Tag Archives: transparency

Secrets and Lies

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

In a way, the most remarkable thing about El Universal’s front page story on the murder rate today isn’t that 8,839 Venezuelans have been murdered so far this year, or that killings are running at the rate of two per … Continue reading →

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So, how did we get screwed this Semana Santa?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Ah, the holiday-smoke-screened Fuck-You Decree: it’s almost as much a Venezuelan Easter Tradition as enormous traffic jams and Bipolar Pisillo. This year, Chávez stuck to the classics. Nothing fancy, just a good, old fashioned nobody’s-reading-newspapers-this-week massive money grab. With Venezuelan oil … Continue reading →

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