Carora hearts Capriles
Could the enthusiastic welcome given to Henrique Capriles in Carora today – where he drew a contrast on the issue of corruption between himself and Chávez – be...
The Family vs. Society?
Yet another runner in the race to explain the old imponderable: ¿Por Qué es Que Estamos Como Estamos? In a famous study half a century ago, the political scientist Edward Banfield coined...
Ad War Update, continued
The Chavez camp has decided to push the narrative of inevitability is its latest one-minute spot, focusing on footage of its rallys and what they called “…the most...
Bad education
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I talk about the issue nobody wants to discuss. Because we’re all too busy obsessing about grainy videos and envelopes full of cash.
The litmus test
September 13th will go down as one of the toughest days in Henrique Capriles Radonski’s presidential run. As I watched on VTV the video of deputy Juan Carlos...
JCCaldera Press Conference Liveblog
After a grainy videotape was published this morning of Primero Justicia congressman and candidate to the Petare Mayorship Juan Carlos Caldera receiving packs of cash from a shadowy...
JCCaldera Steps In It
Hand it to Jorge Rodríguez: Comando Carabobo’s smear campaign is extremely well orchestrated. The video, apparently made last June, shows close Capriles supporter Juan Carlos Caldera accepting a...
The CFR Heebie Jeebies
This CFR memo, by Patrick Duddy, gave me the heebbie jeebbies. Should Chavez appear to be losing the election, die suddenly, or withdraw from public life for health...
The CFR Heebie Jeebies
This CFR memo, by Patrick Duddy, gave me the heebbie jeebbies. Should Chavez appear to be losing the election, die suddenly, or withdraw from public life for health...
My other problem with Capriles's more-Mercales ad
Addendum: Watching that ad again, I think my earlier criticism was overstated. 95% of the messaging is fine. There are just a few sentences towards the end where his...
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