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Clues from Azerbaijan on EU Elections Monitoring

The major innovation in the upcoming Dec. 4th parliamentary elections is the presence of an EU monitoring mission in Venezuela. How tough will the new observers be? Hopefully,...

Francisco Toro November 16, 2005

Life

Clues from Azerbaijan on EU Elections Monitoring

The major innovation in the upcoming Dec. 4th parliamentary elections is the presence of an EU monitoring mission in Venezuela. How tough will the new observers be? Hopefully,...

Francisco Toro November 16, 2005

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Not so hot...

Last year, Venezuela had a big debate over the importance of the “hot audit” (auditoria en caliente) for the credibility of electronic election results. A hot audit is...

Francisco Toro November 15, 2005

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Not so hot...

Last year, Venezuela had a big debate over the importance of the “hot audit” (auditoria en caliente) for the credibility of electronic election results. A hot audit is...

Francisco Toro November 15, 2005

Life

Do you swear to tell the truth, 85% of the truth, and no more than 15% of lies, so help you God?

In the very first post to this blog, all the way back in September 2002, I wrote that, “these days, what I find it hardest to convey to...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

Life

Do you swear to tell the truth, 85% of the truth, and no more than 15% of lies, so help you God?

In the very first post to this blog, all the way back in September 2002, I wrote that, “these days, what I find it hardest to convey to...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

Life

Moderating the comments forum

It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve decided to turn on the Moderation option on the Haloscan comments forum. This will unnecessarily slow things down, but the discussion...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

Life

Illiberal Democracy

Ibsen Martínez has a lovely – if typically pedantic – article in yesterday’s El Nacional. The gist? Venezuela has become the “most perverse and polimorphous, evanescent and changing...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

Life

Moderating the comments forum

It’s with a heavy heart that I’ve decided to turn on the Moderation option on the Haloscan comments forum. This will unnecessarily slow things down, but the discussion...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

Life

Illiberal Democracy

Ibsen Martínez has a lovely – if typically pedantic – article in yesterday’s El Nacional. The gist? Venezuela has become the “most perverse and polimorphous, evanescent and changing...

Francisco Toro November 14, 2005

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