After a very nice, break. I avoided talking Venezuela and even - gasp - read a novel (R.K. Narayan's The Vendor of Sweets - heartily re...

From Why Orwell Matters, by Christopher Hitchens: "There isn't much room for doubt about the real source of anti-Orwell resent...

Bernardo Alvarez, Venezuela's ambassador to the US replies to the Washington Post, saying, "Contrary to what the editorial imp...

GQR is the gold standard of polling in Venezuela, and their last results are encouraging. However, it is a bit disquieting to think these ar...

I am reposting this as a reminder to those of you who volunteered to please turn in those substantiation forms. Notice that I've changed...

I love the headline on this Xinhua Story . Too funny. Venezuela demands "more forceful" answer from US CARACAS, April 1 (Xinh...

Believe it or not, I was not always against Chavez. In 1999 I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a government backed by 80% of ...

Until this morning, Beverley Hughes was the Minister for Immigration in Tony Blair's government. Today, amid a scandal, Hughes was for...

I had a chat yesterday with Sandra La Fuente, the woman who co-wrote El Acertijo de Abril, the book on the events of April 11-14th. I asked...

The amazing thing about the unquestioned "The US did it" consensus on the April coup is that it is always assumed or hinted at, ne...

I'll never forget it. It was a normal weekday in early 2003 when the familiar music comes on the TV...esta es una transmisión conjunta d...

Guardians of the Fatherland: Trained Bodyguards

This post is an invitation: please use the comments forum to write-in about your personal memories of April 11th-14th. Foreign readers: tel...

You've heard about the coup, you've even seen the movie, but do you realize that The Revolution will not be Televised left out two t...