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Carlos Graffe and Daniel Blanco - kudos!

This video needs to go viral. Sorry, in Spanish. The backstory to the video, and the government’s campaign to discredit it, is here.  HT: Liz.

Juan Cristobal Nagel August 31, 2012

Economy

The Last Word on the Torre de David's Prize

…is the rodent’s.

Francisco Toro August 31, 2012

Life

El lado no tan lindo de la noche...

From comments, as translated by FT, I’m a woman, born and raised in Venezuela. My problem with Miss Venezuela isn’t that some girls decide to go hungry, undertake...

Francisco Toro August 31, 2012

Life

Towards an ontological understanding of the Miss Venezuela

I woke feeling a bit contrarian, so I’m going to propose a topic regarding last night’s Miss Venezuela (which I did not watch, by the way). Every country...

Juan Cristobal Nagel August 31, 2012

Life

El País que No Cambió - Miss Venezuela LiveBlog

Just for old times sake, I’m watching Miss Venezuela tonight. (It’s streaming live online – just click here!) It’s so weird that this still goes on. It’s like...

Francisco Toro August 30, 2012

Economy

When life gives you lemons, you make a livable high-rise

Remember la Torre de David? You know, the abandoned skyscraper that was invaded by squatters and now stands as a monument to Venezuela’s housing crisis? Well, architecht Alfredo...

Juan Cristobal Nagel August 30, 2012

Life

Censored Ad Update

The CNE ordered TV stations to take off the air this 30-second spot of Leopoldo Lopez’s political party Voluntad Popular, titled “Security is the Way”. Here’s the ad...

Gustavo Hernández A. August 30, 2012

Economy

Schrödinger's Bond

Did Chávez have his “you didn’t build that” moment after the Amuay disaster when he said that, accident or no accident, “as some philosopher whose name I don’t...

Francisco Toro August 30, 2012

Economy

#AccountabilityFail

After recounting the whole sordid series of fuck-ups that have plagued PDVSA over the last nine years, from Maletingate and PudreVAL to Illaramendi and the Guarapiche Spill, The...

Francisco Toro August 29, 2012

Economy

PDVSA's oil spills go global

Just right after the Amuay disaster, PDVSA has another problem in its hands: this time in Ah, Oh, Curaçao. An oil spill from the Isla Refinery, currently handled by...

Gustavo Hernández A. August 29, 2012

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