Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
So here’s one thing that’s changed radically since the Comandante Supremo went to meet his maker: Politics got dull. Way boring. So boring, that it makes writing my super-tedious...
An Idiot's Guide to Meeting the Pope
By the time you read this, President Nicolás Maduro will have arrived at the Vatican to meet his Holiness Pope Francis. I. Can’t. Wait! How-oh-how will he screw...
Is El Chigüire Maduro's new press secretary?
After reading news items like this one, I can only conclude that the trolling of our public sphere is now state policy. In it, we learn that Maduro,...
They came, they saw, they squatted
Organized squatter groups have become “normal” in the last few years. From the rural areas to the largest cities, they take what they consider to be idle lands...
The end of a long debate
Léelo en Español en Prodavinci. It’s easy to forget that, before chavismo descended into outright farce, there was a genuine intellectual debate to be had about the proper...
Rewarding "Ch"ailure
Argenis Chávez failed miserably as the head of the National Electric Corporation (CORPOELEC), so he was forced to leave. But a short time later, he publicly criticized the...
The small print
You know the story that ran a few days ago about the Maduro government signing agreements with Chevron and the CNPC to develop some oil fields? Well, according...
The H1N1-mitable Minister of Health
(A guest post by loyal reader Aquiles) The Venezuelan Ministress of Health Isabel Iturria has weighed in on the outbreak of H1N1 virus across Venezuela, the critical shortage...
The first casualty
(Something about this short piece by Héctor Torres really touched me. I guess it stirred up the conservative that lives within me. I’m taking the liberty to translate...
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