The Road Home Is Paved with Awful Buses and Military Checkpoints
What do you get when you combine an acute shortage of car replacement parts and military control? Pretty awful bus rides, it turns out.
Workers at Guayana's Basic Industries Resign en Masse
Absenteeism is the new normal among Guayana’s once exemplary basic industries. Workers just don’t even bother anymore.
Let’s Discuss Nicolás’ Five Years of Epic Victories
From his very first day in office “el hijo del galáctico” has won one battle after another against capitalism. And I can only hope and pray for God to take some of his powers away.
WhatsApp Deliveries: A New, Effective Marketing Strategy
You don’t have to worry when you can’t find products in the supermarket. WhatsApp has got your back, since many distributors offer a good range of products and services that way.
Jogging in Ciudad Guayana Became Obstacle Course Racing
Going for a run is considered an extreme sport in places like Ciudad Guayana, since malandros, garbage, stray dogs and vultures, to name a few obstacles, abound.
Venezuela’s Hyperinflation Is Breaking Deli Scales
There are just too many digits and the scales can’t keep up. So, Venezuelans simplify, dividing the number in their minds and using those numbers in their language.
Beggars Outside Venezuelan Supermarkets Dare to be Choosers
What happens when you are bad at saying no and there’s too many people struggling that need you to say yes. In the land of the hungry, he who can afford groceries is king.
PDVSA Workers Are Passing Out on the Job
Once the goose that laid the golden eggs, PDVSA is paying wages so miserable that its workers are malnourished and can’t do their jobs.
Chavismo created 100,000,000,000,000 bolívares. Here's what that means
One hundred trillion – cien billones criollos – is confusing. It's the kind of number so crazy you can't quite picture it. We gave it a try.
VA11-Ha11a: A Dystopian Video Game Makes Caracas’ Crisis Cyberpunk Cool
A group of Venezuelan game designers came up with a dystopian fantasy set in a lightly disguised Caracas’ bar. Welcome to VA-11 HALL-A, have a drink.
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