Headed for another showdown
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x8khivChavez_cargillby noticias24 Juan Cristobal says: – Chavez has just ordered the expropriation of Cargill – not sure whether that means all of Cargill’s operations or just its rice...
Life
The showcase missions
Juan Cristobal says: – There’s not a lot of room for consensus in today’s hyper-polarized Venezuela. One of the few, though, is the idea that the Revolution has...
Juice ad Bellum
Quico says: The Stanford Review’s independent blog, Bellum, is running a juicy email interview with yours truly. Check it out.
Change You Can Believe In
Quico says: Over the past week, I’ve been doing some blue-sky thinking about the future of this blog. Here’s the skinny: Caracas Chronicles is at a crossroads. Over...
Our missions, should we choose to accept them
Juan Cristobal says: – “If the ‘Yes’ option lost, what would we lose? … The social missions and the communal councils.” From a campaign poster, 10 reasons to...
Odds and ends
Quico says: Way too busy this week. Unless Juan picks up the slack, posting may be light. I’m aware of, but powerless over, the “issues” with the IntenseDebate...
Misdirected Outrage
Quico says: Turns out that catastrophic interview of Allan Brewer-Carías appeared on the NYTimes website as a result of a content-sharing agreement with the Council on Foreign Relations:...
And the Design Contest Winner is...
…99ideas, for this stunning layout: Click to enlarge. It still has to be coded, so it won’t be up right away. Still. I’m really excited about it. I...
¡Golpista!
Quico says: We’re so used to hearing the word “coup-monger” tossed around indiscriminately as an all-purpose slur against government critics, we’re pretty much inured to it by now....
The designs just keep coming...
Quico says: I am loving this 99designs thing. Two new designers have joined the fray. Check them out here and here.
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