The state of the campaign, YouTube version
Here are some of the most recent ads (or YouTube videos) from tonight’s debaters. Henrique Capriles Leopoldo López Pablo Pérez Maria Corina Machado Diego Arria
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An event 28 years in the making
It’s hard to overstate the significance of tomorrow’s planned televised debate between the opposition’s five candidates for President. Venezuela has no tradition of political debates. In fact, the...
Evrofinance Mosnarbank - no, that's not a Maracucho name
Ever heard of Evrofinance Mosnarbank SA? Me neither…which is funny, considering – as Daniel Cancel documents in this lovely in-depth report for Bloomberg – it has recently displaced...
Surgical mask chronicles
I was going to write a lengthy post about the MUD’s decision to anoint a bunch of incompetent, nepotist hacks as their candidates for important posts. I thought...
The plural of cancer
The Economist has an interesting article comparing Lula’s recently discovered cancer troubles with Hugo Chávez’s. While the public found out about Lula the same day he did, Venezuelans...
The wrath of Ibsen
Ibsen Martínez is livid. A-rrecho, with capital A. And when Ibsen is mad at someone, you better pull out a dictionary. His latest is a scorching take-down of...
The unity fetish is almost making Capriles inevitable
I took a few days off to visit some relatives in the Chilean Patagonia. While I was there, I caught a glimpse of Pablo Pérez’s interview with Ismael...
Dropping Like Flies
With the opposition’s primary field winnowing out fast, there’s all kinds of activity over on our Oppo Primary Field Guide. We’ve added an “endorsements” section to each candidate,...
The Oppo Field Now
So Pablo Pérez’s AD endorsement prompted us to revise our Oppo Field Guide once again. Want the short version? The Opposition Primary is quickly settling into a three-horse...
Henry hearts Pablo
AD has announced its endorsement of Pablo Pérez for President. Henry Ramos Allup made the announcement today. Antonio Ledezma, who has been busy courting AD’s base and all...
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