My literal take on "Escasez"
I’ve been experiencing my own personal shortage of words to write as of late, so what better way to make lemonade out of lemons (or arepas out of...
Why go to the Circus when you have the AN?
While Maduro and his train of flunkies were busy governing watching a private Cirque du Soleil showing (and ticket holders are lined up out in the rain), the regularly...
He-Said/She-Said
What’s the best way to turn an argument into a boring, annoying, petty mess? Make it into a he-said/she-said match, and mire it in obscure technical detail. Soon...
Putting the "present" in Representative.
So you know I think Capriles’s strategy is not only dead on, but being handled with sublime political finesse. Where I do depart from the opposition’s strategy is on...
It May Not Look Like it Right Now, But We're Winning
These are nervy days, but I’m here to tell you one thing: Henrique Capriles has earned our trust. He’s a man who knows exactly what he’s doing. By the...
The legacy of this campaign
(CC Disclaimer: Emiliana is volunteering for the Capriles campaign, so this is her last post for the week) For some reason, I keep coming back to this theme...
Semana Santa, Politics, and a side of Pescao Frito
Semana Santa, along with Carnavales, Christmas vacation, Indigenous Resistance Day and any other holiday that does not fall on a Wednesday and can therefore become part of a...
Riding coattails onto aircraft carriers...
Aircraft carriers are strategically crucial but massively expensive to build, so it’s not surprising of the ten nations that have real aircraft carriers, eight possess only one. In...
Three Weeks Out: The Supposedly-(but-not-really)-Pre-Campaign Round Up
Let’s recap of the first seven days of non-campaign campaigning, or in criollo doublespeak: pre-campaña. Technically, you see, the official campaign only starts on April 1st and lasts a...
Suspended Animation
In Venezuela, during this strange inter-regnum between Chávez and what comes next, beef and cement have become privileges. But these days, the mother of all luxuries is certainty. Just ask Andrea. Andrea...
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