A Marathon, Not a Sprint
Smart political movements know when the time comes for a tactical retreat. Now's the time to withdraw the three Amazonas deputies and fight on with 109.
Politics
Fujimorazo en Gotas
A very Venezuelan kind of autogolpe is in process in Caracas right now as a kangaroo Supreme Tribunal suspends a democratically elected National Assembly.
Revenge of the Chavolivar
Noticed how the image of Bolívar has been morphing into Chávez? Well, they finally did it.
A Crisis on Two Clocks
In a lot of ways, 2016 feels like 2002. The difference is the economy, a disaster teetering on the edge of catastrophe that injects a powerful new source of uncertainty and volatility into an already explosive situation.
In Defense of Ramos Arrechup
Some people still think a softly-softly approach can cajole chavismo into playing nice. Thankfully, Henry Ramos understands this is a fight for primate dominance, and the last thing you can afford to do is show weakness.
From Joke to Reality in Ten Days
On Dia de los Inocentes, Latin America's version of April Fools, I joked PSUV would ask the Supreme Tribunal to declare everything the National Assembly does pre-emptively unconstitutional. That was ten days ago. Today. It happened.
The New Cabinet - Aristobulo made VP, Luis Salas Economy Tsar
While Maduro speaks, a strange situation is developing outside the National Assembly. Vicepresident Aristóbulo Istúriz – Anzoategui State Governor and old time Causa R organizer made Vice-President. Very bright guy....
Seen But Not Heard
Possibly the worst part of the MUD's baffling, retrograde decision to have not a single woman in an AN leadership position is that it forced us to agree with Tania friggin' Diaz.
Can this AN Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time?
We tend to ask what one thing the new National Assembly should focus on first. But the new AN will need to do 15 things at once, and all of them well.
A lesson from Borges
In letting the press into his home to chronicle his day, Julio Borges shows other opposition politicians how to create that rarest of political commodities: empathy.
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