An oppo harakiri in the making
Quico says: A little bird just put Hinterlaces’ daily phone tracking poll for September 3rd, 4th and 5th in my inbox. It makes for some incredibly infuriating reading....
Life
Poll chart anyone?
Quico says: Datanalisis’ latest poll, carried out between July 28th and August 7th (so, just before the official announcement) asked… “If there was a referendum next Sunday to...
Not Even the Dead are Safe in Caracas
Quico says: This article by Chris Kraul for the LA Times is instant fodder for the Reader’s Guide. Skulking in the dead of night in the remote and...
Chávez vs. Chávez
Chávez says: “It’s not true that I have a plan to perpetuate myself in power, and the proposal [for indefinite re-election] made by [then] Assembly member Luis Velásquez...
Recess
Katy says: Both Quico and I are traveling. Check back here next week for more fun under the sun.
Is Chávez too left-wing for The Guardian?
Katy says: This article by The Guardian on Chávez’s tirade against the newspaper in Aló, Presidente is priceless. The dry English wit drips off the (web)page. Rory Carroll,...
A couple Chávez missed...
Quico says: In a morbid, quasi-masochistic kind of way, it’s intriguing to think through some of the bits of the 1999 constitution Chávez forgot to mess with in...
Quotable quotes
The continuation in authority of the same individual has frequently been the end of democratic governments. Repeated elections are essential in popular systems, because nothing is so dangerous...
It's the re-election, stupid!
Quico says: I’m frankly disheartened by the way the debate on Constitutional Reform has gone so far. The Opposition has decided to focus on an abstract, procedural and...
Boli-mumbo-jumbo
Katy says: Article 345 of Venezuela’s Constitution says: “The Constituional Reform project approved by the National Assembly will be submitted to a referendum within the thirty days following...
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