Los Tiempos de Bogotá son Perfectos
As you may have guessed, I have something of a complex about writing in Spanish. (I was only educated in Venezuela through the sixth grade, so I always...
Politics
Necrophiliac? Moi?!
I know I’m just eating casquillo here, but I can’t get over the fact that chavismo pivoted from accusing us of necrophilia (for daring to ask after the...
GoogleHangout de Caracas Chronicles en Español - Ya Terminó
La grabación queda disponible.
My endorsement (Updated)
I’ve always advocated participation. I thought the 2005 election withdrawal was a mistake. Even yesterday, I tweeted that abstaining would be a mistake. But after hearing Capriles’ message...
Henrique's Choice
Our understanding is that, as of today, the opposition has genuinely not yet decided whether to participate in upcoming elections. Yesterday’s snap judgment from the Supreme Tribunal allowing...
El sabotaje va por dentro
The rolling power blackouts that have spread around the country have gotten worse in recent days, to the point that even weekends are no longer safe. In my...
The opposition's position
It’s been a long week, folks. Good night.
Necrophilia is in the Eye of the Beholder
As I type this words – 9:36 p.m. Caracas Time – the assembled leadership of a political movement that spent the last 21 months accusing anyone who asked...
ABC: the coffin on parade was empty
Spanish newspaper ABC has been relentless in its reporting on Hugo Chávez’s health. Now, on the heels of Chávez’s funeral, journalist Emili Blasco launches an explosive allegation: the...
Spot the Revolution
A neat Bloomberg chart puts things in context. (Numbers are averages for each president’s entire term in office.) And note, here the yardstick is the crappy second half...
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