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...
Politics
My other problem with Capriles's more-Mercales ad
Addendum: Watching that ad again, I think my earlier criticism was overstated. 95% of the messaging is fine. There are just a few sentences towards the end where his...
My problem with Capriles's more-Mercales ad
If you’ve ever studied Negotiation Theory, you already know the little fable: There was once only one orange left in a kitchen and two prominent chefs were fighting...
The turn-off
Recently, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles responded to chavista suggestions that he would do away with Chávez’s landmark social programs, the Misiones. In a videotaped reply, Capriles doubled down,...
The sound of our tears
On a day when violence tries, once again, to impose its will on all Venezuelans, here is an improvised piece by the great Gabriela Montero. It was recorded...
Dirty campaign update
Here’s something you almost never see in a Venezuelan campaign: a full-on, U.S. style negative smear ad. A recent post explained that Chávez has three parallel campaigns going...
One day we'll have tough investigative media...like Nicaragua does.
Nicaragua’s Confidencial magazine has the scoop on corruption in Albanisa – Alba de Nicaragua, S.A. – a binational firm created with Venezuelan state capital. Though Albanisa has expanded...
A call to skepticism
Just got a couple of new polls. Let’s see…hmmm. Ever heard of Keystone Mercadeo Táctico? Of Top Data? No? OK, let’s look at their websites. Oh wait, they...
Parallel campaign update
Before the campaign began in July, the Chavernment launched the “two-hearts’ strategy”: A elaborated PR campaign for the Executive branch (Venezuelan Heart), which contained elements that were similar...
A call to pace ourselves
I see a lot of enthusiasm. I see our smartest readers being quoted as saying that the trend clearly shows Capriles is going to win. I see people who did...
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