Will the fiscally responsible candidate please stand up?
A moment of honesty: one of the reasons I’ve found it hard to blog about this election is the disappointment I feel with the Capriles candidacy. Yesterday I...
A moment of honesty: one of the reasons I’ve found it hard to blog about this election is the disappointment I feel with the Capriles candidacy. Yesterday I...
Since the official annoucement of the “electrical war” last Thursday by Acting-(Like-a)-President Nicolás Maduro, things didn’t improve this weekend – to the point that some parts of Acarigua...
(CC Disclaimer: Emiliana is volunteering for the Capriles campaign, so this is her last post for the week) For some reason, I keep coming back to this theme...
My chat with Rory Carroll, author of the new book, “Comandante,” just ended. Also available via Youtube.
So, that Analisis24.com story on PSUV’s voter mobilization plans stuck on my mind. At the end of the story, the site – which seems to have cornered the...
The shortest presidential campaign in Venezuelan history is now underway in the streets, on the airwaves and also on the inter-tubes. Let’s have a look: With footage of...
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I ponder the unsettled tone of the Capriles campaign. One day he is an attack dog, the next day he is a...
In a campaign rally in Cojedes today, Acting-(Like-a)-President Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of a brand new mission for the electricity sector, focus to fight what he calls an...
The senior PDVSA manager (a.k.a. “Black”) is fingered for pocketing some US$35.7 million in bribes from Francisco Illarramendi to make his PDVSA Ponzi Scheme possible. Much more detail...
The Maternity & Children’s Hospital in the Western Caracas neighborhood of El Valle (seen in the picture left) is set to finally be opened to the public after...
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