Someone needs to get a grip
Juan Cristobal says: – Quico and I were talking today about running a “whatever happened to?” You know, as in whatever happened to Alfredo Peña, Juan Fernández, Carlos...
Life
Residual memories
Quico says: I’m a bit late to this story, but didn’t want to let it pass without a comment. About a week ago, Luisa Ortega Díaz, Chávez’s prosecutor...
The emerald city
Juan Cristobal says: – One of the biggest challenges in writing this blog is bridging the disconnect between our perception of Venezuelan politics and the day-to-day reality on...
Chávez : Bush :: Peas : Pod
Quico says: Oh Hugo, if only you knew how right you have it. [hat tip: dorothy]
Plato and the paranoia of power
Quico says: In a previous post, I started citing great big chunks of Plato’s republic. Strange as it seems, it isn’t just some gratuitous outburst of pretentiousness (though,...
Chavismo Foretold
Quico says: We tend to think of chavismo as shiny and new: all 21st Century and postmodern. But the basic mechanism whereby democracy gradually morphs into tyranny? Plato...
Gustavo MarWHO?!
Quico says: State-level polls are likely to be thin on the ground over the next few weeks, and published polls even thinner. So I’ll jump on whatever I...
It's official
Quico says: Hugo Chávez is now fodder for Republican attack ads… [Have yer damn hat tip, JayDee…]
Quod erat demonstrandum
Juan Cristobal and Quico say: Sometimes, chavismo takes all the fun out of parody by, in effect, parodying itself. Case in point: Human Rights Watch has just published...
The apple that fell a couple of time zones over from the tree
Quico says: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait! The kid who runs El Chigüire Bipolar is Alberto Federico Ravell’s son?! HUH?!
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