Put your money where your vote is
A reader sends us this about how the October 7th election is getting more attention abroad: “I’m sure you’ve heard about Intrade, the predictive market website… I follow...
Politics
Carlos Graffe and Daniel Blanco - kudos!
This video needs to go viral. Sorry, in Spanish. The backstory to the video, and the government’s campaign to discredit it, is here. HT: Liz.
Censored Ad Update
The CNE ordered TV stations to take off the air this 30-second spot of Leopoldo Lopez’s political party Voluntad Popular, titled “Security is the Way”. Here’s the ad...
Schrödinger's Bond
Did Chávez have his “you didn’t build that” moment after the Amuay disaster when he said that, accident or no accident, “as some philosopher whose name I don’t...
There Must be 222 Ways to Leave Your Skin Behind at Amuay
Thanks to the miracle that is this leak, we now know that a report dated May this year by RJG Risk Engineering’s Roger Gregory noted there were 222 accidents...
CPJ Takes on Communicational Hegemony
On the heels of a scathing LA Times piece on the tone of campaign coverage in the National System of Public Media, the latest report on the state...
Annals of Fiscal Responsibility
Check out fringe presidential candidate Reina Sequera’s interview with Últimas Noticias, particularly the bit starting at 4:34. Yup, the crazy lady is actually promising One Million Dollars Cash to...
Dirrrrty
Remember how chavismo always says that its goal is to save the planet … or something? I guess their plan is to go about it by dumping more...
Ad War Update, cont.
Henrique Capriles answers the question: Why do I want to be President? HCR’s commercials keep getting better, even if Chávez’s spots are clearly more expensive. Chávez appeals to...
Why We Can Win
by Isabella Picón It’s Friday night after a rough week. I’m exhausted and it’s 10 p.m but somehow I find myself with some friends, music and a cubalibre in my...
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