Con el MaZzzzzo Dando
Lest you think that any notion of feigning “institutional restraint” through State media outlets was officially dead, in swoops Captain Diosdado Cabello to hammer that last nail firmly...
I got 99 Problems, but an Habilitante ain't one [UPDATED]
The Habilitante won’t really change anything about anything that the government can and will do. So it's not worth getting our panties in a bunch about.
Election? What election?
It's now less than two months out from a Venezuelan election, and the mood is decidedly non-electoral. Why is this so? Should we care?
R.I.P. and BTW there's a half-off sale on men's briefs!
Ever since Wednesday of last week, the Obituaries sections of the main Venezuelan newspapers look more like the yellow pages than they do a place of bereavement. Local...
Perreo Chronicles or, How I learned to stop worrying and love Capriles
I’m officially on day one of the crazy train. Rationality, for the time being, has been gladly tossed aside. If you’re like me, I’m happy to know we’re...
Disappointment? Why yes! I´ll take two, please.
The depressed girlfriend who’s been repeatedly dumped and keeps answering her ex’s calls. The Bravos de Margarita fan who shows up to the stadium at the start of...
Capriles Campaign Gearing Up for a Fight (Updated.)
Sources inside the Capriles camp confirm that the campaign team has been reconvened and is working on the understanding that Henrique Capriles will accept MUD’s nomination to run...
What you won't see on today's Funeral Cadena Broadcast
These photos I took are for all the doubters. These are the immediate surroundings of la Academia Militar, where, in two hours, a solemn State funeral with foreign...
#EpicFail in Los Próceres
I just came back from la Academia Militar, after 8 hours of lines and shoving and a metallic sun and a magenta sunburn. I did not get to...
My Kingdom for a Cake
This is a post about cake, and how I became a soulless, sociopathic monster who makes children cry to make one. See, when I’m not obsessing about politics...
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