A few loose threads on #ADosAñosDeTuSiembra
Chávez day is gone, but there were three things I wanted to highlight before we move on. Runrun.es has an in-depth interview with Nelson Bocaranda, the Venezuelan journalist...
Politics
Political "Contrapunteo" in el Alto Apure
Last week, the municipal council of Guasdualito, deep down in Apure State held a special session to oust mayor Lumay Barreto. With the vote of five of its nine...
Behind the Scenes in a Hummer
Ten days or so ago, devoted reader/Excel nerd El Cachaco had some extra time on his hands and decided to spend it figuring out exactly how much official...
The underachiever
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death. We all remember him as a legend, an electoral behemoth who could conjure up adoring masses and fawning headlines...
A tale of two oppositions
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch...
Maduro's Reciprocity School: An Eye for a Nail
Bad news for our dear gringo friends, particularly those who have a death wish and were planning to travel to Venezuela in the near future: the Maduro administration will require US citizens to...
Revolutionary TPlomacy
It hasn’t been an easy week for Nicolas Maduro here at home, so he decided to go back to his old hobby for a spot of foreign affairs. On the...
The legislative elections and the principal-agent problem
Venezuela is supposed to hold legislative elections this year … emphasis on the word “supposed.” As Quico explained, the government has all the incentives not to hold the elections. The...
Luis Vicente on the crackdown
I liked this article on Prodavinci by pollster / economist Luis Vicente León. He says there are three main reasons for the government’s recent crackdown on the opposition:...
A Spark in San Cristobal
The prairie is dry. Bone dry. Parched. And boy is it getting hot. You wouldn’t normally worry about a spark. But when the prairie is this dry. Well. Oh, and...
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