Annals of historical name-changing
The new Chavista governor of Mérida Alexis Ramírez has decided to roll up his sleeves and do some serious work, with the help of the State Legislature (controlled...
Politics
The crowded bandwagon (cont)
Note: Long-time reader Dago takes the Torres/Monaldi/Morales/Rodríguez proposal for handing out oil rents to citizens and then taxing them, and frames it in an interesting, approachable way. He...
Games people play
When the final chapter in chavismo is written (and I’m one of the few that think this will happen sooner than most think) one of its most glaring...
Local elections to be postponed (Updated)
The CNE is set to announce that the date for the already-delayed municipal elections is to be moved again, this time from May 26th to July 14th. The...
The #1 Defender of Diosdado Cabello’s Rights
Opposition Twitter celebrity Diego Arria is mad as MUD, and he’s not gonna take it anymore. He is frustrated that the opposition umbrella group (following its leader, Henrique...
Chávez, the myth
A pretty good op-ed in the New York Times, by Cristina Marcano and Alberto Barrera. The money quote: From the intensive care unit, the president “continues to perform...
G.M.V.V. Chronicles
Last month, after two years of waiting in shelters, 96 displaced families were given the keys of their brand new apartments in a new tower built in Western...
The morgue conundrum, cont.
The days of Caracas’ main morgue in Bello Monte could be numbered: in the upcoming weeks, two new facilities located in Caricuao and El Llanito will take on...
Asthma Attack Chronicles
Probably the most distress-inducing thing I’ve read about Venezuela in the last few months is stuck away between parenthesis in this MUD press release: Venezuela is now experiencing a...
Signatures, oaths, and robots
Constitutional lawyer José Ignacio Hernández has been writing up a storm over at Prodavinci. It figures – chavistas are violating laws so quickly it makes your head spin....
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