A useful illusion?
Quico says: Watching this video, I can’t decide if Ciudadanía Activa is performing a valuable civic service by keeping alive the pretense of constitutional government or if this...
Life
Edo-what?
Juan Cristóbal says: – It’s not every day that you learn something about your own country from the New York Times. So do yourself a favor and don’t...
Hondurans go rogue
Juan Cristóbal says: – I should know better than to post about Honduras given how badly it went the last time, but here goes: by electing a President...
Fun with Skype
Juan Cristóbal says: – Ta-da-dun… ta-dun… I’m sitting in my ofice. It’s Friday afternoon. I’m waiting to finish a report, and the familiar Skype bell interrupts me. Damn,...
The view from your window: The big apple
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Q-atharsis
Quico says: In case you haven’t noticed, I have been struggling with writer’s block for months. Ever since I came back from Venezuela and witnessed the deterioration in...
Chávez's achievement
Quico says: It’s a question people seem to ask me a lot outside Venezuela, and it came up again the other night, in a conversation with an old...
The people get shoved under the table
Juan Cristóbal says: – A few days ago, Venezuela’s opposition announced with much fanfare it had finally reached an “agreement” on how to select candidates for the looming...
The view from your window: Miami
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Alleged news agency allegedly strips the word "alleged" of any meaning whatsoever, sources allege
Quico says: I almost choked on my breakfast burrito this morning when I read Ian James’s write-up for the AP of Chávez’s lunatic little dithyramb to Carlos the...
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