Where's Waldo? Cont.
Six days after his last public appearance, Hugo Chávez is on TV again. Same setting. Pretty much the same attendees. Zero contact with the people. The topic of...
Politics
16-D Races to Watch: Amazonas
The most remote of Venezuela’s states was not supposed to have its election for State governor until late 2013. In the 2000 mega-election, the final result was very...
João Santana: Svengali for the wicked (Updated)
This Foreign Policy post on João Santana was pretty interesting. Santana is one of the more succesful of a cadre of Brazilian political consultants changing the landscapes of many...
16D: Hercules vs. the Stockholm Syndrome
Now, because you’re reading this blog, it’s a safe bet that you’re really into Venezuelan politics and, more than likely, take a strong tribal stance on the whole...
Constituyente-palooza!
Last weekend, State media outlets dedicated almost all of their programing to cover a series of small gatherings all across Venezuela, as part of something called “Constituent Process...
The visionary rodent
It’s been more than a month since the Presidential election, and we are still arguing about what happened and how we move forward. One thing I haven’t really...
16-D Races to Watch: Carabobo
The central state of Carabobo, known as our historical and industrial heartland, presents an interesting case for the 16-D election. The comandante presidente won there this year but...
Did Chávez's get-out-the-vote operation make the difference?
Frequent commenter, colleague, and friend Omar wrote this technical document on voter participation and the October 7th results. I’m posting it in its entirety, in Spanish. Well worth...
Where's Waldo? Cont...
The fat man in the palace was on TV yesterday, four days after his last public appearance. He was sitting comfortably in his palace, just like last time....
Anything goes in order to win
The original talanquera-jumper Francisco Arias Cárdenas faces an uphill battle to win the Zulia State Governorship, even if the comandante presidente won last month in Maracuchistan and he’s keeps...
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