Dissident Chavismo fights the pole and the pole won
Discontent inside Chavismo has been brewing in recent times. but as each day passes, more and more factions are openly challenging the PSUV. El Nacional’s Hernan Lugo-Galicia had...
The State of our Public Hospitals in four and a half minutes
For all that we have written about the terrible state of our public healthcare system, sometimes is difficult to convey into words how bad it is. But images...
Grand Theft Political Party
It’s become commonplace: our highest court gets involved in the internal affairs of political parties. This week the gauntlet fell on two more: Bandera Roja (Red Flag), a once guerrilla group...
Rafael Esquivel's "family businesses"
EfectoCocuyo has fresh details on several companies connected to disgraced, jailed former Venezuelan Soccer Federation chief Rafael Esquivel that were handled by a small group of relatives and associates. According...
Pan-Am Flim Flam
The 2015 Pan American Games ended last Sunday in Toronto. The U.S. delegation came on top in the medal table, followed by the host country Canada, which achieved...
Correo del Caroni pushes back against Newsprint-geddon - and fails
Today’s edition of Ciudad Guayana daily Correo del Caroni had terrible news for its readers: its daily edition will cease this Friday, July 31st and the following Friday the...
About Maria Corina's political party
CC commenter Syd asked this question in the previous post: “Does Maria Corina Machado lead a political party?” The answer is both yes and no. Confused? Then, allow...
Mr. Granger goes to Washington
After last week’s events in Brasilia, Guyanese President David Granger is now headed to the U.S. capital to participate in a regional security conference and to meet with...
My landlord, Mr. Esquivel
Do you remember Rafael Esquivel? You know, our long-serving football caudillo that got busted almost two months ago in Zurich for corruption? The New York Times has details on the...
Inside the Hegemony's Alternative Twitter-verse
Have you ever noticed how many pro-government Trending Topics are all over the Venezuelan Twittersphere? Ever wonder how the central government really does that? The folks at NGO IPYS Venezuela recently released...
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