Google Hangout with Rory Carroll
My chat with Rory Carroll, author of the new book, “Comandante,” just ended. Also available via Youtube.
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Ad War Update: one week to go
The shortest presidential campaign in Venezuelan history is now underway in the streets, on the airwaves and also on the inter-tubes. Let’s have a look: With footage of...
The ethics of campaign consulting
It’s me vs. the Brazilians in this Simón Romero New York Times piece. The money quote: [Santana’s] skills also came into focus in Venezuela, where both Mr. Chávez, who...
We're all for universal equilibrium, as long as somebody else pays
The U.N. General Assembly just passed a landmark global treaty on arms sales. First reports indicated that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela abstained, which was perhaps not surprising...
Roy Chaderton joins the looney bin
In the last couple of weeks, it has become increasingly clear that the Maduro campaign has bought a one-way ticket on the Mental Express. In spite of this,...
Ad War Update: pre-campaña ends, official campaign begins
With the official campaign now upon us, what’s left of the pre-campaña is online: The Maduro campaign is going big on the figure of the comandante supremo. Here,...
El Chigüire Gives Up
This feels historic, somehow. Venezuela’s premier source of satire bows to the evident: you just can’t parody a movement this good at parodying itself.
Sponsored hip-hop
You’ve probably never heard of Rebel Diaz, a hip-hop group from NYC’s South Bronx, whose music is top-heavy with ñángara politics. Days ago, they released a new tribute...
Piñata Ethics (Updated)
So I got myself in a bit of trouble yesterday. My wife, who is very not-Venezuelan read Emiliana’s story about the Semana Santa operativos with evident alarm. But worse was to come when she...
Ad War Update: "pre-campaña" edition
As Emiliana already told us, we’re not officially in campaign yet (it starts on April 2nd) but still the electioneering is in full swing as part of the pre-campaña....
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