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...
Politics
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...
What, another one!???
Jesus, another fake pollster?! En serio!? This one has such a generic name – International Consulting Services (!) – that a Google search just throws back all manner...
Wait until mourning
Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse. So goes the saying. For politicians, a corollary is in order: use the corpse to secure power. The resounding...
"Let me preface this denial by saying something unambiguously false"
So, amid the most recent stream of rumors about Chávez’s health, I was glad to see the government asked some actual medical professionals to give us an official...
Why Chávez Will Win
So, writing in a Bank of America Merrill Lynch newsletter, Francisco Rodríguez is straightforward about it: All opinion surveys show Chávez’s popularity increasing over the past few months....
Aung San Suu López?
More and more, it looks like the government’s gambit in disqualifying-but-not-quite-disqualifying Leopoldo López isn’t going to pan out. As you’ll recall, in a genuinely weird decision the other...
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