Where's Waldo? FP Edition
I break down the latest developments for foreign readers, over at the Transitions blog.
Politics
Where's Waldo? FP Edition
I break down the latest developments for foreign readers, over at the Transitions blog.
Great reading for the day
Don’t miss this reportage by the supremely talented Maye Primera (in Spanish), an excerpt of an upcoming book, courtesy of Prodavinci. It’s about the deaths in the Retén...
27N Repeats Itself - First as Farce and then as Slapstick
Did you hear the one about the Chinese-made trainer jet that crashed in the air show to commemorate the failed putsch?! Thing is, el Chigüire got ahead of...
Where's Waldo? Update
Felicito a los y las Graduandas de la I Cohorte del Diplomado en Saberes Africanos! Viva la Madre Africa!! — Hugo Chávez Frías (@chavezcandanga) November 1, 2012 That’s...
Twenty years of that
Few people alive in Venezuela twenty years ago will forget November 27th, 1992. That day, we woke up to another coup d’etat attempt, only this one was happening...
The Dilemma
The debate over whether rank-and-file Chávez voters deserve any share of responsibility for the myriad outrages of the Chávez era has produced more heat than light so far...
16-D Races to Watch: Miranda
It’s considered the “crown jewel” of the upcoming regional elections. The Miranda State governorship includes four of five municipalities in the Caracas region and is arguably the most...
This post practically writes itself
Yesterday, many of us did a double take when we read the latest toxic public announcement by Hugo Chávez’s economic czar, Jorge Giordani. Giordani publicly announced that Venezuelans...
The panfletonegrification of my mind
Somehow, the stuff I need to write these days feels more at home on PanfletoNegro than back here on what ought to be home turf.
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