Jacobson tries to walk back what she said, comes up short
“At the May 8 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela, the A/S [Roberta Jacobson] made the point that the USG [US government] should not undermine the current...
Politics
I Visualized May Wrong
Back on February 22nd, I wrote “Visualize May”: an exasperated and – in retrospect – badly misguided post about the uselessness of the nascent protest movement. Well, it’s May now,...
The scandalous Mr. Aveledo
Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, the Secretary General of the MUD, got mired in a public relations disaster today. It all started this morning. During a hearing in the United States Senate, Assistant...
Tal Día Como Hoy en 1967
It’s May 8th. Quick: do you know what happened 47 years ago today? (Reblogged from 2012)
Lightbulb Fiasco
Way back in 2006, the comandante eterno launched a brand new mission: Energy Revolution (Misión Revolución Energética), which intended to promote “the efficient and rational use of electricity”....
Communal Councils are a mixed bag, says @brianpablo10
Reuters’ Brian Ellsworth has published a detailed look at communal councils – how mcuh money they get, and what they have done with it. Contrary to what you can...
Ramo Verde To You
Today, Leopoldo López is celebrating - if that's the right word - his 43rd birthday from solitary confinement in Ramo Verde military prison, which he has called home for 70 days now as he awaits trial for charges of arson and criminal instigation.
Sicad II: Challenge accepted and ... overcome? (Updated)
I’ve been actively following Sicad II, tweeting and writing about it (here are two articles: a primer and its implications). So when SICAD II turned one month old, it was time...
Scars, economic or human
Two in-depth articles today from the international press on the many scars left behind by chavismo. In the New York Times, William Neuman talks to several people alleging human rights...
A Morning in Ramo Verde
I recently made the hike to Ramo Verde military prison in a futile exercise to get a delegation of foreign officials to verify the human rights conditions of political prisoners jailed inside. We didn't get in, but we got to meet some sheep and a great recommendation for good steak in Los Teques.
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