Ad War Update: reaching the endgame
With two days of official campaign left, the candidates are rushing to make the most with the little time they have left. This is also visible on the...
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Annals of Bad Timing
I know … I know … the timing is garishly bad. But over the next two weeks I’m going to be off the grid – doing day-job stuff...
Chavenomics inspires a nifty cartoon
Yeah, that pretty much rocked (in Spanish). Kudos to Daniel and Miguel Angel for this.
Google Hangout with Rory Carroll
My chat with Rory Carroll, author of the new book, “Comandante,” just ended. Also available via Youtube.
Ad War Update: one week to go
The shortest presidential campaign in Venezuelan history is now underway in the streets, on the airwaves and also on the inter-tubes. Let’s have a look: With footage of...
The ethics of campaign consulting
It’s me vs. the Brazilians in this Simón Romero New York Times piece. The money quote: [Santana’s] skills also came into focus in Venezuela, where both Mr. Chávez, who...
We're all for universal equilibrium, as long as somebody else pays
The U.N. General Assembly just passed a landmark global treaty on arms sales. First reports indicated that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained, which was perhaps not surprising...
Roy Chaderton joins the looney bin
In the last couple of weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the Maduro campaign has bought a one-way ticket on the Mental Express. In spite of this,...
Ad War Update: pre-campaña ends, official campaign begins
With the official campaign now upon us, what’s left of the pre-campaña is online: The Maduro campaign is going big on the figure of the comandante supremo. Here,...
El Chigüire Gives Up
This feels historic, somehow. Venezuela’s premier source of satire bows to the evident: you just can’t parody a movement this good at parodying itself.
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