The Scorpionship Expands

In les than 12 hours Fuerza Vecinal went from participating in the primaries, to pulling back from them, to saying they would run a parallel candidate if they didn’t like whoever’s chosen, to playing Wind of Change as loud as possible.

El Conde issued a very strange letter explaining that he wouldn’t participate in the primaries, he will run “independently.” Shortly thereafter he received the endorsement of original chavista scumbag Juan Barreto.

As the primary moves forward, we’ll see many folks showing their true colors.

Venezuela on the web

AS/COA: Which Latin American Countries Have Restored Relations with Venezuela?

Paraguay stands strong. Click through to this interactive map by our friends at the Council of the Americas.