First Results
Quico says: We can now confirm three opposition wins: Pablo Perez has been elected Governor of Zulia Henrique Salas Feo has been elected Governor of Carabobo Morel Rodriguez...
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Chigüire Forever!
Chigüire says: Any minute now we could get a bulletin with the final results from the December 2, 2007 referendum.
Super secret confidential inside info:
Quico says: I got nothin’…
Chutzpah Chronicles
Quico says: Muller Rojas denounces that the opposition is offering cash to people waiting in line to vote to go home! Update: Teodoro says Muller Rojas sounded like...
The Nerviest Hour
Quico says: Every election cycle, it’s the same thing. The polls close. But results don’t come out for another 3 or 4 hours. In the interim, we collectively...
What's at stake in Barinas
Quico says: El País of Spain is the only paper to have done some in depth reporting on the race for governor in Barinas. If you can read...
Yet More Gossip: Street Money Edition
Quico says: PSUV offered its activists payments ranging from BsF. 2,000 to BsF. 4,000 ($900-1800 at the official exchange rate) to work on the campaign. The deal is...
Resignifying the Porkchop
Quico says: A tiny observation: isn’t it funny how the word “chuleta” (meaning cheat-sheet – but literally, porkchop) has been resignified over the last few days? When I...
Why Today Matters
Quico says: The funny thing is that today’s elections matter almost entirely on a symbolic level. What we’re seeing today is the latest installment in the decade-long psychodrama...
Chávez Cries Fraud!
Quico says: Bonkers but true: Adan Chávez claims when his dad (a.k.a. Governor Chávez) voted in Barinas, the machine printed out a ballot voucher that didn’t match the...
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