Quico says: Political scientists have a dirty little secret. It's not really polite to say it in mixed company, but it's a fact: ca...

Quico says: A couple of months ago, my feeling was that if there was any way for the oppo old guard to blow their survey lead ahead of th...

Lucia says: Two quotes in recent wire stories neatly encapsulate the Chávez strategy for December 2nd. The first comes from a 32-year old m...

Katy says: My apologies for not posting much recently. Quico has a deadline, Lucia is MIA, and I'm tied up with child-care issues and w...

Quico says: Reporters Without Borders' letter to President Sarkozy on the eve of his meeting with Chávez is here. The Economist's q...

[Quico says: About a year ago, we had a funny little incident in the comments section. Readers accused me of using a Sockpuppet by the name...

Katy says: There was an interesting development yesterday in the CNE, one that plays a not-so-minor role in the abstention vs. voting debat...

Quico says: Habermas understands the public sphere as that realm of social life where private individuals come together to discuss public ...

Katy says: We maracuchas have our own little brands that we like to buy and promote. All else things equal, a true zuliano will always choo...

Quico says: ...sanity isn't. I've been trying to think of stuff to post recently (no, really, I have) but drawing a string of blank...

Katy says: Yesterday, crackpot Chavista lawmaker Iris Varela threatened to take over private TV station Globovisión. Her complaint is that ...

Katy says: ... violence? Ret.Gen. Raúl Baduel gave a press conference this afternoon and read a strange statement . Although at first glanc...

Katy says: 10. This year's Summit was on "Social Cohesion", yet more proof that our leaders still have a sense of humor. 9. To...

Quico says: While we weren't paying attention, South America's energy map changed. Brazil has discovered somewhere north of 5 billio...

Katy says: The violence we are currently seeing on the streets of Venezuela should surprise no one. Last Sunday, Pres. Chavez ordered his f...

Katy says: Really says it all, doesn't it? PS.- Quico is traveling, and I'll be out of contact starting tonight for the weekend. La...

Katy says: Does the President you have supported in the past: 1. Embarrass you with put-downs and call you a traitor for not thinking like ...

Katy says: The peaceful march to the Supreme Tribunal is tainted in blood, as previous marches were. There are reports that an armed group ...

Loyal reader lucia say: A glimpse at the possible headlines on December 3, 2007 Chávez Wins Once More, Despite Opposition to Reforms Caraca...

Quico says: ...the electoral dynamic is not what it was.

Katy and loyal reader lucia say: Well, it's election time again, and even though the rightful owner of this blog is kind of sick of the...

Katy says: If John Reed were alive today, he would surely be in Caracas reporting the glories of Chavez's revolution. Say what you will...

Quico says: Not much of the day-to-day political give-and-take in Caracas interests me enough to blog about anymore. That said, today's...

Katy says: How will folks like these assimilate into XXIst Century Socialism? One wonders what planet these people live in. Sometimes I th...

Quico says: These days, "required reading" is just an empty cliché, a phrase drained of meaning by decades of lazy overuse. Normal...

Katy says: Two kids are dead in my hometown of Maracaibo, shot down by the violence that is rapidly creeping into our nation’s soul and ch...

Katy says: Eighteen months ago, some friends who work for Primero Justicia called me up and asked me if I would like to help edit the docum...

Here's one more ingredient for my conceptual stew. In this post-2004 election piece for The New Republic, Christopher Hayes describes ...

Quico says: I suppose readers must think I’ve finally cracked: posting 40 year old public opinion research and papal encyclicals and such. ...