, that.
Chabuki watch #6
The theater of the absurd continues. Here is the fat man yesterday, giving a political speech on the grounds of the Military Academy, reiterating that he is not...
Twitter lands them in the slammer
It had to happen. The Venezuelan government has just detained two people for things they wrote on their Twitter boards. One of them is Luis Acosta Oxford. His...
What's Reddest about the Communes' Bill is the Tape
It pays to spend some time reading chavismo’s controversial new bill for a Communes’ Law. Politics aside, the thing that jumps out at you is that chavistas are...
A tiny opening
Venezuela’s opposition has apparently found a new chink in the chavista armour. The government has gone to great lengths in recent days to reassure the population that, no,...
Chávez government disposes of bodies in common grave
Globovisión, Venezuela’s sole opposition-minded TV station, has been doing a fairly decent job tracking the ever-growing scandal of the thousands upon thousands of kilos of food purchased by...
Dear Leader hearts Fearless Leader
Guess whose radar screen we’re on now… Pak Ui Chun Greets Venezuelan FM Pyongyang, July 5 (KCNA) — Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun...
The Third Take on the Mezerhane Scandal
As far as I can see, there are three takes on the case of Nelson Mezerhane – the part-owner of opposition broadcaster Globovisión who got the hell out of...
How to read that C21 poll
So the June Consultores 21 snapshot poll leaked, creating a bit of a commotion among the commentariat. And for good reason: it shows Chavismo heading into September’s parliamentary...
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