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Keller says

Quico says: Keller’s first quarter poll slides are making the rounds, and I took the liberty of translating the most interesting one below. (Click to enlarge:) In other...

Francisco Toro March 14, 2008

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Dato mata paja

Quico says: So, Minister Rodríguez Chacín, care to guess which is the only large economy in the region that has deepened its dependence on the US market since...

Francisco Toro March 14, 2008

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Dear Enemy, here's your $80 million...lets do this again tomorrow.

Quico says: More and more, I think the defining trait of chavismo is its penchant for deforming language; the capacity of words to transmit meanings that correspond to...

Francisco Toro March 13, 2008

Life

I say six

Katy says: The Catholic Church has announced a list of seven “social” sins, to add to its list of seven Cardinal sins. They are: 1. “Bioethical’ violations such...

Francisco Toro March 13, 2008

Life

The SSOT scenario

Katy says: Last week’s bizarre diplomatic/military crisis left many uncovered manholes. One of the biggest comes from the information supposedly contained in Raul Reyes’ computer, showing the deep...

Francisco Toro March 12, 2008

Life

Things that make you go plop

Quico says: From the Wall Street Journal’s perdida-less exposé on Franklin Duran, of Venoco and Maletazo fame: Mr. [Guido] Antonini even drove a Porsche Boxster with a bumper...

Francisco Toro March 10, 2008

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Caption Competition, Rio Group Style

Quico says: Is it just me, or did that meeting today make no sense at all? After a half-day summit where they called one another everything from green-belly...

Francisco Toro March 8, 2008

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La Vanguardia deconstructs Chávez's Mechanized Reality Show

Quico says: Have you noticed yet? I love good journalism. There isn’t much that gives me a bigger thrill than finding a perfectly crafted bit of reporting. Like,...

Francisco Toro March 7, 2008

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Gay marriage in Venezuela

Katy says: In a little noted decision, the Supreme Tribunal of Venezuela recently rejected the possibility of legalizing gay marriage in Venezuela. The majority opinion by Justice Pedro...

Francisco Toro March 6, 2008

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Movimiento 1,373

Quico says: Colombia has taken a justified pounding over the way it flouted International Law in attacking Raul Reyes’s Ecuadorean jungle hideout. The states brandishing the sanctity of...

Francisco Toro March 5, 2008

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