No manejamos ese tipo de información
by Erin Fletcher We’re not quite seated, but I’ve already launched into my well-rehearsed spiel. For perhaps the fifth time that day, I say I’m an economics professor...
One day we'll have tough investigative media...like Nicaragua does.
Nicaragua’s Confidencial magazine has the scoop on corruption in Albanisa – Alba de Nicaragua, S.A. – a binational firm created with Venezuelan state capital. Though Albanisa has expanded...
Santos razonamientos, Batman...
It’s saddening to think how completely electorally irrelevant it is, but in a parallel universe where people vote exclusively according to the best economic argument, Miguel Angel Santos’s...
Santos razonamientos, Batman...
It’s saddening to think how completely electorally irrelevant it is, but in a parallel universe where people vote exclusively according to the best economic argument, Miguel Angel Santos’s...
A call to skepticism
Just got a couple of new polls. Let’s see…hmmm. Ever heard of Keystone Mercadeo Táctico? Of Top Data? No? OK, let’s look at their websites. Oh wait, they...
Parallel campaign update
Before the campaign began in July, the Chavernment launched the “two-hearts’ strategy”: A elaborated PR campaign for the Executive branch (Venezuelan Heart), which contained elements that were similar...
No wonder tourists don't wanna come back here
Yesterday, Juan Cristobal picked apart a report from the BBC about the decline of foreign tourism in Venezuela. It’s an overdetermined problem: there’s more than one explanation, and each...
Yanosequépensar about the Yanomami Massacre
If a massacre happens in the middle of the jungle, and nobody’s there to see it, should it make a headline? This is the troubling question we’ve all...
"Sensation of Insecurity" Chronicles, ctd.
Simplicio Hernández, father of Delta Amacuro State governor Lizeta Hernández, was kidnapped last night in Tucupita by five individuals. He was himself governor of the state between 1979...
A call to pace ourselves
I see a lot of enthusiasm. I see our smartest readers being quoted as saying that the trend clearly shows Capriles is going to win. I see people who did...
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