Our Man in Catia [UPDATE VII: 6:45 pm]
Our Man in Catia says: 6:45 pm: Just spent talking 10 mins with the other witness for the SI, and talked politics. Freddy is a 35 year old...
Our Man in Catia says: 6:45 pm: Just spent talking 10 mins with the other witness for the SI, and talked politics. Freddy is a 35 year old...
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Quico says: After my epic, 200 post comments-thread-cum-PSF-free-for-all over on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site, I think I’ve learned some valuable lessons about the subtle art of...
Quico says: It’s too bad this stunning article by Phil Gunson for the Miami Herald got buried in the week between Christmas and New Year. For one thing,...
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Quico says: The thing that makes chavismo’s unreadiness for the looming economic shitstorm (a.k.a. Hurricane Feces) genuinely unforgivable is that Venezuela had the institutional mechanism it needed to...
Juan Cristobal says: Over the years, we’ve grown used to Chavez hurling insults at us for things real and imaginary. We’ve gone from adecos, to escualidos, to vendepatrias...
Juan Cristobal and Quico say: The year is coming to a close and while some of you will gather around the hallaca table or go to your school’s...
Quico says: Cross posted from HuffoLand… threeup_js(‘World’, ‘150867’, ‘1’); document.write(‘Your request is being processed…’)Your request is being processed… Chavez After the Oil Boom It’s not easy being a...
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