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Transition Launch Reax: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Something old: Two days before October’s vote I wrote, How sick Chávez may be is impossible to say. But his bout with cancer inevitably put his supporters in...
Comment of the Day
I’m still digesting the news from yesterday’s press conference, but for now I think new commenter “José” hits all the right notes: Lo peor de la noche no...
Hathos Alert
Turns out “heeeey sexy lady” rhymes with “eeeeste diciembre…” HT: Nestor…
We're going to miss him...
So Chávez’s wholesale disappearance for 3-weeks+ has finally convinced me: the guy’s probably dying now. There’s no other way to make sense of it. And, you know what?...
Two timing S.O.B.
I can’t really explain why, but this is a topic I really only felt comfortable writing about in Spanish.
27N Repeats Itself - First as Farce and then as Slapstick
Did you hear the one about the Chinese-made trainer jet that crashed in the air show to commemorate the failed putsch?! Thing is, el Chigüire got ahead of...
The Dilemma
The debate over whether rank-and-file Chávez voters deserve any share of responsibility for the myriad outrages of the Chávez era has produced more heat than light so far...
Accomplices Galore
I’m with Juan here. It’s not as if Judge Afiuni’s rape and torture story is some kind of freak exception. The dire, dire human rights situation inside Venezuelan...
The panfletonegrification of my mind
Somehow, the stuff I need to write these days feels more at home on PanfletoNegro than back here on what ought to be home turf.
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