The slippery slope
Katy says: It’s always a challenge to write about Venezuela from abroad. Much of what happens in the country depends on moods: the mood of the government, the...
Life
Opposition agrees on...
Katy says: Today the opposition to Chavez signed an agreement on 10 points for the future of the country. The 10 points they committed to are: 1. Rescuing...
Post-Referendum Blues
Quico says: How big a hit did Chávez’s popularity take after his referendum defeat last year? According to Datos, by the third week in December just 30% of...
AD/OD
Quico says: I’m on record complaining bitterly about the fragmentation of Venezuela’s opposition into more and more tiny and ineffective parties. But recently, I’ve been wondering how new...
Confessions of a Militant Heisigista
[Quico warns: I don’t usually allow this blog to stray too far from its core subject – Venezuelan politics – but every so often I do indulge one...
Tirofijo in The Hague
Quico says: I find the debate on FARC/ELN belligerence really very bizarre. Both the Colombian rebels and the Venezuelan government talk as though Belligerent Status were a kind...
Everything I need to know about diplomacy I learned from Jim Malone
Katy says: Given the recent spats between Colombia and Venezuela, one of the things that jumps out is the difference in style and tone between the two governments....
Chávez's Latest Fixation: What's he after?
Quico says: Poor Colombians. Their country has become the latest focus of Chávez’s boundless capacity to fixate. The guy doesn’t seem to talk about much else these days...
The permanent rape of Bolívar
Quico says: Even now, nine years into the Chávez era, it’s hard for me to know how to handle the surges of raw anger that well up inside...
The case for primaries
Katy says: A comment by fellow blogger Miguel regarding primaries got me thinking. Miguel was reminding me about the experience with Copei in 1993. Back then, Copei decided...
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