Annals of Suggestive Headline Writing
ABN: Venezuela and Cuba Exchange Animals.
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Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
¿Qué?!
Quico says: One nice thing about living in Holland is that I’m close enough to England to pick up the BBC’s radio and TV broadcasts. It’s a balm....
Get a grip!
Quico says: The government could barely contain its collective orgasm today over the launch of “the first Venezuelan satellite.” Venezuelan?! Se fumaron una lumpia…Chinese design, Chinese engineering, Chinese...
If the electrons oppose us, we shall fight against them and force them to obey us
Quico says: The revolution’s Woody Allenesque extremes of paranoia reached a weird zenith last week with this story about the three Edelca engineers who took the rap for...
58%
Quico says: That’s the proportion of Venezuelan voters who still like Hugo Chávez. Datanalisis dixit. Granted, just 35% have confidence he can help solve the country’s problems. But...
Known unknowns
“There are known knowns. There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we...
Putting the fun in devaluation
Juan Cristobal says: – Let’s play psychic. With oil tanking and the world veering on recession, things are not looking good for Venezuela, no matter what Chávez says....
Some nuggets are worth keeping
Juan Cristobal says: – The President talks a lot of bunk, but sometimes, the stuff he says is really meaningful. Like yesterday, when he said: “We have managed...
The chats of others
Quico says: A few nights ago I was blown away by Florian von Donnersmarck’s brilliant 2006 film, The Lives of Others. In a quiet, methodical way, the film...
The unity fetish
Juan Cristobal says: Sometimes, when I’m bored, I like to indulge in a bit of political S&M and lurk in the opposition comment boards on Noticiero Digital and...
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