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The Venezuelan dictatorship in action 25 Aug 2013 | 10:44 am
Having made the case that Venezuela is now under a novel dictatorship form of government, there is nothing left for this blog but to illustrate our hypothesis with probationary evidence. In a single d...
Globovision-less evenings, information-less TV 22 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
I am back in San Felipe after a few days in Caracas, when we learned the end of Globovision. And thus I had to face my first evening without Leopoldo Castillo, a.k.a. El Ciudadano. It is not that I wa...
A XXIst century dictatorship primer 20 Aug 2013 | 01:25 am
Even though for informed people the Venezuelan regime has become a symbol of utter corruption, immeasurable incompetence, sublime contempt for the rule of law and plasticity for human rights, you read...
Maduro's confession that he is a totalitarian; and yet controls shit 17 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
PSUV flowchart? Sometimes the glorious bolibanana revolution comes up with snippets that one does not know whether to cry or laugh one's head off. Maduro delivered such a revealing doozie yesterday ...
Exit Globovision 17 Aug 2013 | 10:31 am
I was at a small social gathering when through twitter we learned that Leopoldo Castillo, the anchor for 12 years of Alo Ciudadano, was quitting. Thus ended the party. Thus died the last independent t...
Homophobia as a chavista weapon to destroy the opposition 14 Aug 2013 | 09:06 am
Besides that I am particularly sensitive on the topic, what was most disgraceful tonight was the deliberate use of insult and homophobia to taint the opposition. Chavismo must have reached real lows t...
Now what? 9 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Yesterday's High Court, TSJ, decision was not earth shattering, by far, but it was momentous nevertheless. Though its effect has to be sought in the psyche of the players rather than any direct conseq...
A heavy fine for El Nacional to attack freedom of expression 9 Aug 2013 | 05:47 am
We have just learned that El Nacional, the most anti Chavez paper of the country, and with El Universal the most venerable, has received a breaking fine of 1% of its 2010 revenue. The reason was the f...
Millonas de Gladys Gutiérrez 8 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
Mas allá de la noticia siempre tenemos que estar pendiente de lo que representa en verdad. Por ejemplo, la multa que el Tribunal Supremo le impuso a Henrique Capriles en si es un escándalo, un irrespe...
What happened today: the post-Chavez regime digs in and scales up repression 8 Aug 2013 | 09:16 am
Certainly today's headline is the Venezuelan High Court, TSJ, emitting one of its most shameful decisions ever (and the competition is stiff). But three other events today are equally telling and all ...
