Calling for Back-up
So I went out and messed with the Guardianistas once more. On closer inspection, the only thing that appears to be 21st century about Chávez’s 21st-century socialism is the...
Gabriela Montero, a brave artist
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero is a spell-binding Venezuelan pianist. In a wonderful post over at HuffPo, she paints the Venezuelan reality in bold colors and doesn’t hold back...
Watch that inevitability narrative shift...
Finally somebody gets it. It’s not “Chávez is comfortably ahead in the polls.” It’s “while Chávez has a big lead according to plainly biased pro-government pollsters, serious independent...
How the Opposition Got Its Groove Back
Over on the IHT, I review the way Capriles has radically overhauled the opposition’s brand, broadening its appeal both geographically and socially. In the heat of the moment,...
Could our freakout become their October surprise?
It’s an underexplored question: our presidential elections happen to come just 30 days before Gringoistan heads to the polls. Which means in a Plan Aterra scenario where the...
Muse on the loose
One way this presidential campaign has already paid off is in the trove of great writing that it’s been inspiring. First, this magnum opus by Boris Muñoz, first...
#DondeEstánLosReales
An expanded version of that Reuters story just came out in Spanish, with extra juicy detail. Here’s a fun one: La fábrica de fertilizantes en Puerto Nutrias, un...
Experimental Evidence on the Fear Factor?
Make of this what you will: when Consultores 21 asks voters outright whether they will vote for Chávez or Capriles, 7.7% say they’re undecided. When, instead, they give...
The BusCaracas will finally arrive...
The neverending story of BusCaracas, the chavista Bus Rapid Transit project that’s faced more crises over the year than a Telenovela heroine, may finally be coming to an...
Closing arguments
The Governor makes his case in this, one of the final videos of the campaign. I asked a friend close to the Comando Venezuela why Capriles didn’t emphasize...
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