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In praise of the two MUD solution: 2- Solutions? Really?
Let's see.What a difference a "revolution"makes! Maikel from truant to boss.The president of Venezuela, his excellency Nicolas Maduro Moros, has two of his nephews in jail in the US of A because they...
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Actually, is a split in Venezuelan opposition unavoidable?
I was musing about the opposition divisions becoming more intractable. And they are.What makes me think the opposition alliance, MUD, will divide is paradoxically, in a way, an editorial of Rafael...
View ArticleAnd thus it came to pass: Venezuela's high court ends National Assembly's...
Of course, this is not a surprise. The regime has been diligently eroding all functions of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA). For this it has used the packing of the Venezuelan High Court (TSJ) in...
View ArticleWhat can the opposition do now?
As an appendix to the preceding blog entry this short post. Short because there is not much the opposition can do.1) It needs to react strongly, and unified. On this respect, the opposition needs to...
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Day first of dictatorship: the local fate
Well, folks, I never thought in my already long life that I would live in a country that has been officially declared a dictatorship.And those are not my words, there those of many newspapers,...
View ArticleDay 2 of dictatorship: just the morning and a bang
This is moving folks.First, as expected more and more international condemnations are coming. Even Colombia straightened somewhat its statement of yesterday.Second, sporadic protests are taking place...
View ArticleDay 2 of the dictatorship: an evening of NO
The bomb of Luisa Ortega stating that the high court decisions are unconstitutional has gone around the world. Really, even French TV talked about it tonight. This means that the world KNOWS perfectly...
View ArticleDay 3 of dictatorship: nothing to see here, move along
Briefly because it is midnight.Apparently the high court TSJ only works around midnight, vampire style. So after the Defense Council they decided to amend the two grievous rulings by just removing the...
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Day 5 of dictatorship: the regime says we are a democracy again. We are...
So what has happened after the high court flip-flop of the wee hours of last Friday?Nobody believes it, except the usual suspects who pretend to believe it. And how could people be expected to believe...
View ArticleDay 6 of the dictatorship: back to the streets
I will be brief because today I could not follow events and only learned about the mess driving around El Recreo/Av. Libertador mid afternoon. The show was over but I crossed many an attempt at...
View ArticleWeek 1 of the dictatorship: protests are mounting in spite of brutal repression
UPDATED THROUGH THE DAY11:40Today the opposition is taken the streets again, and this time around there is national move for that. The regime replies in the only way it knows, unable to update its...
View ArticleWeek 1 of dictatorship: article 333 and 350 against 337 and 338
What happened today? Much more than a simple protest march.Chavismo was unable to put up a counter march worth its name. Apparently a mere couple of blocks sort of filled up, a salsa band and some...
View ArticleOn to week 2 of dictatorship: getting rid of nuisances
Today was calm compared to yesterday but equally important.The news of course is the annulation of political rights for Capriles. When his term as governor of Miranda ends, then for 15 years he will...
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Week 2 of the dictatorship: tensing more and more
The protest was huge today. HUUGE... Chacao filled up like in its best days.An air of "Venezuelan Spring"And thus was the reaction of the regime, repression more brutal tan before, a rain of tear gas...
View ArticleWeek 2 of the dictatorship: Elections now? That ship has sailed!
Yesterday show of strength by the opposition, in numbers and determination, has shaken the regime, and in particular Maduro who does not have the intellectual heft to understand what is truly going on...
View ArticleWeek 2 of the dictatorship: notching up the repression
I will be brief tonight. It will be all about how repression increases.Extremely grave, international violation of human rights!The helicopters of the repression BOMBING with tear gas canisters....
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The 2017 French ElectionS
We make a welcome pause in the covering of the Venezuelan protest to discuss the coming French elections where yours truly has a very hard time to decide who he is going to vote for.There was a...
View ArticleWeek 2 of the dictatorship: assorted pelting
The sensation yesterday was Maduro in San Felix receiving egg on his face, literally. Though I doubt it was egg considering their price and the lack of food. Make that rotten eggs and stones and dog...
View ArticleA Maundy Thursday to remember
What is remarkable today, more than the actual events, some horrific enough, is that they actually took place. For those not familiar with Venezuelan holiday habits, the Holy Week, from the Friday...
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The dictator's hour
So we are in a dictatorship. And this one has made new progress these past days to prove to the world it is so. We had Sunday a totally infamous presentation by the president Nicolas Maduro where live...
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