Canaimita Madness
In Guayana these days you can't get anti-retrovirals, or toilet paper, or rice. You can, on the other hand, get a free bolivarian/android tablet, if you're willing to sit through some really tedious speeches.
Politics
In Lara 3, Gómez Sigala is just not going to take it anymore
A quite competitive race is under way in one of the safest opposition seats in the country. In one corner, the MUD coalition and Lara’s State Governor Henri...
Pragmatism: The Real "Como Sea"
Think the opposition can't overplay its hand, alienate its potential allies and waste yet one more chance to rally popular support against the government? Think again.
Diosdado, softly
What if we wake up on 7D to a dystopian nightmare where Diosdado Cabello has all the money and all the power?
#ADWARS: Fear vs. Hope
As the campaign winds down, PSUV is using its ads to try to scare the hell out of voters, while MUD leans on its greatest ally: the long cola.
The Simple Majority Con
Letting the opposition win a simple majority of seats may be just what the doctor ordered in terms of stabilizing the regime, co-opting the opposition's leadership and entrenching chavismo in power.
Open Data and the Case for a Ni-Ni-Ni 6D
Even today, a plurality of Venezuelans identifies neither as chavistas, nor as maduristas, nor as opposition supporters. They hold the keys to the kingdom.
Zulia voting centers moved...a week before the vote
What would happen if a week before the World Cup Final FIFA decided to change the location of the match? Not only that, but what if they do...
Tipping Point Circuits: Lara 2 and Guárico 2
Other possible Tipping Point Circuits for the 84th (simple majority) seat are much more rural, and see the opposition at its cotufa best, running a farándula columnist, a folk singer, and a former CNE commissioner.
Tipping Point Circuits: The Simple Majority
The circuit most likely to bring the opposition its 84th curul is home to two well known, widely loathed chavista incumbents - Ernesto Villegas and Freddy Bernal - being challenged by two newcomers.
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