Qaddafi's drainage pipe and the opposition's soul
This is not the time for misguided adventurism. Magical thinking will not avert the oncoming Constitutional Crisis, and revenge fantasies won't re-establish the rule of law in Venezuela.
Politics
Henry's Purse Strings
The 2016 Budget is nowhere near big enough to cover the government's spending needs. Now, Nicolás Maduro is going to have to go beg Henry Ramos Allup for créditos adicionales to keep this show on the road. That's going to be cotufa-worthy.
Habemus Henry: Ramos Allup elected to lead National Assembly in 2016
Henry Ramos Allup, the controversial 73 year-old AD Secretary General, has just been selected by MUD deputies to preside the National Assembly in 2016. Here's my hot take.
Politics, finally
Why I welcome the incoming MUD majority's decision to choose the new A.N. president by secret ballot, and you should too.
A Note on Supreme Tribunal Reform
What if the new majority went back to the 2004 reform of the Supreme Tribunal Law to make one single change?
2016 is here!
Countdown to #5E at -5. Que papá Dios nos agarre confesados.
One. Oh. Nine. [Updated]
The Supreme Tribunal has just approved a temporary measure suspending the election of four assembly members: three from MUD, one from PSUV. Effective immediately.
Ramos Allunderwood
To the astonished horror of many, Henry Ramos Allup looks poised to beat Julio Borges and become National Assembly president. Here's how he did it.
What's the 45,475th stripe to a tiger?
Rather than the voters, it will be a tribunal that has never ruled against the government that will decide who sits in the National Assembly. It's a dangerous move.
Nothing Innocent About It: The Impugnaciones are Back
The newly re-packed, 100% chavista Supreme Tribunal's Electoral Chamber has just received six separate impugnaciones (legal challenges) against deputies elected by MUD on December 6th.
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