The great public security swindle
Some unusual posters appeared in the streets of Caracas last Monday. Generic obituaries that remind us that violence is still out of control. The number of casualties in...
And the Gold Medal in the Mindless Politization of Olympic Victory Dash goes to...
…Bolívar State governor Francisco Rangel. In fact, the play-on-words is borderline clever – Limardo really is from Bolívar State, so you could call his epée “la espada de...
44 years later, a Venezuelan wins Olympic gold
Francisco “Morochito” Rodriguez is no longer the only one. Fencer Ruben Limardo beat Norway’s Bartosz Piasecki in the individual men’s épée final, taking the first Olympic gold medal...
$h*! lousy sportscasters say
Would those of you stateside take a break from the Synchronized NBC Bashing and spare a thought for the poor, benighted Venezuelan sports fan? State broadcaster TVes (currently dead-last...
Indecision 2012: Little Venice Edition
Juan looks into the crazy number of undecideds in some recent polls over on FP’s Transitions blog…and can’t decide what that’s about!
Data-Jockeying the Polls
Now, I realize that many of you think public opinion polling is a silly thing to do in an increasingly authoritarian country like ours. And I grant that...
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