They keep getting caught… It happened again yesterday. For the Nth time. A small but bellicose pro-government mob showed up at the Metropolitan City Hall (Alfredo Peña’s office)...
The Half-assed Totalitarian I’m reading Christopher Hitchins’ new book on George Orwell at the moment, and enjoying it immensely. As I read about Orwell’s horror at Stalin’s tactics,...
The Half-assed Totalitarian I’m reading Christopher Hitchins’ new book on George Orwell at the moment, and enjoying it immensely. As I read about Orwell’s horror at Stalin’s tactics,...
Referendum or bust The game now is quite clear. The latest polls suggest the government would lose the consultative referendum 60-40 at best, as much as 71-29 by...
Referendum or bust The game now is quite clear. The latest polls suggest the government would lose the consultative referendum 60-40 at best, as much as 71-29 by...
I wasn’t that excited about this week’s VenEconomy editorial, but my boss insists that primaries are absolutely crucial and that we have to start writing about them now....
I wasn’t that excited about this week’s VenEconomy editorial, but my boss insists that primaries are absolutely crucial and that we have to start writing about them now....
Incitement = Violence It keeps happening. Time and again we think we’ve hit bottom, that the political scene can’t possibly sink any lower into this goopy mishmash of...
Incitement = Violence It keeps happening. Time and again we think we’ve hit bottom, that the political scene can’t possibly sink any lower into this goopy mishmash of...
There’s no stopping the referendum… One of the perils of journalism is that you end up writing stories now and then that, though perfectly reasonable at the time...
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