You Can Have Any Watch You Want, So Long As It's a Rolex
A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals major criminal probes are ongoing into corruption on a quite staggering scale in Rafael Ramírez's PDVSA.
Everyone and their mothers is implicated in the Hergueta murder
In a move that has surpassed even the most permissive standards of batshit lunacy, the Venezuelan government has published its definitive list of suspects linked to José Pérez Venta's murder and hacking-up of Liana Hergueta. Chavismo's strangle-hold on public opinion through misinformation has basically obliterated Venezuelans' capacity and willingness to judge facts for themselves.
Murder, Deceit, and Patriotic Cooperation
Turns out, Patriotas Cooperantes are sick, degenerate psychopaths being used by the chavista propaganda machine to orchestrate a media-fueled political scandal that could implicate opposition leaders in a gruesome murder investigation, just in time for parliamentary elections.
We also look out for the reading-impaired
Listen to Nelson Bocaranda´s feature of Anabella Abadi and Barbara Lira's open letter to the TSJ in his prime-time radio show today.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the War for Miranda's Second Circuit, But Were Afraid to Ask
Last Friday saw the end of a nasty and self-destructive struggle for supremacy within the opposition coalition for the right to nominate the candidate for the safest seat in the country. The outcome left Maria Corina Machado sidelined, divisions within the opposition more evident than ever, and a bitter taste for those of us supposed to vote for them come December.
The U.S. and Venezuela should just get a room
Venezuela's relationship with the Imperialist North has recently gone from chilly to chummy in a matter of weeks. What gives?
The Brazilian Senators: What Actually Happened
A group of Brazilian Senators traveled to Venezuela for a state-sanctioned visit. In a matter of hours, by confining them to a 10 km. stretch of asphalt, the Venezuelan government facilitated these men a more profound understanding of our political situation than miles of road travel and hours of interviews could ever have.
Stop hating on queues!
The government wants you to know that waiting in line for scarce products is a good way of stimulating the economy, and that the Chinese are sneaky salesmen.
The Opposition is Divided (and that's ok)
Take my hand, I'll walk you down MUD memory lane and show you exactly when the Great Opposition Rift began, how it never healed, and how MUD pretends it never happened.
The Opposition is Divided (and that's ok)
The rift within the Venezuelan opposition in itself isn’t a problem. It’s the catatonic denial of the rift that is absolutely corrosive.
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