Candidate Watch: Look Who's Coming to Rio
So, guess who raids Caracas Chronicles for her travel schedule? Just days after we highlight Rio’s innovative barrio pacification strategy, MCM surfaces alongside Rio’s police chief, Marta Rocha....
Politics
Marquise de Sader
Now that chavista Health Minister Eugenia Sader has shown the nation that sewing your lips, bleeding on the flag, going without food for 38 days, and crucifying yourself...
Check (Updated)
The Carabobo newspaper Notitarde is citing unnamed sources as saying Venezuela’s Electoral Council is considering holding the Presidential elections in July or August of next year. In the...
Small detail
Our old friend Henry Ramos Allup is at it again, claiming that ideological differences within the opposition’s MUD are not a big deal, because Chile’s Concertación was made up...
Their words, not mine
The weekly roundup from a well-regarded intel firm: “Disagreement among opposition leaders regarding the primary date resulted in the MUD choosing a date closer to the end of...
Juan sets out to join me
Over in Spanish, Juan sets out to join me in Duodenal Ulcer Chronicles with a dyspeptic rant on the oppo primary date. Ommmmmmmmmm…
Instant runoff, approval voting, and the status quo
(A guest post by Roberto Silvers) After much squabbling, the Venezuelan opposition coalition has decided to hold its presidential primary elections on February 12, 2012. While this date...
The master plan
Eugenio Martínez, aka Puzkas, has an interesting article in El Universal on the chronology of the primary date. Contrary to common sense and the opinion of a majority...
AD should be expelled from the MUD (Updated)
The allegations contained in Wikileaks are damning for AD and its leaders. Even though the cables are old (2005-2006?), the stuff they contain suggests that Acción Democrática has...
Rude, brusque, arrogant, overly sensitive, unimaginative, repellent, and a show-off
Normally, I stay away from Wikileaks because most of it is simply gossip. But this one … I simply couldn’t pass up. El País has the background on...
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