Caracas Chronicles
July 10, 2004

"America", by Allen Ginsberg

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(For those who don´t know him, Ginsberg was a leftist, a Jew, a gay, an American, and a poet... I mean, to how many more minorities can a ma...

Zen and the Art of Likely Voter Counting

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Site owner's re-write and scolding... Oh dear. Capital sin #1 - incitement to gallinerizacion. Serious. We'll expect Mr. Cardinale...
July 9, 2004

Momentum, ceilings, and Justin Delacour's Diet

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For the two and a half years from October 2001 to March 2004, the polling reality in Venezuela was amazingly stable. 60-70% of the country o...
July 8, 2004

Let's get to real business...

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The deep philosophical divide that exists between Chavez supporters and opponents on CC, is probably analogous to the divide between Chavez ...

Juantxon suggested this link...

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But as I´m a little backwards internet wise, I think you´ll have to copy and paste. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64088,00.htm...

Why ideology matters...

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Yes, mrn, te salio un hermano intelectualoso...eso ya lo sabias, no? The point of this exercise, though, is not to drop Hannah Arendt's ...
July 7, 2004

Ideo-logy and Pragmatism

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It was a charming moment. This morning I got this piece in my email from a philochavista reader hoping to show me the error of my ways. I t...
July 6, 2004

Che fece .... il gran rifiuto

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For some people the day comes when they have to declare the great Yes or the great No. It's clear at once who has the Yes ready withi...

Major psychological issue... (Someone say something to the CD soon!

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I've been feeling quite quite low these last few days (like many in the oppostion), and just understood why, and how the "son of th...

Postcards from the empire and other notes

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"Chinita! Washington si es vergataria" News today from Venezuela report on Carrasquero and Rodriguez's trip to the US on i...
July 4, 2004

Shredding your own credibility for fun

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or, What the hell is North American Opinion Research? Man, so much swimming only to drown on the water's edge. Finally chavismo has ...
July 1, 2004

Another courtroom thriller moment: You can't handle the truth!

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"What do you mean I'm out of order? You're out of order, this whole courtroom is out of order!" Litigation, litiga...
June 30, 2004

More stuff on National Prizes

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There's more National Prize turmoil: Architect Oscar Tenreiro (not to be confused with his brother Architect Jesus Tenreiro), who was a...
June 29, 2004

Latest news from Plaza Venezuela...

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Something very weird is cooking, guys. I don´t know if you remember my text about the "Defensores de la Patria" and the taken buil...
June 28, 2004

Some strategical hints...

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Our dear Tuti is worried (really worried) about the strategies the CD should undertake to effectively get to the undecided citizens. Today, ...
June 27, 2004

The political prisoners of the Revolution: Capriles Radonski in the Helicoide

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There is a direct proportion between the numbers of political prisoners of the Chavez Revolution, and the revolution's need to boost its...
June 25, 2004

The reports of international observers will be confidential

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CNE will discuss and approve the rules governing voting center members and vote counting methods on Friday. The date for signing the service...
June 24, 2004

Absolutely Impartial

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These are the faces of absolutely impartial "referees": Carrasquero with the Maisantas, and Carrasquero & Rodriguez ...

Likely voters

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[Well, I'm in Perugia now - easily the most beautiful city you've probably never heard of - but more to the point, a place where I c...

Last poll by Datanalisis

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Bloomberg reports on the last poll by Datanalisis ... Venezuela Chavez Would Lose Recall Vote, Poll Finds (Update1) June 23 (Bloomberg) -...
June 23, 2004

Arriechi declares himself in disobedience

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A few hours after the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) approved his dismissal in a ruling that ratified a decisi...

Ur-Fascism

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I was looking for the original version of this on the internet, and came across of only this abridged version. The original was published, ...
June 22, 2004

Breaking News: Arrieche will be Arrecho tonight

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According to informal sources within the TSJ, Franklin Arrieche's "Amparo Constitucional" from the 'administrative' ac...

Other perverse forms of political cronyism

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In another perverse twist of the chavista cultural policy machine, the National Literature Prize was 're-assigned' to Carlos Noguera...

President Carter's Trip Report on Venezuela

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Some Excerpts from: President Carter's Trip Report on Venezuela, May 29-June 1, 2004 By Jimmy Carter 4 Jun 2004 The Car...
June 21, 2004

Turmoil and Tear

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Sobre desmadres y desgarramientos by Federico Vegas I miss Pablo Antillano?s articles on Todo en Domingo. I read one on water leaks th...

Court-Packing in Venezuela

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FindLaw columnist and human rights attorney Joanne Mariner notes an interesting parallel between American history and Venezuelan current eve...
June 20, 2004

Just to keep the ball rolling...

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[ Sorry guys, I've been busy killig tigers (that is how we call odd jobs here, to be clear with non Venezuelans: I'll never harm any...
June 19, 2004

Moral Council Suspends Justices Members of the Electoral Court

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(From el-nacional.com) The Moral Council unanimously decided to declare admissible the request of qualification of serious offense inter...
June 18, 2004

Why Chavez hasn't said a word?...coz' Rosales is the Governor of Zulia?

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http://www.panodi.com/verde/portadaL.html View from an extraction tower, thanks to Juanchon, for the pics. a thought for our Zulianos...

Good friends in the right places..

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http://www.hrw.org/ Human Right Watch said Thursday that the new Law of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice of Venezuela is a clear evidence t...
June 17, 2004

Why revoking Chavez is an uphill battle:

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The total number of registered voters is roughly 12 million. Due to its importance we can assume the RR will motivate a high voter turnout ...

Rigging the Rule of Law: Judicial Independence Under Siege in Venezuela

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(By Human Rights Watch) I Summary When Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frías faced a coup d'état in April 2002, advocates of democra...

Mujica on Union Radio

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From Union Radio Mujica: We should make definite the political project we have and work for the 'Yes' The president of the Mov...
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