Let's-not-kid-ourselves Chronicles
The New York Times’ William Neuman breaks down the election. Two money quotes: The government used a huge spending increase to boost the economy and consolidate support before...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
They have the majority, but we have the best writers
Here’s a terrific piece by Ana Teresa Torres, published in Prodavinci. It’s called “About sadness.” The money quote: Conozco y aprecio a venezolanos para quienes el resultado de...
Kumbaya Chronicles
The leaders of the nation’s two irreconcileable camps held a “friendly” phone call, and made a joint call for unity. Defying expectations, it was Chávez who placed the...
The Datanálisis election
Readers of this blog know that for the past few weeks, we (mostly me, really) have raised serious doubts about Datanálisis’ poll predictions. At the same time, we...
Tibisay talks, freedom dies
Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena says that she will block web pages that violate the law by “publishing results.” On what basis does this woman become the arbiter...
The truth about exit polls
… is that they’re crap. In fact, I don’t even know how many there are out there. They lead to misleading results, and they screw up expectations all...
Democracy in slow motion
Story after story we keep hearing is the same: three, four, five hours in searing heat, waiting to vote. So … I shoot a quick e-mail to the...
It's the lack of food, stupid
The Wall Street Journal’s Sarah Schaefer Muñoz does a nice job tracking the reality chavismo has imposed on the countryside. The money quote: From 2004 to 2011, corn...
Quico hits the New York Times Op-Ed page
A love letter to Brazil… As millions of Brazilians rose into the middle class, Mr. Chávez’s autocratic excesses came to look unnecessary and inexcusable to Venezuelans. Mr. da...
Capriles as Juan de Austria
My last post before the election over at Foreign Policy. As Quico said, it’s difficult to write many of these without sounding repetitive. On this one, I gave...
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