Loco es el que come mierda
It’s a hardy perennial of Venezuelan political divination: "is Chávez losing it?" To answer that, I think we have to refer back to that unbelievably rude but prescient criollo saying:...
Chávez vs. the blogs
Hugo Chávez has finally lost it. In his increasingly desperate attempts to control the parallel market for dollars, he has denounced the "Dólar Paralelo" blog, which regularly lists...
The reds and the populist
<p> Red-shirted demonstrators from the urban and rural poor show their support for a populist, controversial, heavy-handed, yet popular leader, by confronting the forces of the elite in...
Alternative Vote Minus
The thing to grasp here is that nobody set out to design the system we have. It evolved from a chavista Marramucia (dirty trick) and ended up enshrined...
Crazy Non-Sequitur Chronicles
2-OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza notes that this kind of open interference in neighboring countries’ elections is probably not strictly within the rules of engagement in hemispheric...
Winning the Battle against Dihydrogen Monoxide
I suppose the government will trumpet this as victory over the scourge of Dihydrogen Monoxide. Those of us who need water to survive may take a different view:...
"Each day we are more the same thing..."
It’s easy to lose track of how, over time, chavistas have shifted from dismissing cries of "cubanization" to accepting, even glorying in the charge. As Raúl Castro calls the two...
Orwellia Morales
Facing a barrage of bad news and dismal poll numbers, Aurora Morales, AN Deputy and candidate in Miranda’s 1st Congressional District, went into spin overdrive. "We are not...
Romero & the neighbors, Daniel mourns, and the brave Yoani
A quick heads-up on four excellent articles: – Simón Romero has a couple of terrific articles, one about Antanas Mockus and the Colombian elections, and another, better one,...
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