The Wisdom of Jaramillo and McCoy
The Carter Center/OAS observation mission made its long awaited report tonight, and with characteristic good sense. In a carefully worded statement, Jaramillo said the opposition was unambiguously right...
Life
As usual...
…CNE public relations are a shambles. Chairman Carrasquero, after tubeating himself earlier in the day, announced finally, final (we mean it this time), official CNE numbers on the...
Compare and contrast
In 1999, President Chavez called a referendum to determine if the Venezuelan people wanted a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. President Chavez did not have the...
Compare and contrast
In 1999, President Chavez called a referendum to determine if the Venezuelan people wanted a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. President Chavez did not have the...
In an unexpected BBC interview...
National Electoral Council head Francisco Carrasquero has announced the figures CNE will officialize later today as the results of the signature gathering process to request a recall referendum...
In an unexpected BBC interview...
National Electoral Council head Francisco Carrasquero has announced the figures CNE will officialize later today as the results of the signature gathering process to request a recall referendum...
La Muerte de José Vilas
José Vilas used to work for PDVSA. Last night he went out to protest in San Antonio de los Altos, a Caracas suburb. Two pictures of him were...
La Muerte de José Vilas
José Vilas used to work for PDVSA. Last night he went out to protest in San Antonio de los Altos, a Caracas suburb. Two pictures of him were...
Eyewitness report: Santa Rosa de Lima Uprising
The detail you don’t get from a newspaper, you get from a blog. The following eye-witness report is gripping in its detailed description of the incongruous atmosphere gripping...
Report from the scene
A Caracas high school teacher writes in: I have several students living in Terrazas del Avila (far northeast Caracas.) According to them, the ones shooting into buildings last...
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