$h*! lousy sportscasters say
Would those of you stateside take a break from the Synchronized NBC Bashing and spare a thought for the poor, benighted Venezuelan sports fan? State broadcaster TVes (currently dead-last...
Life
We also have compulsory government advertising on TV here...
…it’s just ever so slightly different in tone from what you get in Venezuela: Just to be clear: governments do of course have a legitimate need to communicate...
When Ventajismo goes Meta
How meta is it that these five Ciudadanía Activa spots denouncing the blatantly illegal use of State resources for campaign purposes just got ordered off the air, for...
Doing Rather Well
Remember this? Yup…two months ago Dan Rather told us president Chávez would be dead by now. Ermmmmm…is it maybe time put in another call to that highly respected...
Got coke?
Guess which country handles in transit 24% of the cocaine that passes through South America? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
On the Unbearable Lightness of Being Simón Bolívar
Here’s my ditty for the International Herald Tribune this week…(and no, I did not write that headline … ugh!)
First, they grabbed la vinotinto; now, el vinotinto
During one of Chavez’s latest cadenas, this happened: “I don’t always want people to drink alcohol, but when I do, I want them to drink my own brand.” It’s...
Now we know who Bolívar really reincarnated as...
Not Chávez, not CAP, but… Ricardo Montalban. Now, that is uncanny. All S-Bol needs now is a midget next to him shouting “el galeón! el galeón!” [HT: hgdam.]
Maduro's Prestige-o-meter
So according to Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro, the Inter-American Court on Human Rights‘s prestige is in a state of catastrophic collapse. The Syrian government, though? They’re peaches. [Highlights...
El Amo del Uncanny Valley
S-Bol’s 229th birthday won’t be an ordinary one. Right in the middle of the presidential campaign, the Chavernment will use it to push its electoral narrative while continue...
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