Ñ Liberation Front
It’s a pet peeve, sure, but would it kill the BBC to put a tilde over the Ñ in Sebastián Piñera’s name?
Samizdat, meet YouTube. YouTube, this is Samizdat.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Q69MCevzmAk&hl=en_US&fs=1& The Chávez Expropriation song. Brought to you by – who else? – the Borderline Rat.
You have three guesses, and the first two don't count
So lets all try to guess which country Alvaro Uribe could possibly be referring to when he says he has evidence that "a foreign country that wishes to...
When a bloody nose is a sign of progress
As everyone knows by now, a meeting of the Opposition’s "Unity Roundtable" in Carabobo state ended in blows last week as various local factions’ frustration over negotiations ahead of...
Comments board goes insane in five... four... three...
So, guess who puts food on the Palin family table? If you’re Venezuelan, you do! http://www.youtube.com/v/N2XzGTeOI0g&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 How does that work out? As with Kevin Tocineta, there are six...
The FARC-ETA Farcette for Beginners
Why can’t Spain anger Hugo Chávez, even if he’s aiding Basque terrorists? My TNR article this week tries to make sense of the little farce for the uninitiated....
Venezuela through Fresh Eyes
If you read Spanish and have an hour or so to spare, you really should check out this rivetting first-person account of life as a dignitary invited to...
Journalistic Technique 101: The Mosquita Muerta Cold Call
So how can we tell for sure that Arturo Cubillas Fontán is still working at the National Lands Institute’s Security Department? Easy. Just pick up a phone, call...
Mental Health Break: A Day in the Life of Caracas
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8560269&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Epilogo 2009 from Diego Di Marcantonio on Vimeo. It pays to watch this all the way through to the end…
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