Lingering questions from Chávez’s press conference
Juan Cristóbal says: – Hugo Chávez gave an off-limits-to-the-locals press conference today. In it, he went in depth about the AT-4 missile launchers belonging to the Venezuelan Armed...
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Prominent chavista pans new Media Law
Juan Cristóbal says: – Former Constitutional Assembly member and former Ambassador to Mexico Vladimir Villegas wrote a stinging op-ed piece trashing the new Media Law under discussion in...
Our Insane New Cycle
Quico says: Can you believe that the revelation that Venezuelan army AT4 rocket launchers were found in FARC’s possession is less than one week old!? After Twittergate, the...
Gas del Bueno
Quico says: A group of some 35 pro-Chávez thugs, have just stormed Globovisión and tossed multiple tear gas canisters into the building. The group, led by notorious Chavista...
#freemediave and the boiling media war
Juan Cristóbal says: -The government’s takeover of 34 radio stations over the weekend has gained considerable attention. In spite of the bad PR it is getting and bound...
Moratinos = Franco
Juan Cristóbal says: – Over the weekend, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos opined that the freedom of expression situation in Venezuela is “satisfactory.” Reports linking that view...
Mutatis Mutandi
George Orwell might have said: In our country, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the abolition of Proportional Representation, the arbitrary...
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