A Modest Proposal
These days, the government faces two seemingly intractable crises: there are far too many guns in the streets, and there are far too few bonds in the BCV-regulated SITME...
On Ballot Stuffing, I'm a Glass-99.86%-Full Kind of Guy
On this blog, we’ve always stressed the difference between "Hard Rigging" an election – actual, Persian-style numerical fraud – and "Soft Rigging" it through an accumulation of unfair...
Another Ad, Don't Vote!
The best ad of the season, so far, is this Don’t Vote! ad, pa que cojan mínimo los abstencionistas. http://www.youtube.com/v/CA5IPFSDVcs?fs=1&hl=en_US The ad was put out by the...
Another ad, Aminta and the gang
A reader sends me a series of ads the opposition MUD is putting out. In them, ordinary Venezuelans speak directly to an over-zealous camera to talk about the...
Carlos Escarrá: Yeah, we're Communists
The video of this interview of chavista head-honcho Carlos Escarrá is pretty illuminating. After weeks, months even, denying they are communists and demonizing people who, like Caracas’...
With Respect
Hunger striking is a peculiar form of protest. Superficially a desperate plea for recognition from those with power over us, its logic hinges, paradoxically, on the striker’s recognition...
Chávez's Message on Crime: Don't Think of an Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/v/m9uXgF4NpLA?fs=1&hl=en_US "It is not true that Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries in the world!" That’s the best the Fat Man could come up with on...
The Opposition's Path to 83 Seats in the National Assembly
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2F02ed1ef.netsolhost.com%2Fgeoit%2Fdirections%2Fvenkmlfull.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=6.446318,-66.577148&spn=13.072158,13.183594&z=5&output=embed View Larger Map This is what Victory on 26S looks like. The map shows the Opposition’s likeliest path to an overall majority in the National Assembly: If we...
Reading Between Yoani's Lines
Decrying this as illegal would be handing out the proverbial speeding ticket at the Indianapolis 500. I mean, duh! What strikes me as more interesting is the way...
When your morning newspaper reads like a hackneyed 50s comic book plot device (UPDATED)
<p> Last night, Venezuela’s new National Police’s headquarters building was robbed. A gang of sixteen used a blowtorch to extract Bs.120,000 ($10,000-55,000, depending on the exchange rate you prefer)...
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