Halloween Special, cont.
Doubling down… And…am I the only one annoyed that these people clearly don’t know what the word ‘trilogy’ means? [Hat tip: Emi.]
Zuñi-ordani-nomics 101
Old lefties have a soft spot for pseudonyms. J.V. Rangel is Marciano, Teodoro is Simon Boccanegra, everybody knows about those. But recently, Felipe Pérez alleged that our own...
Another local paper bites the dust
Barinas newspaper De Frente is the latest casualty of the lack of newsprint which is affecting many regional papers in Venezuela. As an extra wrinkle, they aren’t even...
Mutatis Mutandis
Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room. The self-satisfied sheep-like face on the...
A territorial mess, cont.
Venezuela is divided into states. States are divided into municipalities. Each municipality has one mayor, and each state has one governor.That is what the Constitution says. Simple, right?...
Your tax bolívars at work
Caracas woke up with these posters all over town. The ID number on the posters corresponds to “Fundación Cultural 23 de Enero Simón Bolívar.” Yes, it’s a cultural...
Cesppa backtracks... just a little bit
Since its creation by decree earlier this month, there’s been a lot of controversy over the new State entity known as CESPPA (Strategic Center for the Security and...
With papers like these...
For a long time, I held that Venezuelan papers were their own worst enemies. Even if the government has recently taken the top spot from them, we shouldn’t...
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