A quiet, tragic exit for a man who did everything with a bang
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I begin to say goodbye. (Registration now required, although it’s free)
Politics
Maduro's "mi comandante" problem
If you search the words “mi comandante” on Twitter, you’re likely to run into a long series of prayers from concerned chavistas. Almost in unison, they hope for...
The Saturday Shuffle
The next big date in the charade that has become the transition process in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela is January 5th. This is when the National Assembly reconvenes to...
Ten Years Ago Tonight
There’s a strange symmetry to it: exactly ten years ago tonight, amid the outbreak of collective mass delusion that was the 2002-2003 Paro, tens of thousands of us were...
Things I know
The next few days are full of uncertainty, but there are a few things I know. 1. Whatever we do, however much we restrain ourselves, as much as...
Bocaranda's freakin' me out now...
Over the last couple of years, Caracas gossip-monger Nelson Bocaranda has made up (partly) for his long and inglorious record of getting sensitive stories wrong by, miraculously, seeming...
Our long, national psychodrama continues
Taking advantage of the long weekend, I was going to sit down and write one of several posts lurking in my head. There is one on education, another...
Preparing for the wrong conflict
The new Defense Minister Diego Molero Bellavia visited this week the new missile complex of Paraguaná (located near the Josefa Camejo Airport) and told reporters it will be...
República Chavista de Venezuela
The level of sycophancy chavista figureheads are displaying lately is worthy of psychiatric evaluations. Reuters’ Daniel Wallis paints a picture, Punctuated by occasional bulletins on the president’s condition, government...
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