Baby Steps in Parque Miranda
Yesterday in Parque Miranda, a struggling MUD dipped its toes tentatively into the waters of mass mobilization. Here's a radical idea: what if the leaders tried talking frankly with their activists for once?
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Keeping the Funk Fresh
The number one challenge facing foreign correspondents in Venezuela today is how to keep telling the story of decline without it all getting horribly stale and repetitive.
Dilma, Jesús and the Demise of the Pink Tide
As I watched yesterday's drama in Brasilia, I kept thinking of Jesús Urdaneta - Chávez's first head of intelligence - who saw this whole thing coming years before Lula was even elected.
"Technicality" My Ass: Fiscal Rules Matter
Dilma is being impeached over Brazil's version of our "bochinche parafiscal". Venezuelans, of all people, are on incredibly thin ice dismissing this stuff as a harmless technicality.
No Amnesty, Internationale
Lots has been said about the Supreme Tribunal's partisanship. Much less has been said about its insane, asinine, Nazi-based jurisprudence.
53,765 Words vs. 7
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal has declared an all-out war against the Spanish language itself. That's all there really is to say about it.
Miguel Rodríguez Torres: No Longer Ignorable
Here's some bad news: the time when you could just ignore Miguel Rodríguez Torres is over. The former Interior Minister is making his move.
The Game We're In
Chavismo's state governors see Maduro a problem, not a solution. Until you've thought through the implications of that, you haven't understood the game we're in.
A sMUDdgy record so far
The MUD has proven it can't legislate and plan for elections at the same time. So they must pick one and stick to it, before their honeymoon period quickly runs out.
CNE freelances itself s'more powers: bars the Assembly from initiating legislation on referenda
The Assembly's plan to approve a new law on Recall Referendums to expedite the whole process? You didn't seriously think chavismo would allow that, did you?
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