Here at the Narconews war room in Caracas, we've got our eyes focused on mainstream press, wherever it may live. Two Latin American papers have already begun the slide into the obfuscation of referendum guidelines. Both El Tiempo of Colombia and Diario del Hoy of El Salvador are misrepresenting the rules of the game, before any poll results are even allowed in.

I don´t know about everyone else in that room at Miraflores 2 days ago at the press conference, but my ears pirked up pretty fast when the talk drifted to the Narcopresident in the Narcostate. A new pipeline, a new friendship with the state to the west.

Here I sit, the night before the momentous elections that will decide the fate of the Bolivarian revolution. I share in the excitement of the Venezuelans that are thinking that this time, this time will be the end of the interminable assault by the media, the wealthy and most importantly, the gorrilla of the north on a small attempt to address the inequality in this petrostate. I however, can´t help but feel, down in my heart, that this won´t be enough. Nothing is enough to placate the black heart of Petroleum consumers of the north and the puppet elites at home.

Today is the 14th of August, it's pretty steamy here in Caracas, as usual, and the campaigns are wrapping up. In Sabana Grande, it's contested territory, posters and graffiti announcing the aims of both the opposition and Chavez supporters appear on every wall. So far, my favorite slogan is "No al Sí!". You can of course, expect the usual behavior by the corporate commercial media although toned down a bit for the elections observers.

A thread to discuss US military "aid" to the Andean Nations.

As most of us focus on the latest Narcocoup in Haiti, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez asserts his legitimacy and warns the US away from futher intervention.