Los responsables de las fallas eléctricas son unos animales
First the Iguana, then the Possum, and now…
That Devil Plays a Mean Fiddle
The Devil’s Excrement has an excellent piece on Comando Venezuela’s approach to the very delicate issue of Election Day Witnesses. Be sure to read it.
Por Eso Es Que Estamos Como Estamos Chronicles
Venezuela’s summary in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report. Read it and weep… (click to enlarge)
There is no such thing as bad publicity
I ask some friends working with Capriles about the difference in media presence between the all-powerful, ever-present Comandante and “El Flaco.” Their response surprised me. In a nugget,...
How to lose businesses and alienate investors
Last week (during a house-giveaway cadena), the comandante presidente committed himself yet again to work side by side with the private sector if he’s reelected on October 7th....
Baptism by Demonic Shit
[Hat Tip: The increasingly invaluable País Verruga,which styles itself “La revista virtual con lo más protuberante de lo que ocurre al norte de Sudamérica y de lo que...
"El Puente sobre el Lago" turns fifty
Bridges in Venezuela are making headlines. Last week one collapsed in Miranda State, this week another one went down in Monagas. Others located elsewhere are now in peril. But...
Ventajismo? What ventajismo?!
A single picture to sum up the mad disparity in resources in this presidential campaign: The photo was taken in Caracas by Associated Press’ Fernando Llano. The article...
Who cares about Cadenas? Doesn't everyone in the barrio have DirecTV?
It may seem like it, what with so many visible satellite dishes. And yet, alas, no…
Chain of Fools
Continuing my quest to use that little corner of the NYTimes website to explain things that are basically inexplicable to a gringo, I take on the cultural juggernaut...
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