FInding a partner is hard to do
Juan Cristóbal says: – File this under “important stories we are not paying enough attention to:” the government’s efforts aimed at finding partners to develop the Carabobo Block...
Life
Trends
Juan Cristóbal says: – Today I read about two eye-popping trends. The first – McDonald’s is reporting that sales in Venezuela are increasing, despite the country’s dramatic shift...
The reason why Capriles bailed on Washington
Juan Cristóbal says: – There was a high-profile meeting today at OAS eadquarters in Washington between OAS diplomats and Antonio Ledezma, Pablo Pérez and César Pérez Vivas. The...
In praise of barbarism
Juan Cristóbal says: – Several readers have chastised me for using sexist language in two of my stream-of-consciousness posts today. I called Cilia Flores a whore and I...
Andrew Sullivan is an Animal
Quico says: I close day one with a newfound appreciation for the high-volume blogger’s craft. I simply blogged as much as my imagination could sustain, with a friend’s...
Bureaucracy as it should be
Quico says: So, a little over a year ago, I wrote this epic post about going to get my driver’s license in Caracas. In this blog’s seven year...
Do U tweet?
Juan Cristóbal says: – As some of you may know, I finally caved and began using twitter a few weeks ago. (Insert shameless self-promotion here ) Venezuelan politicians...
Remind me: which part of OAS is a champion of democracy and which part are the imperialist goons again?
Quico says: As we see OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza increasingly mimetized with Chávez over the Honduran crisis, it’s worth remembering that the organization the guy leads...
Promoting gay marriage and homophobia...in one go!
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x9vxh4 Juan Cristóbal says: This video of National Assembly speaker Cilia Flores in full-attack mode packs a wallop. It shows the under-appreciated Flores promoting a motion to censure...
This Abuse of Power is Sponsored by Roche
Quico says: It’s hard to overstate how bizarre the judicial persecution against Globovision financier and president Guillermo Zuloaga’s had already gotten even before the judge put in charge...
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