Ventura aces it
I’m late discovering Marcel Ventura’s work (here is his stuff for Prodavinci) but … what a stylish writer. His latest for The Daily Beast – on the military, drugs, and...
Politics
Venezuela's political fault lines may swallow us all
Since Venezuela’s political arena moves with the price of oil, politics in our country is extremely volatile. Sometimes it can lead to one outcome, and in a matter of...
The longest election
One year ago today, Nicolás Maduro was elected President of Venezuela. One year ago, Henrique Capriles was elected President of Venezuela, and Nicolás Maduro stole the election. It’s...
A Night of Epistemic Closure
First, a confession: I did not watch last night’s misnamed “dialogue”. I didn’t need to. Nor did anyone else. There was no point. We all knew exactly how it...
Live-blogging the peace talks
5:00: scheduled time to start 6:10 Not yet started… 8:11 Starting. Maduro introduces those present starting with MUD folks. 8:14 setting is a big table with Maduro at the end. We...
Dialogue, actually.
Spoiler alert: The outcome of today's talks will be precisely the outcome the government will allow the opposition to have: that they shut up, give thanks, and go back to their daily business of not mattering.
More Deynas, Fewer Carlas
On Thursday, March 27th, in Costa Rica, the girls from the Vinotinto U-17 made history. The faced Canada, a formidable foe, in the World Cup U-17 in the quarter...
Roadblocks for democracy
Right now, the current debate in the opposition seems to be on whether protests are convenient or not. I think we should focus more on the type of...
Should protests end? Polls suggest so (Updated)
Two recent polls from opposing pollsters (one leans chavista, the other leans opposition) suggest patience with the protests is wearing thin. IVAD, a local pollster that has long...
Chavistas are from Mars, the opposition is from Venus
The worst part about Nicolás Maduro’s New York Times OpEd is not the amount of lies it contains, but the fact that most chavistas honestly believe them. Whether...
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