Bayly and Capriles
Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 4 is here. What did you think?
Politics
The Grass is Always Greener...in Colombia
I’ve never been the jealous type. Until I saw this clip of Colombia’s Speaker of the House of Representatives. Igualito a Diosdado. Watch it and weep. [gigya src=”http://swf.tubechop.com/tubechop.swf”...
Alexis Ramírez: Grand Media Inquisitor
The Chavista onslaught against independent media (domestic or foreign) has been escalating pretty quickly: Nicolás Maduro has now accused CNN en Español of promoting a coup against him...
Nope, not a Chigüire story...
Sigh… El embajador de Irán en Venezuela, Hojattolah Soltani, informó hoy que ofreció a los nuevos dueños del canal privado venezolano Globovisión la programación en castellano del canal...
Tropical Hathos Chronicles
Andrew Sullivan defines “Hathos” (from “hate” + “pathos”) as those moments when you want to look away but cannot. Hathos is the attraction to something you really can’t...
Even the "food sovereignty" is imported...
Food Minister Félix Osorio (brother of his predecessor, Carlos) has indicated that at least 26,000 tons of food (just under 1 Kg. per person) have been arriving to...
"It"
I’m sitting in a small conference room in e basement of a. Santiago hotel. A delicate breakfast is placed before me, and thirty people are gathered for an...
Twittervisión
Last night, Twitter came of age in the Venezuelan public sphere. For as long as we can remember, if the opposition wanted to get its message out, it...
Chávez or bust, cont.
Looks like I was right after all: the bust of the late comandante supremo located outside the IPSFA shopping center in Caracas will be the first of many....
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