Into Fonden's Heart of Darkness
Rushing in where angels fear to tread, Reuters today publishes an in-depth special report on Fonden, the off-budget, off-the-record, off-its-rocker spending fund at the heart of the chavista...
In Johnny We Trust
It really is an extraordinary situation: I don’t think we’ve ever faced such a bizarre, contradictory opinion polling outlook less than two weeks ahead of a vote. The...
Varianzas - they're tied
Well-regarded pollster Varianzas says: Chávez 49.7%, Capriles 47.4%. The number of people that say the economic sitation in the country is “bad” goes up from 43.4% to 47.2%....
How We're Like Nicaragua in 1990, and How We're Not
It’s become the stuff of Latin American Legend, and a favorite Caprilista talking point of the last few months: despite trailing badly in most well-regarded polls, Nicaragua’s Violeta...
Domesticar el Petróleo
Maybe we’ve been going about this all wrong. Maybe the problem with the oil industry is down to gigantism, an inhuman scale that concentrates wealth along a handful...
Datanálisis throws in the towel (UPDATED)
Reputable Venezuelan pollster Datanálisis has just leaked its final poll before the election. The results are jaw-dropping, but for the wrong reasons. Their poll, leaked to Bloomberg’s Charlie...
Dirty campaign update, ctd.
The parallel dirty campaign against Henrique Capriles is doubling down on the “Paquetazo” narrative and goes into fear mongering territory, with some help of CG animations: Beside the...
Marquina doubles down
Both Quico and I are a bit busy today. Still, I wanted to highlight this interview with Dr. Jose Rafael Marquina by Spanish newspaper ABC. Marquina has become...
Your pick for Capriles's VP
Word is that Henrique Capriles will announce, among others, his pick for the vice-presidency tomorrow (Monday.) Who would you like to see in that role? The VP pick...
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