#ADWARS: The campaign has begun.
To celebrate the official campaign launch, we bring you a digest of both side's ads thus far.
No Country for Narco-Novelas
Wouldn't it be nice if the Venezuelan state spent as much time and energy cracking down on actual drug trafficking as on the fictional version?
#AdWars, Motorizado Edition
Since my last post, the election campaign has officially begun. In the last few days, attention has turned to a figure that has quickly become (for better or for...
All Your Wire Transfers Are Belong To Us
Sudeban takes one giant step forward to the creation of the Cyber-Surveillance state by ensuring it gets its hands on every single bank transfer anyone makes in Venezuela.
#ADWARS: A Tale of Two Campaigns
The ads MUD and PSUV are releasing ahead of December 6th tell the story of a campaign where the opposition playing to win and the government just wants to limit the damage.
Dawn of the Cyber-Surveillance State
The government seems ever more interested in hiring shady international operators who make a living spying on private internet communications.
BCV's well-dressed waitstaff
Somewhere between not publishing official economic data and overseeing a banknote printing frenzy on steroids, Venezuela’s Central Bank (BCV) still finds time for the mundane. According to this tweet from Bloomberg...
Chavismo's LGBT Problem
A couple of weeks ago, CC fellow blogger Audrey M. DaCosta wrote about Tamara Adrian, Venezuela’s fist-ever transgender candidate for public office. Her story made headlines and shone...
Orange is the new Black-Market Deterrent.
There’s no doubt about it: The central government has a huge “bachaquero” problem, that is, thousands of people buying regulated goods and reselling them at black market prices...
Another day, another party-jacking
It wouldn’t be an ordinary week in today’s Venezuela without the highest court in the land taking over a political party to appoint a pro-government clique to lead it. This week...
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