Venezuela, Latin America, and other odds and ends
Republished courtesy of The Telegraph When is a coup not a coup? If Tuesday’s events in Caracas are anything to go by, it can be a mere few hours after it… Continue reading "Maduro’s opponents have gravely miscalculated how to handle the Venezuela crisis"
Republished with permission of Al Jazeera © 2019 One month on from Juan Guaidó’s decision to declare himself acting president of Venezuela in parallel to President Nicolás Maduro, the country remains in a… Continue reading "Misjudging the military: Guaidó, Trump, and the long shadow of Venezuela’s civil-military alliance"
Originally published in The Huffington Post. In the face of dire warnings about his economic policies, his electability, and his past indiscretions, I just voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the… Continue reading "I tried not to vote for Corbyn, but I just couldn’t stop myself!"
Originally Huffington Post, but also Venezuela Analysis, Latin America Bureau, Latin American Diaries. Spain’s traditional parties aim to halt the remarkable rise of Podemos by painting links to Venezuela as foreign… Continue reading "Spain’s Podemos just latest victim of toxic Venezuela monster!"
I spoke to Isa Soares and Cyril Vanier for CNN International ‘s Your World Today about fraud accusations in the recent elections, the subsequent resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia,… Continue reading "On the post-election resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia, CNN International"
Republished courtesy of The Telegraph When is a coup not a coup? If Tuesday’s events in Caracas are anything to go by, it can be a mere few hours after it… Continue reading "Maduro’s opponents have gravely miscalculated how to handle the Venezuela crisis"
I noticed with my new Audio Pro Addon C3 speaker, which is very good overall, that in Bluetooth mode the volume control doesn’t work properly as it doesn’t move up… Continue reading "How to Fix Lack of Gradual Bluetooth Volume Control (Only On/Full or Completely Off/Muted) by Disabling ‘Absolute Bluetooth Volume’ (in Windows 10, with Audio Pro Addon C3)"
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Since it’s Christmas, my gift to you is this post I’ve been meaning to write for ages about fixing the head of a Dyson handheld vacuum cleaner (DC35). It’s pretty… Continue reading "How to fix the motorised head of a Dyson DC35 handheld hoover that spins and then stops… while watching football"
Perhaps the most boring post I have ever written or will ever write, but since I couldn’t find the info myself… In short, the correct button for the spark/ignition fitting… Continue reading "Which is the correct replacement part for the spark/ignition button of the Lamona LAM-0800/LAM-1001 hob (with HJA-3200 cooker, for example)?"
I spoke to Isa Soares and Cyril Vanier for CNN International ‘s Your World Today about fraud accusations in the recent elections, the subsequent resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia,… Continue reading "On the post-election resignation of Evo Morales in Bolivia, CNN International"
Since the recent upgrade to Android 10 on Google Pixel 2 and 3, there are lots of reported issues with unreliable Bluetooth connections and frequent dropouts, particularly with headphones/earbuds. So,… Continue reading "AVRCP version change can fix Android 10 Bluetooth headphone connection dropout problems (here Pixel 2 + Jabra Elite 65t)"
Why go to Iran? Basically because everyone tells you not to. Who could fail to be intrigued by a country rarely presented as anything but an authoritarian Islamic theocracy with… Continue reading "The Best Bookshops in Tehran, Iran"
Republished courtesy of The Telegraph When is a coup not a coup? If Tuesday’s events in Caracas are anything to go by, it can be a mere few hours after it… Continue reading "Maduro’s opponents have gravely miscalculated how to handle the Venezuela crisis"
A possible solution if your browser — Chrome, Firefox, and Opera in my case — is forcing you to download images in “JPEG 8BIM HEADER” format. For me, it turned… Continue reading "Fixed: forced to download images as ‘jpeg 8BIM header’ in Chrome, Firefox, Opera due to SageThumbs"
Republished with permission of Al Jazeera © 2019 One month on from Juan Guaidó’s decision to declare himself acting president of Venezuela in parallel to President Nicolás Maduro, the country remains in a… Continue reading "Misjudging the military: Guaidó, Trump, and the long shadow of Venezuela’s civil-military alliance"
I recently took part in a brief discussion about Venezuela’s latest economic reforms on Sky News. It was hosted by Dermot Murnaghan and also featured expert on hyperinflation and former… Continue reading "Venezuela’s economic reforms on Sky News with Dermot Murnaghan"
