Chávez's Message on Crime: Don't Think of an Elephant
http://www.youtube.com/v/m9uXgF4NpLA?fs=1&hl=en_US "It is not true that Venezuela is one of the most dangerous countries in the world!" That’s the best the Fat Man could come up with on...
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The Opposition's Path to 83 Seats in the National Assembly
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:%2F%2F02ed1ef.netsolhost.com%2Fgeoit%2Fdirections%2Fvenkmlfull.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=6.446318,-66.577148&spn=13.072158,13.183594&z=5&output=embed View Larger Map This is what Victory on 26S looks like. The map shows the Opposition’s likeliest path to an overall majority in the National Assembly: If we...
Reading Between Yoani's Lines
Decrying this as illegal would be handing out the proverbial speeding ticket at the Indianapolis 500. I mean, duh! What strikes me as more interesting is the way...
When your morning newspaper reads like a hackneyed 50s comic book plot device (UPDATED)
<p> Last night, Venezuela’s new National Police’s headquarters building was robbed. A gang of sixteen used a blowtorch to extract Bs.120,000 ($10,000-55,000, depending on the exchange rate you prefer)...
The Guardian goes right wing
<p> Ugh. Just look at the type of people they are letting in the door. Honestly.
Winning ugly
Not necessarily. The opposition’s only plausible path to victory on September 26th is simple: turn out your base and hope the other side’s soft-supporters stay home. And, within...
Fact-checkers of Caracas Chronicles: unite!
Is Tibisay Lucena correct in saying the opposition has 75% of all campaign TV ads? Or is she pulling these numbers out of her ass? We need those...
Chabuki watch #7
You know how playwrights talk about "the arc" of a character? They’ll go on and on about a character’s "inflexion point", the moment when they come to an...
Chavismo's Crap-o-rrific Swing-o-meter
It simply makes my blood boil to think the hacks who made this probably got paid thousands upon thousands of petrodollars while I burn the midnight oil just...
At war with the people (Updated)
The Pérez de León hospital in Petare is, by law, managed by the Sucre municipality. The mayor is Primero Justicia’s Carlos Ocaríz. Yesterday, Hugo Chávez said he would not...
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