The challenge is the challenged
An excellent article from the Miami Herald’s Jim Wyss, on the enthusiasm of the Capriles campaign, including its challenges. The money quote: “But not everyone is under Capriles’...
Politics
Great moments in political animation
I can’t get over how cool this ad is. It reminds me of a post I wrote a few years ago, comparing Chavez to The Blob. I hope...
Money for nothing and your lights for free
There really should be a word for it: the systematic mismatch between the things that cause outrage in our public sphere and the ones that cripple our society’s...
Just 3.5% in kickbacks?! Man, those Navantia guys are tough...
What does it say about Venezuela that when I read this story about Spanish shipbuilder Navantia paying €42 million in kickbacks for the contract to build those eight...
Carora hearts Capriles
Could the enthusiastic welcome given to Henrique Capriles in Carora today – where he drew a contrast on the issue of corruption between himself and Chávez – be...
Ad War Update, continued
The Chavez camp has decided to push the narrative of inevitability is its latest one-minute spot, focusing on footage of its rallys and what they called “…the most...
The litmus test
September 13th will go down as one of the toughest days in Henrique Capriles Radonski’s presidential run. As I watched on VTV the video of deputy Juan Carlos...
JCCaldera Press Conference Liveblog
After a grainy videotape was published this morning of Primero Justicia congressman and candidate to the Petare Mayorship Juan Carlos Caldera receiving packs of cash from a shadowy...
JCCaldera Steps In It
Hand it to Jorge Rodríguez: Comando Carabobo’s smear campaign is extremely well orchestrated. The video, apparently made last June, shows close Capriles supporter Juan Carlos Caldera accepting a...
The CFR Heebie Jeebies
This CFR memo, by Patrick Duddy, gave me the heebbie jeebbies. Should Chavez appear to be losing the election, die suddenly, or withdraw from public life for health...
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