Saving chavismo
Diosdado and Nicolás are doing their darndest to make sure chavismo disappears. That ... is not necessarily a good thing.
Politics
El tiro por la culata
The defeat suffered by chavismo is a monster of its own creation. Rules of the game they designed to favor the majority they had in the past helped the New Majority.
Rolling in the deep
Lashing out at the poor just because you're sad is a new low for the Venezuelan President.
We're gonna need a bigger TSJ building
The Government vows to let the Lame Duck National Assembly appoint 12 judges to replace the Supreme Tribunal retirees. MUD's move? Remind them who the new sheriff in town is.
A reed in the wind
Political winds are changing in Venezuela, and even the goons know this. But is it too little, too late?
The information revolution
A government that faces no scrutiny was defeated by a society that is "hasta la coronilla" of being controlled - according to Javier Corrales, this is what 6D was about.
Peace, actually
The day after the opposition’s historic landslide in the elections of December 6th, 2015, Venezuela finds itself strangely calm. After the vote count was announced, the most astonishing...
Final Tally. For Real. We Swear to God. This is it:
The number of new majority diputados is...
NPR's Morning Edition Tells the Story
Somehow, amid all the craziness last night, I found 10 minutes to talk to NPR. Great fun.
Official results, Government = 46 seats, Opposition = 99 seats. 22 seats still not called.
As Caracas Chronicles tries to fight off a DDoS attack, multiple sources confirm we have a simple majority in the National Assembly. The situation with the regime trying to claw back this victory is serious, however.
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