Tracking Broken Promises
So, as we move towards Friday’s big flashy launch of Chávez’s pet Organization of American but Not North American States, I keep thinking someone, somewhere should be keeping a...
Life
Our sexist opposition
The other day, Carlos Ocariz, candidate for governor of Miranda, endorsed a group of 21 people who are vying for mayor in his state. Their names? Juan Carlos,...
Brilliant - UPDATED
Update: Turns out some of da kidz who made the video read this blog! Check out their rationale for it.
What CCTs can't do
In The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn launches a fascinating discussion of (very) early childhood intervention with wide repercussions for policy-making in Venezuela (and everywhere else.) Read it.
An event 28 years in the making
It’s hard to overstate the significance of tomorrow’s planned televised debate between the opposition’s five candidates for President. Venezuela has no tradition of political debates. In fact, the...
Latitude
As Juan hinted, I’m finding this whole newborn thing quite a bit more time consuming than I’d expected. (How does he manage with three!??) Still and all, I...
Please stand by
I’m here. Quico is here. We’ll see you Monday!
Libya today, China tomorrow?
El Mundo Economía y Negocios has a nice catch regarding Venezuela’s billion-dollar joint development fund with Libya. Signed just a year ago, partially ratified by the A.N. and...
What, another one!???
Jesus, another fake pollster?! En serio!? This one has such a generic name – International Consulting Services (!) – that a Google search just throws back all manner...
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