A date forever burnt into the nation's psyche
April 11th is a date destined to be remembered as the moment when a popularly-elected-leader-turned-ruthless-autocrat willing to use violence to stay in power long after he’d lost the...
The Pearly Gates
Over in Spanish, Raúl laughs his head off at Chávez’s supposed “plan” to stay in power after losing the vote. #7…or is this cheating?
Splitters!
This story about PPT splitting again between a pro-Chávez and an anti-Chávez faction is pure Monty Python. Gotta love AVN’s glee at this stuff… #6…we’re already behind!
The illusion of inevitability
(You can find the original Spanish version of this post at Alejandro Tarre’s Blog.) Two items: 1) Hugo Chávez in a recent interview published in Uruguay’s La República: I...
The View From Your Window (is back!)
Mérida, Valera, 10:30 a.m. (To participate, send the View from Your Window, along with the location and the time the photo was taken, to caracaschronicles at fastmail dot...
Nine years on
Yes folks, it’s really been nine years. Really. There’s nothing more to add at this point. It’s all been said, and lied about, and set straight, and lied about...
The Peruvian Debacle
I spent most of last night in a state of catatonic shock at what happened in Peru. Just slowly rocking back and forward in my chair muttering “no,...
Embracing the challenge
Some of our readers have expressed concern about our 100-post challenge. Why, you ask, should we privilege quantity over quality? What’s the point in doing it now, given...
100 posts, five days, no mercy
Both Juan and I have had serious deadlines in our regular work. But those deadlines will be over in a few hours. However, rather than ease our way...
Volunteer Heaven!
The response to my Call for Volunteers last week has been amazing…so many dataheads, so little time! Thanks so much to everyone who’s written in. (And to those...
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