They Brought Out the A-Team to Pluck a Couple of Flowers
Preet Bharara is not quite a household name. But to those in the know he's a legend: he's the guy who caught the closest thing real life has to Kaiser Soze.
That one time Aporrea wrote a post with "AP/Wall Street Journal/Reuters/NYTimes" in the Byline
While we wait for El Universal to notice anything much has happened, Aporrea is now running posts with "AP/Reuters/Wall Street Journal/NYTimes" in byline.
Dos Florecitas: Major Drugs Bust Hits Venezuela's First Family
Efraín Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas - two flowery nephews - busted in Haiti on big-time drug-trafficking charges. It's all true.
Almagro Explores the Outer Reaches of "Diplomatic Language"
In 19 scorching pages, OAS chief Luis Almagro makes it entirely plain just how little of the bullshit CNE's is peddling the International Community is buying.
App Update: Agonizingly Close to The Supermajority We Need
New polling data suggests the opposition is within striking distance of winning 112 seats in the National Assembly: the all-important 2/3rds supermajority.
An Amazing Three Weeks
Editing Caracas Chronicles has been like surfing a tsunami of raw talent. An exhausted, exhilarated Quico thanks everyone who's made it possible.
The Ghost of 1957
Many in the opposition are sure the government will rig legislative elections on December 6th to hang on to power. The last time such a stunt was tried, the authoritarian regime collapsed within six weeks. Could December 2015 be the December 1957 of the 21st Century?
McDonald's to push boundaries with innovative "french fry" product for Venezuelan market
Daring new elongated rectangular fried potato stick design considered radical departure for burger chain best known for fried cassava snacks.
A headlamp! A headlamp! My cocaine kingdom for a headlamp!
Drug traffickers have just as hard a time finding spare parts for their cars as you do. Which is a good thing, as far as Colombian police is concerned.
Franklin Nieves's Other Problem with Evidence
You'd think Franklin Nieves would've put together a little file with some irrefutable evidence of his allegations before he bolted. No such luck.
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