CPJ Takes on Communicational Hegemony
On the heels of a scathing LA Times piece on the tone of campaign coverage in the National System of Public Media, the latest report on the state...
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Miraflores Sit Room Exposed!
The latest cadena from Miraflores had a different setting than usual: Meet the “Presidential Command Post”. Probably you have heard of it by its other name: The Sala Situacional....
El Reventón IV
A few days ago, I was privileged to attend a screening of El Reventón I and II, two documentaries by Venezuelan filmmaker Carlos Oteyza. Using archival footage from...
Taking the good lucha to D.C.
by Roberto Nasser As the old saying has it, “all politics are local“. But for plenty of us, it’s just not true. As a Caraqueño in D.C., I’m...
Ad War Update, cont.
Henrique Capriles answers the question: Why do I want to be President? HCR’s commercials keep getting better, even if Chávez’s spots are clearly more expensive. Chávez appeals to...
An Exhaustive Investigation
This morning, President Chávez promised an exhaustive investigation into the causes of last night’s fatal blast at Amuay Refinery. The sun hasn’t even set yet, and that investigation...
The Cadena that Wasn't
For once, today, Venezuela faced a situation where a Cadena Nacional would have been entirely appropriate, even welcome. Facing a genuine national disaster, people naturally turn to their...
Por Eso Es Que Estamos Como Estamos Chronicles
Venezuela’s summary in the World Bank’s Doing Business Report. Read it and weep… (click to enlarge)
How to lose businesses and alienate investors
Last week (during a house-giveaway cadena), the comandante presidente committed himself yet again to work side by side with the private sector if he’s reelected on October 7th....
Who cares about Cadenas? Doesn't everyone in the barrio have DirecTV?
It may seem like it, what with so many visible satellite dishes. And yet, alas, no…
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