What you won't see on today's Funeral Cadena Broadcast
These photos I took are for all the doubters. These are the immediate surroundings of la Academia Militar, where, in two hours, a solemn State funeral with foreign...
Politics
A rare moment of admission
It’s been easy to forget these last few days that all the “normal” problems of the country are still there just the same. Last week, for instance, Interior...
beyondbricolage
The FT’s beyondbrics blog asked me for a little guest post on why the Opposition found it so hard to resist Chávez’s authoritarian project. I don’t care much...
#EpicFail in Los Próceres
I just came back from la Academia Militar, after 8 hours of lines and shoving and a metallic sun and a magenta sunburn. I did not get to...
Oh, by the way ...
I know Quico hates it when I post random bullet points of stuff, but there are several things I need to say, and I don’t have time today...
My Kingdom for a Cake
This is a post about cake, and how I became a soulless, sociopathic monster who makes children cry to make one. See, when I’m not obsessing about politics...
Juan on CNN Chile
All I can say is dang! that guy looks good in a suit and tie.
Holy cow, the campaign already started
In comments, Birdman chimes in: Meanwhile, back on the streets of Caracas: Our dear defense minister (speaking in his capacity as member of the military-civilian junta that rules Venezuela)...
NPR's OnPoint Today (Updated)
Have a listen: Update: Here’s me (Juan) on Canadian TV. Here’s me on NPR. Here’s me on CNN Chile. Here’s me on the CBC. I’m kind of sick of myself.
Crazy Media Day (Updated)
Correction: I just finished on Al Jazeera English TV together with Miguel Octavio . I was on BBC World Service radio opposite Mark Weisbrot earlier – link to come. Update: Juan C. is going...
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