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...
Politics
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...
March? March?!
Omar Barboza is almost apologetic, saying he really would have loved to have a primary in 2011, but gee whiz, the MUD – whoever that is – is...
Maria Alejandra López reappears!
The bipolar rodent has a hilarious interview with Maria Alejandra López, our favorite (fictional) rabid anti-chavista doñita. The money quote: How do you see Chávez for 2012? Does...
Nine years ago today
I guess we can leave the 11th behind, but who can forget the 12th? I, for one, had never seen the raw footage in this video. #40 …...
Leading the outrage brigade
Here at Caracas Chronicles, we’ve had our differences with my old (young) professor Luis Vicente León, but on the burgeoning scandal that is the MUD’s looming decision to...
The New Normal
You know the country’s well and truly down the rabbithole when random illegal media outlet shutdowns don’t even register as a blip on N24! Dígalo ahí, RSF: Carabobo...
Can you see Russia from your penthouse?
Things that make you go hmm: Where does Noticias24.com, a fine publication we love to crib from, get the resources to go to Lima and have a nice...
Sinking in MUD
So the latest word is that the opposition primaries will be held February 12th. This article lays it out. Apparently, Primero Justicia was willing to compromise in exchange...
Amperes, not empires
In an interesting op-ed published in El Universal (now there’s something I don’t write every day), Julio Borges keeps the focus on bread-and-butter issues. If there is one...
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