Santos Does His Job; Venezuelan Reactionaries Blanche
It’s fun to see the horrified responses in bits of Venezuela’s further-right-wing blogosphere at Juan Manuel Santos’s newfound partnership with Chávez. Some of these guys just can’t believe...
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A date forever burnt into the nation's psyche
April 11th is a date destined to be remembered as the moment when a popularly-elected-leader-turned-ruthless-autocrat willing to use violence to stay in power long after he’d lost the...
The Pearly Gates
Over in Spanish, Raúl laughs his head off at Chávez’s supposed “plan” to stay in power after losing the vote. #7…or is this cheating?
Splitters!
This story about PPT splitting again between a pro-Chávez and an anti-Chávez faction is pure Monty Python. Gotta love AVN’s glee at this stuff… #6…we’re already behind!
The View From Your Window (is back!)
Mérida, Valera, 10:30 a.m. (To participate, send the View from Your Window, along with the location and the time the photo was taken, to caracaschronicles at fastmail dot...
Nine years on
Yes folks, it’s really been nine years. Really. There’s nothing more to add at this point. It’s all been said, and lied about, and set straight, and lied about...
The Peruvian Debacle
I spent most of last night in a state of catatonic shock at what happened in Peru. Just slowly rocking back and forward in my chair muttering “no,...
100 posts, five days, no mercy
Both Juan and I have had serious deadlines in our regular work. But those deadlines will be over in a few hours. However, rather than ease our way...
Volunteer Heaven!
The response to my Call for Volunteers last week has been amazing…so many dataheads, so little time! Thanks so much to everyone who’s written in. (And to those...
Hugo Chávez: Toxic Brand
How toxic has the Chávez brand gotten in Latin America? So toxic that even the candidates the guy has bought and paid for are forced to distance themselves repeatedly...
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