It May Not Look Like it Right Now, But We're Winning
These are nervy days, but I’m here to tell you one thing: Henrique Capriles has earned our trust. He’s a man who knows exactly what he’s doing. By the...
Politics
Old and New Media Team Up to Lay Bare Maduro's CDI-Attack Lie
Venezuelan State Media reported yesterday that there were several violent attacks on Barrio Adentro outpatients clinics (known as CDI or Integral Diagnostic Centers) by opposition suporters on Monday...
Last Days of Venezuela's Cold Civil War
One way to interpret what’s happening now is that the inherently unstable balance of the last 14 years is breaking. For almost a decade and a half, Venezuela’s...
Prosecutor, judge and jury
Supreme Tribunal chief Luisa Estella Morales says: “There won’t be a manual recount.” All of the sudden, she starts feeling guilty about people dying on the streets, and...
Press reporting Capriles and López could be jailed (Updated)
Leopoldo López says there is a warrant out for their arrest. Spanish daily ABC reports a similar thing. They are being accused of the seven deaths that took...
Conjugating Fraud in the Conditional Tense
It’s an emotional time. People are disoriented, hurt, and angry. Cooler heads generally don’t prevail at times like these. Still, this post is an exercise in encephalic cryogenics....
Fraudulent notions of fraud
I couldn’t disagree more with Quico’s basic premise in his lazy cat metaphor. Particularly, I dislike this phrase: “The evidence of fraud, if fraud did happen, is already...
BREAKING: Maduro bans HCR's rally (Updated)
In cadena nacional, Nicolas Maduro just announced that he won’t allow the rally called for Henrique Capriles to the CNE, supposed to take place tomorrow in Caracas. Earlier...
The Recount as Red Herring
Listen, I understand how “count every vote” is an appealing slogan: bumperstickable and easy to understand and hard to resist. It’s also a red herring: the evidence of...
Protests around the country
Protests throughout the day in different parts of the country. Some of them are still unfolding. Barinas: After the finding of two ballot boxes in the Troncal 5...
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