tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38565871249093415462024-03-12T20:51:15.792-07:00ODCA Venezuelaolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comBlogger3220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-63624092674211398082013-01-04T20:45:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.743-08:00Saturday January 5, when the chips start fallingOK, so I will be on the road tomorrow and I will not be able to follow what will happen in the all important installation of the National Assembly. Thus I figure out I should write my best possible educated guest before I take off.What will happen tomorrow will depend on one thing only, whether Chavez can return to Venezuela at some olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-67103021357751921072013-01-04T08:21:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.413-08:00Do you want to support more transparency in Venezuela?Check out the Esdata site. They are doing a very valuable work. This year we will go back to the election centres and they will help us count the votes.olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-10144560611892300322013-01-03T09:22:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.421-08:00Dieterich: Chávez won't be president againYou can read an interesting interview with old-hat, German socialist Heinz Dieterich published today in a Brazilian newspaper.He thinks, as we have said already, new elections are coming.I will later comment on this article, I have things to do right now.Ps. meanwhile, Venezuela is importing 10 thousand tons of black beans from the Dominican Republic because that country cannot pay with anything olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-72043285670855161662013-01-03T07:36:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.755-08:00Las inseguridades de VillegasEl recién ministro de comunicaciones, Ernesto Villegas, que fue en su día algo de periodista, se picó con Globovisiòn. Aparentemente no le gusto que llamen a Maduro presidente encargado.Supongo que de una manera perversa es verdad: Maduro no está haciendo un carajo en su cargo sino ver como asegura ser el próximo presidente de Venezuela, congraciándose con quien tenga que hacerlo menos el puebloolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-65437147158068579282013-01-02T20:24:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.765-08:00Epiphany is coming one day earlier in 2013Epiphany is January 6 and commemorates, supposedly, the three wise men that went to adore Jesus, even though by this time he was probably in Egypt already. But I digress... The fact of the matter is that a true epiphany is coming to Venezuela on January 5.There is a whirlwind of rumors about what the hell is going on with olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-62237318967156731212013-01-02T09:34:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.428-08:00Venezuela: the ThresholdI was a child when Brezhnev died. I was fascinated by Russia and thus I used to read and listen to anything coming from the Soviet Union. I remember how I would try to read between the lines what the Soviets were saying and used to compare that to what US Americans, Russians in exile and others were saying.Consider this:Brezhnev was ill for years but his situation became really grim at the start olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-73522854081303336562013-01-01T09:38:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.773-08:00Happy 2013 to all!As expected, I was so taken by other matters that I have not read a paper or watched a news cast since last Friday.... I am sorry I could not post my best wishes to readers of this blog and talk some about what to look for next year.First, it seems that Chavez is doing really bad. Apparently all went to Cuba to spend the New Year Holiday. and left in charge Navarro olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-85273336961378876262013-01-01T05:31:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.435-08:00Chávez Schwiegersohn und Minister der Volksmacht für Technologie sagtJorge Arriaza, Schwiegersohn des Hugo Chávez und - ganz ganz zufällig - auch "Minister der Volksmacht für Wissenschaft, Technologie und Innovation", erklärt nun, dass alles, was in Twitter über die Gesundheit des "comandante-presidente" steht, Lug und Trug sei, denn der Führer habe einen ruhigen Tag verbracht.Die ägyptischen Pharaonen haben zumindest nachhaltige Werke unterstütztArriaza befindet olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-44040781719224337582012-12-31T10:33:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.442-08:00Happy New Year! Frohes Neues Jahr! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!Tengo la sospecha de que tendremos un mejor tiempo en 2013.Ich habe den Verdacht, dass wir eine bessere Zeit 2013 erleben werden.I have the suspicion we will have a better time in 2013.¡A disfrutar!Viel Spaß!Enjoy!olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-53512491012781124842012-12-31T09:05:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.449-08:00Dedico esta canción a todos los boliburguesesolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-61073235465134531752012-12-31T08:30:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.456-08:00Billo's Caracas Boys An absolute classic for New Year's Eve olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-74663843163023016402012-12-31T06:30:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.463-08:00The French the French are not talking aboutI found this funny: Frédéric Bouquet is a French Venezuelan security forces detained in 2009 together with a couple of Dominicans. The Venezuelan authorities accused Bouquet of being a member of a foreign security service, of illegally carrying weapons galore and planning some violent action, possibly trying to murder Hugo Chávez. Yesterday he was freed together with some other people like the olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-86787756848623694062012-12-30T15:57:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.471-08:00Dem Chávez geht es sehr schlechtIn wenigen Minuten wird Maduro, der von Chávez Auserwählte, aus Havanna an das venezolanische Volk und an uns, "unwürdige Landesverräter", wenden, um eine Nachricht zu geben. Er war vor kurzem wieder nach Kuba geflogen, um mit dem kranken Caudillo zu sprechen.Wahlen?Der Führer hat mir den Auftrag gegeben...olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-37236315872465458702012-12-30T14:01:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.479-08:00Rory Carroll and the ComandanteRory Carroll, a journalist from The Guardian, came to Venezuela in 2006. He had been working in Iraq for some time until he got kidnapped by Shiah militiamen. Before Iraq he was correspondent in several European countries, in the Middle East, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan and for many years in Africa. He probably thought Venezuela would be easier to report about. He was in for some surprises. He olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-31536142118896575292012-12-30T04:27:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.486-08:00Chávez government freed Arne Chacón, the billionaireWell...what can I say? This guy, Arne Chacón, a military coup monger who is the brother of one of Chávez's friends, Jesse Chacón, became a billionaire in just a couple of years...thanks to certain very murky transactions and connections. He was so obviously corrupt that Chávez had to put him under jail...after opposition people had been denouncing the man for years.And now Arne Chacón has been olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-90872967848509706452012-12-30T04:15:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.524-08:00A sweet mutation from VenezuelaNo, I am not talking about a Venezuelan politician. I am talking about the Cara Cara oranges.I love oranges. I drink several litres of oranges every week. My granddad was growing oranges (and cotton) for a living many decades ago. I'm sure my ancestors were eating sweet oranges since they first arrived in Spain in the XVI century. Spaniards brought them to Venezuela from the first contacts on. olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-23489018001045609162012-12-30T03:13:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.563-08:00Is Chávez that ill?Yesterday a French citizen accused of one of trying to carry out a "magnicidios", assassination against the president, was expelled from Venezuela. According to the regime, Frédéric Laurence Bouquet was a secret agent of the French Republic. Do they want us to believe Sarkozy was trying to kill Chávez or do they think he was a mercenary AND an agent? In any case, the French know very littleolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-90781961663765730142012-12-29T12:26:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.611-08:00How to promote underdevelopment and autocracies in the XXI CenturyIf you have a country where the average citizen has very low education levels, whee most think the country is rich just because of its natural resources and you are the ruling party and you have no ethics: what would you do to remain in power? Would you use tanks and police forces to compel people to follow you? No. You just pawn the country's future by selling very cheaply those natural olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-57048433660445662312012-12-29T05:23:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.698-08:00A typical Venezuelan region and crime under the "revolution"Carabobo has about 2,4 million inhabitants. How many of them will have been murdered since 1 December until Monday of next week? If you want to see the trend and patterns, you can check out this.This is macabre but we need to talk about this. Venezuela's murder rate was about 19 per 100000 inhabitants in 1998, when Chávez was elected. The rate is now over 65. New York City, with 3 timesolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-13673788349760981132012-12-28T11:55:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.781-08:00A happy new year for the military in Venezuela?I am facing a complicated week end and I may not be able to write much until next year. OK, next Tuesday.... Thus, just in case, I wanted to write with some leisure right now to wish you all a Happy New Year and to write some about what is in store for Venezuela.The big issue is whenever ifever Chavez comes back alive to Venezuela, and if alive, in any shape or form to olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-12733474752792742942012-12-28T05:40:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.737-08:00News from Venezuela: rotten economyStreet vendors are selling maize flour - fundamental for most Venezuelans' diet - for up to 15 Bolívares, which is equivalent to 2.64 euros at the official exchange rate. That is more expensive than in Europe. Of course, the Chávez supporters will claim this is some capitalistic plot against socialism. Mind: Polar, the Venezuelan company that industrialized maize flour production, has had to olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-63326970801702594342012-12-27T12:40:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.792-08:00Prosperity in the Maduro eraAs usual the regime tries to throw cosmic dust at us to make us believe everything is coming up roses. The more so now that we are in the electoral campaign of Maduro which is going to be a harder sell than the one of Chavez for October. See, in the Caribbean we did not know that Zombie voting was not only reserved for Haiti. Though admittedly Maduro has also Zombieolivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-29388983864601070352012-12-27T02:44:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.776-08:00Presidential Cacophony and the Woes of a NationThere are two weeks to the presidential inauguration. Do you think the military caudillo will pop up in Caracas for 10 January? S M T W T F S 23 24Maduro says he talked to Chávez 251) Villegas says Chávez presentsslight improvement2) Maduro says Chávez is walking and doing excercices 261) Maduro repeatshis olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-42298581159825646922012-12-25T21:39:00.000-08:002013-01-05T01:08:33.800-08:00El Chávez multifaceticoPreparando el día de los Inocentes, me imaginoSegún usted lea esta es la situación de Hugo Chávez hoy:Se murióEstá gravísimoEstá establePresento leve mejoríaSu familia lo visitó en NavidadEstá ejercitándose y discutiendo asuntos de estado con el ViceEscoja usted.Lo único que si es cierto: el saco de ratas que es el gobierno está tan enrollado que no son ni olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856587124909341546.post-70010302018666116742012-12-24T13:04:00.000-08:002013-01-04T22:16:10.814-08:00Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas, Natale Hilare et Fröhliche Weihnachten!This is the Green Jay. In Venezuela we call it with the very onomatopoeic querrequerre.olivia freedhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07686927575276734730noreply@blogger.com