Prosecutor, judge and jury
Supreme Tribunal chief Luisa Estella Morales says: “There won’t be a manual recount.” All of the sudden, she starts feeling guilty about people dying on the streets, and...
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Pre-election Google Hangout
Join Gustavo and I for a pre-election conversation, Corpoelec willing. Already online. Also via Youtube.
Who is Maduro?
My take on the big, fat question mark we may be electing tomorrow – over at Transitions, by Foreign Policy. An excerpt: One of the failures in this...
Ad War Update: wrapping things up
The briefest campaign in Venezuelan history has come to an end, and here are some of the last minute ads launched by the contenders. We begin with an...
La cara pública del fracaso de Capriles
Si Henrique Capriles termina perdiendo este domingo – tal como predicen muchas encuestas – vamos a tener que comenzar a buscar culpables. Yo voy a comenzar por una:...
My embassy, my party
There’s no secret that the real political apparatus for the Maduro campaign is the Venezuelan State, and that use has even extended outside of our borders. In a...
Wildfires on the rise
For a week, a massive wildfire has caused serious damage in Canaima National Park. This recent photograph from the newspaper Correo del Caroní shows how the fire has...
Ad War Update: reaching the endgame
With two days of official campaign left, the candidates are rushing to make the most with the little time they have left. This is also visible on the...
Annals of Bad Timing
I know … I know … the timing is garishly bad. But over the next two weeks I’m going to be off the grid – doing day-job stuff...
Chavenomics inspires a nifty cartoon
Yeah, that pretty much rocked (in Spanish). Kudos to Daniel and Miguel Angel for this.
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