This blog... ...is about to go more or less quiet, since I'm off to Romania for the holidays starting today. I may post from net caf...

In breathless praise of Sumate: (or, Essay on the difference between voter intimidation and colossal bullshit) From: "Erica Stepha...

Last thing If you need any more convincing of which side collected the signatures it says it collected, witness the Bs:$ rate on the sem...

The thing about the actas The other aspect that people often lose sight of is that we are ALL being spun silly with numbers. Somebody i...

An Ibsen Martinez tour de force Rather than boring you with yet more of what I think - which I think is pretty well established by now -...

The less enlightening face of chavismo writes in... From: Richard Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 2:39 PM To: caracaschronicles@fastmail.f...

CNE: Rediscovering the institutional wheel (or, more email from Alan) On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:53:28 -0400, Alan said: > Francisc...

Greg Wilpert writes... ..a reasonable, if somewhat wishfully thought-out, government-friendly essay in Venezuela Analysis that, nevert...

Email exchange with a doomsday prophet I will post only one of several emails received in this general vein, especially because my corre...

If you're looking for insight into Venezuela’s seemingly neverending political crisis, section 301.81 of the American Psychiatric Associ...

Can Andy Webb Vidal be spun? I dunno... ...can he?

From: Phil Gunson Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 3:22 PM To: caracaschronicles@fastmail.fm Subject  Re: Caracas Chronicles: Come and get i...

Fruitless speculation i-Instant spin: (or, how to put a brave face on a situation that actually isn't that bad.) The Coordinado...

Just short... Well, according to the Coordinadora Democratica, the Reafirmazo amply fulfilled its legal purpose, but fell just short pol...

Ode to Francisco Diez and the style of diplomacy he represents You know something is seriously twisted in this cosmos when the news you...