Augustinianism for the 21st Century
Quico says: As most of you know by now, I went to a conservative catholic elementary school in Caracas. It’s a tidbit that fascinates my PSF readers (hi...
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Chavez sells at black market rates!
Katy says: A curious note in today’s El Universal. In last weekend’s presidential TV Show, Chávez used the black market rate to convert from dollars to bolívars. Regarding...
Do you speak Noticiero Digital?
Quico says: I sent them my Gramsci bit.
Catatumbo Chronicles
Quico says: The rural municipality of Catatumbo in southern Zulia State just had a by-election for mayor. The result? The Un Nuevo Tiempo (opposition) candidate got 7,699 votes...
Your ideas are not your ideas
Quico says: I’ve been fascinated by the responses to Chávez’s detailed invocation of Gramsci the other day. Most of the opposition is slightly dazed and confused by all...
Who would've thought it would come to this?
Quico says: It’s incredible that it’s come to this, but you can’t even talk about Venezuelan politics anymore without reading this.
The petrostate revisited
Quico says: Turns out David Frum liked my petrostate essay. Looking back, it’s probably the single post I’m most proud of.
Chavez vs. The Constitution
Quico says: These days it’s easy to forget, but in 1998 chavismo was all about the constitution. Hugo Chavez built his pitch to the nation around calls to...
Learning to cherish independent institutions
Quico says: Last week, the pro-Chávez Comando Alexis Vives marched onto the Central University campus and trashed the School of Journalism, spray-painting anti-RCTV and pro-government slogans all over...
It's a vast, vast, vast right-wing conspiracy. No, seriously, we mean vast!
Quico says: According to Chávez, the only reason he’s getting all this flack about closing RCTV is a giant conspiracy against him. “International rightist, extreme-rightist and fascist movements...
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