Options against the dictatorship
I am happy about yesterday annulment of the Recall Election. I know, it is perverse but I have my reasons.First, there is no need to discuss anymore the dictatorial nature of the regime. Under Chavez...
View ArticleTienes derecho a tu opinion pero tengo derecho a no respetarla
El régimen chavista ha trabajado mucho en alterar nuestro idioma para poder imponer sus ideas, debilitar nuestro pensamiento y afectar nuestra ética. Ya George Orwell nos explicaba ese fenómeno...
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A ¡NO! for reason
I have read so many idiots in the last three hours that I am forced to write about the Colombien plebiscite of today. Never mind that it will also have consequences for Venezuela.When you go on...
View ArticleUPDATED Asking for help in getting medical assistance
UPDATE: this entry will remain on top for the time being and be updated as needed. Poltical ones below as they appear.#1 updateSince many people have asked many questions I will answer the general ones...
View ArticleThe happy-go-lucky dictatorial news of the day
So the regime of Nicolas Maduro has a problem: how to pass the 2017 national budget controlled by the opposition held National Assembly? Really, if we cannot loot in peace, what good is the revolution...
View ArticleSo? Can we all agree on the D word?
This is kind of a melancholy post. For years now I have been calling this a dictatorship. It took sometime to start seeing it expressed in the foreign press. And even as I type there are some in...
View ArticleRecall Election gone. So what?
I suppose I should write about the annulation of the Recall Election. I had guessed long ago that it would not happen. The intensity of the dislike toward Maduro is so strong, even among chavistas,...
View ArticleOur Reichstag moment
It never ends well when a group uses its hordes to take a properly elected assembly (reichstag, French revolution) pic.twitter.com/EadEBmJEvn— daniel duquenal (@danielduquenal) 23 de octubre de...
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The rebellion has started
What else could the regime expect today after the annulation of all elections? Or is is it what the regime hoped for? And will it still be of any use for the regime this late a confrontation?A fraction...
View ArticleThe splendors of well aged chavismo
Thus we are in the middle of a social, economic and, thus, political crisis of major proportions. The regime assuredly thinks about what to do to counter an opposition that has been setting up the...
View Article7 ways to tell if a strike is a success
Today the opposition has called for a work stop for individuals. The regime is in full propaganda mode to claim that it is a failure. The opposition claims it is a success. So here are 7 items to...
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Dialogue-schmuckalogue
Today finally the first face off between the regime and the opposition under Vatican and Unasur guidance was held. Allow me to be deeply pessimistic about the prospects by just looking at the first...
View Article48 hours of dialogue and it ain´t looking good. Unless...
I am not opposed to political dialogue. It has proven its worth through history. It could, on paper, be a good thing for Venezuela. I do not think it is because in historical dialogues either side had...
View ArticleA letter to disapointed Clinton supporters aimlessly loitering
You are idiots. There was an election, you lost. That Hillary got more popular vote is irrelevant: it is a federal country, a union of 50 countries and thus the will of a majority of former independent...
View ArticleObama wrecks Venezuelan dialogue, Trump will not revive it
{UPDATED}So here we are, at the famous November 11 deadline where supposedly we should evaluate the advances made by the "dialogue" started on October 30th. Listen carefully for the results, you may...
View ArticleThe triumphant failure of the dialogue in Venezuela
I suppose that there must be somewhere a grand design to all of this. That we are asked to swallow hard because it is all for the best. That we should trust the Vatican envoy when he is in ecstasy...
View ArticleDivisional Perplexity in Caracas
Confused about the rather dismal "dialogue" results, and further confused by the strange reactions to these results (besides the previsible ones in Twitter from Miami demanding that we go without fault...
View ArticleObama's debacle
I used to be upset when people in the US were surprised that I did not like spicy food. For them, we in Lat Am ate all Mexican spicy hot. Venezuela has actually a rather bland cooking, and hot is...
View ArticleIn two tweets, the collapse of Venezuelan economy
Two tweets, one from November 21 and one this morning this morning, November 30Hasta el 2021! Chávez lo había prometido! Cumplió! #DolarToday2021@DolarTodaypic.twitter.com/Es06uFZRy3— daniel duquenal...
View ArticleDialogue ante-mortem
I am going to comment a short note by Carlos Ocariz, the mayor of Eastern Caracas, a masterpiece of political conciseness. This will explain perfectly why there is no hope that a dialogue can ever...
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