Overheard at a Tool convention
It must be nice to work for Centro Internacional Miranda: get a hefty salary, spout off a bunch of clichés, and be bathed in the veneer of official...
Life
Tim Tracy and the April connection
New Interior Minister Miguel Rodríguez Torres made public last week details about what he calls the “April connection”: an alleged plot where student groups were financed by an...
Workplace bullying as public policy
In the last few days, mutiple press reports indicate that some public sector workers have been fired and others have suffered harassment because of their political stance after...
Another day, another questionable report
Just when the smear about alleged attacks to CDI-clinics around the country has been proven false by multiple sources (including independent human rights NGO Provea), State media made...
Carito Chronicles
A guest submission by Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez, live from the Windy City. Yesterday, at DePaul University in Chicago, the following event was presented by the local Venezuelan consulate: The...
The election takes center stage at UNASUR (Updated)
The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will discuss tonight the current situation in Venezuela in an extraordinary presidential summit. The meeting will be held in Lima, as Perú...
Old and New Media Team Up to Lay Bare Maduro's CDI-Attack Lie
Venezuelan State Media reported yesterday that there were several violent attacks on Barrio Adentro outpatients clinics (known as CDI or Integral Diagnostic Centers) by opposition suporters on Monday...
Prosecutor, judge and jury
Supreme Tribunal chief Luisa Estella Morales says: “There won’t be a manual recount.” All of the sudden, she starts feeling guilty about people dying on the streets, and...
Pre-election Google Hangout
Join Gustavo and I for a pre-election conversation, Corpoelec willing. Already online. Also via Youtube.
Who is Maduro?
My take on the big, fat question mark we may be electing tomorrow – over at Transitions, by Foreign Policy. An excerpt: One of the failures in this...
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