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One Simple Thesis on the Theme of Magnicide

Quico says: Juan Manuel Santos, Marta Colomina, Leopoldo Castillo, Heinz Sontagg, Miguel Henrique Otero, Nelson Mezerhane, Marcel Granier, Alberto Federico Ravell, even Cesar Miguel Rondón (!!)…have you noticed...

Francisco Toro September 30, 2008

Life

Someone needs to get a grip

Juan Cristobal says: – Quico and I were talking today about running a “whatever happened to?” You know, as in whatever happened to Alfredo Peña, Juan Fernández, Carlos...

Francisco Toro September 29, 2008

Life

Residual memories

Quico says: I’m a bit late to this story, but didn’t want to let it pass without a comment. About a week ago, Luisa Ortega Díaz, Chávez’s prosecutor...

Francisco Toro September 28, 2008

Life

The emerald city

Juan Cristobal says: – One of the biggest challenges in writing this blog is bridging the disconnect between our perception of Venezuelan politics and the day-to-day reality on...

Francisco Toro September 25, 2008

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Chávez : Bush :: Peas : Pod

Quico says: Oh Hugo, if only you knew how right you have it. [hat tip: dorothy]

Francisco Toro September 25, 2008

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Plato and the paranoia of power

Quico says: In a previous post, I started citing great big chunks of Plato’s republic. Strange as it seems, it isn’t just some gratuitous outburst of pretentiousness (though,...

Francisco Toro September 23, 2008

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Chavismo Foretold

Quico says: We tend to think of chavismo as shiny and new: all 21st Century and postmodern. But the basic mechanism whereby democracy gradually morphs into tyranny? Plato...

Francisco Toro September 23, 2008

Life

Gustavo MarWHO?!

Quico says: State-level polls are likely to be thin on the ground over the next few weeks, and published polls even thinner. So I’ll jump on whatever I...

Francisco Toro September 21, 2008

Life

It's official

Quico says: Hugo Chávez is now fodder for Republican attack ads… [Have yer damn hat tip, JayDee…]

Francisco Toro September 19, 2008

Life

Quod erat demonstrandum

Juan Cristobal and Quico say: Sometimes, chavismo takes all the fun out of parody by, in effect, parodying itself. Case in point: Human Rights Watch has just published...

Francisco Toro September 19, 2008

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