Once bitten, twice shy
Maduro wants dialogue. He wants to sit down and have a chat with the murderous, fascist, imperialist, anti-homeland, drug-snorting, baby-eating, racist, mysoginist haters of the poor he calls...
Politics
2013 "results" by parish
Long time CC reader and contributor Dorothy has a really cool map … for those of us into this sort of thing. Enjoy.
It's war
When the opposition first claimed fraud, back in the Recall Referendum of 2004, it had very little to go on. Quickly, we were split into two camps: those...
Workplace bullying as public policy
In the last few days, mutiple press reports indicate that some public sector workers have been fired and others have suffered harassment because of their political stance after...
Maduro's first cabinet: the more things change, the more they stay the same
Nicolás Maduro presented last night the list of ministers that will join him in his “government team”in cadena nacional. The full list is composed of at least more...
Things that are not Tibisay Lucena's fault
Did the votes actually cast on April 14th represent the will of the Venezuelan electorate, or didn’t they? It’s a simple question, a basic question, and one that...
He-Said/She-Said
What’s the best way to turn an argument into a boring, annoying, petty mess? Make it into a he-said/she-said match, and mire it in obscure technical detail. Soon...
Tale of two crashes
Yendrick Sánchez likes to crash presidential speeches. Compare the reaction of Nicolás “Ew-get-away-from-me-I-coulda-been-shot-respect-the-President’s-Majesty” Maduro with Henrique Capriles’ reaction when, a few months ago, the same guy crashed his...
Another day, another questionable report
Just when the smear about alleged attacks to CDI-clinics around the country has been proven false by multiple sources (including independent human rights NGO Provea), State media made...
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