27N Repeats Itself - First as Farce and then as Slapstick
Did you hear the one about the Chinese-made trainer jet that crashed in the air show to commemorate the failed putsch?! Thing is, el Chigüire got ahead of...
Where's Waldo? Update
Felicito a los y las Graduandas de la I Cohorte del Diplomado en Saberes Africanos! Viva la Madre Africa!! — Hugo Chávez Frías (@chavezcandanga) November 1, 2012 That’s...
Twenty years of that
Few people alive in Venezuela twenty years ago will forget November 27th, 1992. That day, we woke up to another coup d’etat attempt, only this one was happening...
The Dilemma
The debate over whether rank-and-file Chávez voters deserve any share of responsibility for the myriad outrages of the Chávez era has produced more heat than light so far...
Accomplices Galore
I’m with Juan here. It’s not as if Judge Afiuni’s rape and torture story is some kind of freak exception. The dire, dire human rights situation inside Venezuelan...
8,191,132 rapists
Yesterday we learned that Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, Hugo Chávez’s most visible political prisoner, was tortured and raped while in jail. She bravely told her story in a...
16-D Races to Watch: Miranda
It’s considered the “crown jewel” of the upcoming regional elections. The Miranda State governorship includes four of five municipalities in the Caracas region and is arguably the most...
This post practically writes itself
Yesterday, many of us did a double take when we read the latest toxic public announcement by Hugo Chávez’s economic czar, Jorge Giordani. Giordani publicly announced that Venezuelans...
Cubagua is on its own
The small island of Cubagua (part of Nueva Esparta State) was the location of Nueva Cádiz, the first Spanish settlement in Venezuela and South America. After running out...
The panfletonegrification of my mind
Somehow, the stuff I need to write these days feels more at home on PanfletoNegro than back here on what ought to be home turf.
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