Away from computers...

For about a week. And it might be a good thing because after the Uribana massacre and Raul Castro becoming a pro tempora leader of an allegedly democratic organization would have made me write very mean posts. But this week I am in a country where I can walk alone in the dark past 7PM and where grocery store shelves crumble under goodies. I might as well enjoy it, no?

Devaluation, NEP, elections and jail murders in Cubazuela

It looks like things are coming to a head for the regime. Alleged Vice-president Maduro traveled to the seat of the Venezuelan government in Havana for a day to collect a few signatures from Chavez, in red ink appropriately since they seem to be designed to face the economic troubles ahead.  From what Maduro said on his return tonight we can only surmise that the situation is difficult,  that the devaluation camp has won (exit Giordani?) and that Maduro is supposed to bring a conciliatory message to the private sector of Venezuela, barely a couple of days after he said that he would never talk to them.

Las consecuencias de errores de prensa

El error que cometió El Pais de España en publicar una foto de Hugo Chávez entubado que no era trae desafortunadas consecuencias. Todos tenemos el derecho de equivocarnos y le perdonaremos este desliz a El País, por lo menos nosotros los que no nos olvidamos de la trayectoria de un gran periódico que no se puede manchar con un solo desliz, por mas grande que sea ese desliz. Cuando uno publica centenares de trabajos a la semana es un milagro que haiga tan escasos errores.

An ever infuriating Capriles may need a 12 step jig

These days I really do not know what to think of Capriles.  An example is him granting an interview to Panorama, the pro Chavez newspaper of Maracaibo, whose biased questions right there give you a cue. I suppose Capriles is right to speak to any media but he should measure the consequences as Panorama titled the interview, for all practical purposes, "no unity inside opposition". Local chavistas beamed, I am sure.

El Pais of Spain conned by counter propaganda from Cuba

UPDATED

At least this is what I suspect.

Newspaper of reference, El Pais of Madrid, which is to Spanish what Le Monde is to French or the NYT to English has been scammed. Tweets today announced that they were going to publish a picture of sick Chavez (why? to begin with). That picture was of Chavez supposedly intubated.

The S.O. was at the 23 enero rally

January 23, 23 de enero, is a symbolic date in Venezuelan history. It marks the end of our last to this one. It is of course fitting that a neo fascist movement as chavismo is tries in every possible way to first erase that celebration, and then co-opt it. Today the cooptation was under a rally march to support Chavez, assorted with quite a few undemocratic insults toward the opposition, which goes to tell that chavismo has no clue as to what 23 de enero means.

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P.S.: Sorry for not showing the image for a few hours. I was away of any computer. It is fixed now. I hope.