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How squeaky clean is Teodoro Petkoff?

Quico says: So squeaky clean that, after what was doubtlessly a detailed investigation into anything and everything the guy’s been up to over a half century of public...

Francisco Toro April 3, 2009

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Criminalizing dissent

Quico says: Nobody could be surprised by Chávez’s decision to jail the man who, more than any other, saved his skin in the 2002 coup. The arrest of...

Francisco Toro April 2, 2009

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Green with envy yet, Hugo?

Juan Cristobal says: – Check out who Barack Obama thinks is the “most popular politician on the planet.” Hint: it’s not Hugo Chavez. http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/emp/external/player.swf

Juan Cristobal Nagel April 2, 2009

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The scarcity of scarcity

Juan Cristobal says: – Today’s edition of El Universal carries an interview with Planning Minister Jorge Giordani, Chavez’s economic pater-familias. Giordani is usually a bland, boring guy, but...

Juan Cristobal Nagel April 2, 2009

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PSF-ari

Juan Cristobal says: – Kudos to Alexander Cuadros of Slate. While in Caracas, he sought out the foreigners who make the Revolution their home to ask them –...

Juan Cristobal Nagel April 1, 2009

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Danny's Move

Quico says: Now that Hugo Chávez has come out as a personal supporter of Omar Al Bashir, will Darfur genocide activist Danny Glover see fit to raise a...

Francisco Toro April 1, 2009

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Hugo and Omar, sitting on a tree...

…K-I-S-S-I-N-G… Quico says: OK, ok…lets line up our ducks in a row here, Huguito. You got a beef with the politization of the International Criminal Court? You oppose...

Francisco Toro April 1, 2009

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