Que se siente ser Mark Zuckerberg, pero pelabola?
D. Pratt, whose brain PanfletoNegro came out of, weighs in on the Comment-via-Email thing: Hasta los lurkers se manifiestan cuando cambias algo en una página que funcionaba bien....
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Lacava, cont.
A reader: It may be a blunder by Chávez, but there is an alternate explanation: [Puerto Cabello’s PSUV Mayor Rafael] Lacava has been reaching out beyond chavismo just...
No Comments: Unworkable*, impersonal**, undemocratic***, dull****...
*don’t want to imagine the amount of reading you’ll have to do – of the good, the bad and the ugly. I imagine Sullivan has his staff, do...
Alerta, Alerta, Alerta que camina...
…el poster de Bolívar por América Latina! A reader quips: “See? All that money spent on reconstructing Bolívar’s face is boosting the local economy and creating jobs.” I’m lovin’...
Playing Gorragate for Points
A reader writes: I think that “baseball cap gate” here is an actual plus for Capriles on so many levels it isn’t even funny. Why? Getting rebuked for...
Chavismo's idea of a "primary"
It’s hard not to speculate on Maduro’s future role now that Chávez has named Francisco Ameliach in his place as candidate for governor of Carabobo. The dedo-based primary...
If it's not way-over-the-top, you're not flaunting your power properly
I’m fascinated by crazy little flash-in-the-pan controversies like the one over Capriles’s baseball hat. In case you’ve been living under a rock, two CNE directors have now weighed...
Everybody Hates Comments-via-Email
One reader puts the boot right in: You have achieved to make “CC” as boring as “Venezuelan politics and Human Rights“. Ouch! Another is more cognizant of the...
That uncomfortable feeling
A reader writes, Latin America ranks dead last among regions in the world on perceived safety in the streets, per a Gallup poll. Venezuela is the country where...
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