Epic fail
Here is Chávez’s latest campaign ad: un-singable jingle full of tired old clichés, worn-out rythms, and hysterical imagery. It’s too bad for them, because the video starts off...
Politics
The also rans...
Officially, the campaign starts today, but I bet most of you don’t know there’ll be more than two candidates on the presidential ballot. Initially, CNE admitted eight nominations for...
The Polling in Perspective
Over on his excellent Venezuelan Poll Nerd blog, YV Polis, political scientist Iñaki Sagarzazu puts the latest C21 numbers in perspective. The real take-away from me, is in his...
You loved hearing it here first
Consultores 21’s June poll has Chávez on 47.9% and Henrique Capriles on 44.5%, well within the margin of error. Standard disclaimers apply: like all polls, this is a snapshot...
Annals of Rigged Baselines
Loved this bit from Food Minister Carlos Osorio, “In 2003, Misión Alimentación was launched with five shops and today we have 22,306 shops throughout the country, an increase...
The Economist suggests it's "untreatable"
Don’t miss two strong pieces from The Economist print edition on Venezuela. One is in the op-ed Leaders section, and focuses on Chávez’s efforts to hide the extent...
A wish for the new year
Merry Christmas everyone.
Hitchens on Hugo
Christopher Hitchens is dead. Love him or hate him, man, did he have a way with words. His excoriation of Hugo Chávez is something to remember, well worth...
Wiki-MUD
A few days ago, I received the first draft of the MUD’s platform. It is an all-encompassing 163-page document, filled with the opposition’s promises, hopes and wishes for...
"But I'm not dead yet..."
Give your mind a second to reel at the sheer extravagance of the cult of personality in the mural below, now on proud display at the Guardia Nacional’s...
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