C21 Slides
Here are the slides with the detail of Consultores 21’s June poll. You’re welcome.
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MAD-uro
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The Polling in Perspective
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You loved hearing it here first
Consultores 21’s June poll has Chávez on 47.9% and Henrique Capriles on 44.5%, well within the margin of error. Standard disclaimers apply: like all polls, this is a snapshot...
Annals of Rigged Baselines
Loved this bit from Food Minister Carlos Osorio, “In 2003, Misión Alimentación was launched with five shops and today we have 22,306 shops throughout the country, an increase...
Coming soon...
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Exxon lost against PDVSA, but it's still playing against Venezuela
So the blogging on this PDVSA vs. ExxonMobil case has gotten mighty interesting over on Devil’s Excrement. This is a really major story, and props to Miguel, he’s...
We interrupt your New Year's day hangover to inform... (UPDATED)
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