The Worst Case Scenario: We've Become Florida
This is the single worst thing that could’ve happened: CNE has announced Maduro won the election by 7.51 million votes to 7.27 million for Capriles, but the opposition...
Light reading from the archive to pass the Baranda Hours
The post below the jump was originally published in July 2012:
What we know at this time
The Capriles Campaign is certain that Henrique Capriles Radonski has won today’s election. Various opposition quick counts now point clearly in that direction. There has been a high...
Opposition Quick Count Suggests a Late, Crazy Night Ahead
Here’s the low-down: it’s close. Very close. Close enough to make the next few hours especially volatile. The opposition’s quick count suggests a very narrow Capriles win. (With the...
Alea jacta est...amos como estamos
An absolute chill ran down my spine 12 minutes ago when this came through Henrique Capriles’s twitter account: “Alertamos al país y al mundo la intención de querer...
Butterflies in your stomach? Comment here
Open thread for comments here. We won’t be posting until we’re ready to call the election. I’ll be live on CNN Chile starting at 9 PM Chile time,...
Where are the dishwashers?
One thing I think nobody has noted in this election cycle: where are the dishwashers? The clothes washers? The dryers? The apartments? Heck, I haven’t even heard of...
No news is no news
Just a quick heads up to say that there is nothing to report. As usual during election day, there are rumours going around. We’re doing well! No people...
Four hours then, 20 minutes now
Last October, it took me four hours to cast my vote. This time, it went much quicker. At 11 a.m., my voting center wasn’t packed, but people were...
Nicolás is for the birds
A few weeks ago, Nicolás Maduro said that Hugo Chávez appeared to him in the form of a bird to give him his blessing. The whole “bird” meme...
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