Veniran-ian wasteland
JC’s recent post on VP Nicolas Maduro mentioned a news article from February regarding the situation of the joint Iranian-Venezuelan venture known as Venirauto. We’re now in December...
Politics
Article 233 Chronicles (Updated)
Here is what Article 233 of our Constitution says (in my rough English translation): “Article 233. The following are considered “absolute absences” of the President: his death, his...
Where's Waldo? (Hint: Not in Brazil)
The point of my “Where’s Waldo?” posts, which I started a few weeks back, was to keep track of Hugo Chávez’s increasingly rare public appearances. These posts, however,...
How do we go after Maduro?
With Hugo Chávez’s possible demise, Venezuelans could be facing a new Presidential election soon. This provides a unique opportunity for us, because the candidate we would likely face...
Ad War Update: MUD Round-Up
Instead of all running behind one consolidated platform as Chavismo does, the MUD candidates for governor are running locally-focused campaigns. Here’s some of them: Nueva Esparta Governor Morel...
16-D Races to Watch: Táchira
The Andean state of Táchira is considered to be the true bastion of anti-Chavismo, as the last presidential election can confirm. But this is one of the places...
Another ordinary night in Caracas...
Fifty members of a paramilitary group known as colectivo tried to take over a station of the Venezuelan Criminal Police (CICPC) in Caracas. Their objective was to rescue...
Cúcuta Chronicles
A gringo crosses the border. A guest post from Jonathan Pfaehler. The Colombo-Venezuelan border is a two-faced, majestic beauty burdened by the protracted armed conflict in Colombia, the...
UN: Poverty went up in Venezuela
So says the United Nations Economic Comission on Latin America (ECLAC, or CEPAL for Spanish speakers). The caveat: they are talking about 2010-2011., and the rise was modest....
16-D Races to Watch: Bolívar
Four years ago, the largest state in the country was proof of how internal division can doom the opposition’s chances. Now, history repeats itself, but it’s chavismo suffering...
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