Twitter lands them in the slammer
It had to happen. The Venezuelan government has just detained two people for things they wrote on their Twitter boards. One of them is Luis Acosta Oxford. His...
Life
What's Reddest about the Communes' Bill is the Tape
It pays to spend some time reading chavismo’s controversial new bill for a Communes’ Law. Politics aside, the thing that jumps out at you is that chavistas are...
A tiny opening
Venezuela’s opposition has apparently found a new chink in the chavista armour. The government has gone to great lengths in recent days to reassure the population that, no,...
Chávez government disposes of bodies in common grave
Globovisión, Venezuela’s sole opposition-minded TV station, has been doing a fairly decent job tracking the ever-growing scandal of the thousands upon thousands of kilos of food purchased by...
Dear Leader hearts Fearless Leader
Guess whose radar screen we’re on now… Pak Ui Chun Greets Venezuelan FM Pyongyang, July 5 (KCNA) — Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun...
The Third Take on the Mezerhane Scandal
As far as I can see, there are three takes on the case of Nelson Mezerhane – the part-owner of opposition broadcaster Globovisión who got the hell out of...
The guru
Following Juan Manuel Santos’ scorching landslide in Colombia’s Presidential election, much attention has been paid to the Venezuelan expert who, seemingly, helped turn his campaign around when Antanas...
How to read that C21 poll
So the June Consultores 21 snapshot poll leaked, creating a bit of a commotion among the commentariat. And for good reason: it shows Chavismo heading into September’s parliamentary...
The Pyongyang Moment is Nigh
I’ve long had this hunch – just a hunch, really – that sooner or later, in a fit of ideological fervor, Hugo Chávez is bound to align Venezuela...
FP suggests new friends for Chávez
Hugo Chávez has been included in Foreign Policy’s list of the world’s worst dictators. For any reasonable Venezuelan, this is just another embarrassment. For Chávez, it reads like...
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