The Luckiest Autocrat in the World
When the history of this mess comes to be written, Chavez will go down as the luckiest autocrat the world has ever seen. Most autocrats have to go...
Baffling Contradiction Chronicles
Not two weeks ago, Chavez brought the first summit of the fledgeling “South American Community” to the brink of failure because he objected to plans to advance integration...
The mother of all own-goals
A thought experiment. (I like these.) Imagine that, magically, the current CNE board disappears tomorrow and is replaced with one of such unimpeachable honesty and utter impartiality that...
The mother of all own-goals
A thought experiment. (I like these.) Imagine that, magically, the current CNE board disappears tomorrow and is replaced with one of such unimpeachable honesty and utter impartiality that...
Beginner's Guide the Chavez Era
Why a Reader’s Guide? For the casual observer, it can be startlingly tough to find insightful writing about Venezuela online. It’s not surprising; Chavez provokes such strong emotions...
Beginner's Guide the Chavez Era
Why a Reader’s Guide? For the casual observer, it can be startlingly tough to find insightful writing about Venezuela online. It’s not surprising; Chavez provokes such strong emotions...
Cheating Incomprehensibly
I do understand that eyes glaze over en masse when you turn to the subject of twin party slates as applied to mixed proportional representation/single member constituency voting...
Cheating Incomprehensibly
I do understand that eyes glaze over en masse when you turn to the subject of twin party slates as applied to mixed proportional representation/single member constituency voting...
Media Law Dynamics
Steven Dudley has this to write in today’s Miami Herald about the self-censorship dynamic at play since the Media Law came into effect: Every time journalist Ana Karina...
Media Law Dynamics
Steven Dudley has this to write in today’s Miami Herald about the self-censorship dynamic at play since the Media Law came into effect: Every time journalist Ana Karina...
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