The quick decline of the Arepera Socialista
Don’t miss Setty’s chronicle of a field trip to the Arepera Socialista. Depressing, but reassuring at the same time.
Picture it
El Tiempo is reporting the results of a new poll, showing Antanas Mockus leading Juan Manuel Santos in a second-round runoff… by double digits. Two questions pop up:...
Mendoza in his labyrinth
Following Venezuela’s opposition requires a non-trivial dose of patience. The comings and goings of the opposition unity table (MUD) have produced a somewhat final list of candidates for the...
Siemens gets cozy with Hugo Chávez's revolution
UPDATE: This post refers to a charge the SEC filed in December of 2008. My mistake. I’ll leave it up so people don’t think I’m covering my tracks. The SEC...
Transparent as MUD
Having spent years assailing CNE for being to slow to release data after elections, and even then only releasing it partially, I have no choice but to decry...
Dragging the MUD through the mud
Is it just me, or do the Opposition’s Unity Roundtable promoters treat the MUD more or less the way the parent of a Down Syndrome kid might treat her kid:...
Caracas Chronicles sí sube cerro
You’ve probably seen the EsferaPublica.com ad by now. Chances are you’re asking yourself: who needs another Chávez-centered site…in Spanish?! Aren’t there already 20 million Noticias24 clones?! There are,...
What the Mockus surge says about the Uribe years
Reading what the Colombian blogs have to say about the remarkable rise in Antanas Mockus’ poll ratings, this quote from analyst Claudia López stuck with me, "Uribismo vs....
Habermassive
It’s tempting to file Antanas Mockus’s remarkable rise in the polls in Colombia under "too good to be true" – cross referenced with "can’t possibly last." Everything about...
Hugo's Humongous Carbon Footprint
We each have one. Unless you’re signed up to the Cult of Hugo, you probably do, too. You know: that one topic he drives you craziest on. For...
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