A blunder in Carabobo
Chavez made a huge mistake in Carabobo. The PSUV mayor of Puerto Cabello, Rafael Lacava, has a real chance against Salas Feo and has something most Chavistas in local offices lack:...
Politics
Chavismo's idea of a "primary"
It’s hard not to speculate on Maduro’s future role now that Chávez has named Francisco Ameliach in his place as candidate for governor of Carabobo. The dedo-based primary...
If it's not way-over-the-top, you're not flaunting your power properly
I’m fascinated by crazy little flash-in-the-pan controversies like the one over Capriles’s baseball hat. In case you’ve been living under a rock, two CNE directors have now weighed...
That uncomfortable feeling
A reader writes, Latin America ranks dead last among regions in the world on perceived safety in the streets, per a Gallup poll. Venezuela is the country where...
The great public security swindle
Some unusual posters appeared in the streets of Caracas last Monday. Generic obituaries that remind us that violence is still out of control. The number of casualties in...
And the Gold Medal in the Mindless Politization of Olympic Victory Dash goes to...
…Bolívar State governor Francisco Rangel. In fact, the play-on-words is borderline clever – Limardo really is from Bolívar State, so you could call his epée “la espada de...
Indecision 2012: Little Venice Edition
Juan looks into the crazy number of undecideds in some recent polls over on FP’s Transitions blog…and can’t decide what that’s about!
Data-Jockeying the Polls
Now, I realize that many of you think public opinion polling is a silly thing to do in an increasingly authoritarian country like ours. And I grant that...
We also have compulsory government advertising on TV here...
…it’s just ever so slightly different in tone from what you get in Venezuela: Just to be clear: governments do of course have a legitimate need to communicate...
When Ventajismo goes Meta
How meta is it that these five Ciudadanía Activa spots denouncing the blatantly illegal use of State resources for campaign purposes just got ordered off the air, for...
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