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Mi Negra è mobile

Katy says: One of the main quibbles I have with the “Mi Negra” scheme that Manuel Rosales is proposing (see Quico’s interesting posts on the subject here and...

Francisco Toro September 22, 2006

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Selling guns to FARC? Moi?

A blast from the past: Vladimiro Montesinos, the one-time power-behind-the-Fujimori-throne in Perú, has been convicted to 20 years in jail for secretly selling 10,000 guns to Colombia’s main...

Francisco Toro September 22, 2006

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Would you hand over power to Satan?

Five years ago, when I started writing about Chávez’s strategy to “demonize” his political enemies, I never imagined the guy would get literal on my ass. But today,...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2006

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Would you hand over power to Satan?

Five years ago, when I started writing about Chávez’s strategy to “demonize” his political enemies, I never imagined the guy would get literal on my ass. But today,...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2006

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¿Quién es más golpista?

Recently, we’ve found that chavistas are shocked, shocked that somebody who has actually participated in a coup attempt might think he’s fit to be president. Will wonders never...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2006

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¿Quién es más golpista?

Recently, we’ve found that chavistas are shocked, shocked that somebody who has actually participated in a coup attempt might think he’s fit to be president. Will wonders never...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2006

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10 million votes ... $600 million

Katy says: I thought this article from the Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Group on the arms deals between Chávez and Russia was interesting. According to the author, the planes...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2006

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10 million votes ... $600 million

Katy says: I thought this article from the Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Group on the arms deals between Chávez and Russia was interesting. According to the author, the planes...

Francisco Toro September 20, 2006

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Hinterlaces: Chávez 48% - Rosales 30%

Hinterlaces, the polling firm run by Caracas political oracle Oscar Schemel, has just released its beginning of September poll, showing Chávez falling below 50% for the first time,...

Francisco Toro September 20, 2006

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Hinterlaces: Chávez 48% - Rosales 30%

Hinterlaces, the polling firm run by Caracas political oracle Oscar Schemel, has just released its beginning of September poll, showing Chávez falling below 50% for the first time,...

Francisco Toro September 20, 2006

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