You say inefficiency, I say "media conspiracy"
Valencia’s open-air museum (one of two still functioning in Venezuela) has been left unattended by local authorities. Even if the current management did some work there three years...
Amuay = devaluation?
Today marks the six-month “anniversary” of the explosion in the Amuay Refining Complex. Aside from being a massive tragedy, Amuay could have also been responsible for the devaluation...
Your favorite Two Minutes Hate clip
So I’m trying to cobble together a nice list of amazing/appalling chavista agit-prop videos for a piece I’m doing and I realized my readers probably have some amazing...
Venezuela gives me a migraine
(Overheard at Jeffrey’s Cafe, in Maracaibo) Me: My migraines have been acting up ever since I got here. I think I’m not getting enough caffeine. That tends to...
Dehumanization chronicles
Sometimes, when we write that chavismo aggressively dehumanizes its opponents, people accuse us of hyperbole. In fact, if anything we’re erring on the side of literalism. Yesterday, Information...
A whole LOTTT of labor absenteeism
The case of ice cream maker EFE is not unique. Since the new Labor Law (LOTTT) was approved last year, labor absenteeism in Venezuela has increased alarmingly. A...
"Enfermedad de Base" Chronicles
Overheard at my breakfast table today… Me: It’s funny, I guess the new euphemism they’re using on Venezuelan State media reports about Chávez is “the underlying disease”… My...
G.M.V.V. Chronicles, ctd.
A fire broke out last week in the improvised shelter for displaced people located in La Rinconada, Caracas’s racetrack. After the fire was put out, the shelter spent...
We always knew this day would come...
And so, as long expected, the government has decided to shut down the last remaining opposition broadcaster: Globovision. And as long surmised, the decision is to be implemented...
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