Simple technical explanation of January 23 crisis in English
My excuses for a bad typo: for some reason Blogger repeated the first two paragraphs, something that did not happen in the French and Spanish versions. When I proof read it it was a cache copy and...
View ArticleExplication technique simple du 23 janvier en français
- L'élection de Maduro en mai 2018 n'a aucune légalité ni légitimité. L'élection a été convoquée en dehors du système judiciaire (élection en mai pour être assermenté en janvier, convoquée par une...
View ArticleServicio publico / Public service / Service public: RE:23/01/2019
RE. Juan Guaidó 23/01/2019Servicio publico/Public service/Service publicEspañol: Escribo esta ayuda explicativa en tres idiomas para que usted pueda argumentar con cualquier ignorante que pretenda ser...
View ArticleMisinformation galore wars: separating the wheat from the chaff
It has been raining political analysis, misplaced opinions, and whatnot, specially from the foreign press, leftists and what not who just learned how to place Venezuela on a map (if that much).Let's...
View ArticleThe eight day challenge: myths of snap elections
Yesterday the European Union, clearly in trouble in finding a single voice on how to deal with the current situation on Venezuela, emitted through some countries what was termed an "ultimatum" to...
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Pushing the nuclear button
That is it, the nuclear option has been activated!On January 6 I was writing"...The regime will HAVE TO dissolve the NA because this one has the nuclear option. Already since 2015 the NA has warned the...
View ArticleVenezuela as moral bankruptcy of the left: seeking "dialogue" at this point...
Before I go into this I need to clarify the meaning of some terms least people go all bonkers. What I call left is strictly people that are to the left of European social democrats or US liberals....
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Political image of the week: a new generation
The account Instagram of willymckey gave the following picture:With Guaido, from left to right, Mejia, Pizarro and GonzalezYou got to love this picture!In 2007 there was a wave of protests against...
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Tug of war
I was distracted with other issues, so let's have a quick catch up, in what seems to be now the usual mode, item by item.What is the legal status of Juan Guaido?I am getting quite pissed off that the...
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The bridge of shame
The picture below has been flying all around the world from different angles.Chavista hell hole far in the horizonIt is one of the most perfect symbols of the crap that chavismo has always been, just...
View ArticleIrregular writing ahead
When you read this I will be flying above some ocean.I cannot stay for the fall of Maduro, or the assassination of Guaido. I need to go and take care of my Dad who is likely in his home stretch. And...
View ArticleFrom afar, to Cucuta
Trying to speak about what goes on from afar is reckless.Local information is not good, does not understand what has been going on in Venezuela, let's its own bias take over.Following tweets does not...
View ArticleAfter Cúcuta: what type of intervention?
The tumultuous events of February 23 at the Colombian borders leave a few things clear for the world.1) the regime is not that strong: it had to use its assault militia, "colectivos", to push back and...
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Guaidó 1; regime 0; foreign press out.
And thus Juan Guaidó returned to Venezuela. Through the normal entry point in Maiquetia airport. He went in a triumphant caravan all the way to Caracas to attend a rally. That caravan and rally were...
View ArticleLost from afar
I feel obliged to blurt something since it is going to be soon a month without an entry. But then again, contrary to Punditlandia principles where the less you know about a topic the most you believe...
View ArticleExilium
I have been absent for over a month. I did not write even though all hell broke lose in Caracas, and the ridicule of many an item should have been inspiring.But something happened.I came to France to...
View ArticleFiascoes
Following Venezuela from afar is a painful exercise. All that I see are missed opportunities and grand thuggery in action. Not surprising of course when you know the actors. What is most offensive...
View ArticleThe Pompeo storm
Today we had yet another example on how the failures of the opposition outmatch its successes.Secretary of state Mike Pompeo had a private conversation on Venezuela that was leaked (I personally wonder...
View ArticleThe Barbados Pass/Fail
It has been two months since I last wrote. My health concerns were certainly a distraction, but discussing the miasma of Venezuelan politics was certainly not encouraging.However we reached this week a...
View ArticleLatin America wakes me up
I am still here even though three months, almost, have passed since my last post (more on that later).I could not let pass the present troubles in Latin America without a comment. I read so many...
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