The visionary rodent
It’s been more than a month since the Presidential election, and we are still arguing about what happened and how we move forward. One thing I haven’t really...
Chronicles from the End of Civilization
All that’s left at this point – and it isn’t much, but it’s also not nothing – is to chronicle the rot. And I suppose it’s important to...
16-D Races to Watch: Carabobo
The central state of Carabobo, known as our historical and industrial heartland, presents an interesting case for the 16-D election. The comandante presidente won there this year but...
Misión Cáiganse a plomo
A few months ago, Hugo Chávez suddenly realized that, yes, crime was a problem. With the election now in the history books, folks can go back to killing...
Rosita and me
News this week that Venezuelan Silicon Starlet Rosita, a.k.a. Jimena Araya, a.k.a. the Pran Madame is to be made Regional Director of Human Rights in Aragua for the expropriated PODEMOS...
Did Chávez's get-out-the-vote operation make the difference?
Frequent commenter, colleague, and friend Omar wrote this technical document on voter participation and the October 7th results. I’m posting it in its entirety, in Spanish. Well worth...
Where's Waldo? Cont...
The fat man in the palace was on TV yesterday, four days after his last public appearance. He was sitting comfortably in his palace, just like last time....
Anything goes in order to win
The original talanquera-jumper Francisco Arias Cárdenas faces an uphill battle to win the Zulia State Governorship, even if the comandante presidente won last month in Maracuchistan and he’s keeps...
Aquí está, este es...
Y’all didn’t think Chávez would do anything so crass as to actually announce his paquetazo, did you? Of course not, that would be neoliberal. He’s just gone ahead and...
An example of fiscal irresponsibility
The local government of Pedro María Freites Municipality (Eastern Anzoategui) is facing bankruptcy. Some public workers have been fired while others are protesting because they haven’t been paid...
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