Punked by a Pebble
Quico says: Readers may be shocked to learn I don’t really keep up with the ins-and-outs of the weird and wonderful world of gun-toting para-revolutionary chavistoid vigilante street...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
EmergenSIa
Quico says: This Noticiero Digital thread is a keeper. Most of them document the way Sí propaganda’s been plastered all over all kinds of public spaces, but the...
Hinterlaces Says
Quico says: In their latest set of slides, Hinterlaces (Oscar Schemel’s outfit) break down the results of their polling in the second half of January: Now, Schemel is...
Running Against the Petrostate
Playing now on Huffo… It’s a campaign ad, entitled “Hall of Fame”. It opens in a computer-generated museum. As the camera pans from one dictator’s portrait to the...
How To Argue Like an International Chavista
Quico says: After my epic, 200 post comments-thread-cum-PSF-free-for-all over on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site, I think I’ve learned some valuable lessons about the subtle art of...
Are you there, Stalin? It's me, Hugo
Juan Cristobal says: – Something very strange happened today. As far as we know, for the first time in five years, Chavez spoke with a member of the...
The Translation-bot Revolution
Quico says: Following on from yesterday’s ground breaking revelations, I see this in the INCES website: Now that is a classic! Sadly, the banner seems to have been...
All Your CIA Fax Are Belong To Us!
Quico says: Folks, I’m afraid the gig is up. They found us out. Somehow, our secret plot with the gringos over the referendum got leaked to Aporrea. They...
Too Hot for TV: The Ads CNE Won't Let You Watch
Quico says: How level is the electoral playing field in Venezuela these days? So level that the chavista-run National Elections Council actually gets to pick-and-choose which TV ads...
Chavismo's Amazing Self-Refuting Referendum Argument
Quico says: So we’ve all heard it again and again and then again some more: getting rid of term limits is not the same thing as “indefinite reelection”...
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