There was an important mistake in my post last night: the Venezuelan constitution's Article 222 does allow the National Assembly to render a political judgment on the president. But that's nothing like an "impeachment." (And the 'abandono del cargo' case is...weak.)
It's been one of those days when if you bend down to tie your shoelaces, you miss an important development in Venezuela's dawning Constitutional Crisis. Here's what you need to know.
Give Chúo Torrealba a break. The real news from yesterday is that Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig, the papal envoy, got played.
You can't pre-negotiate your defiance, Chúo, por Dios.
Translation of the document read by Vatican representatives during this afternoon's controversial press conference.
We're not quite sure what's going on. And from the looks of it, neither does half the opposition.
A little horde of chavista agitators waltzed past the National Assembly's security yesterday and onto the floor. It was a squalid bit of showmanship, aimed at showcasing Jorge Rodríguez's control over PSUV's means of political violence.
And so ends the day in which the Venezuelan Parliament calls for Open Rebellion.
Have you bought your cotufas y refresco yet?
Once in a while, a Venezuelan opposition leader screws up so badly that even those of us minded to give them the benefit of the doubt simply lose it and start screaming at our screens. Eveling Trejo de Rosales just did that.
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