Marcelo Crovato's Catch 22
It’s hard to see the upside of being put under house arrest for political reasons. Sure, you get a cop outside your door. As Marcelo Crovato recently found out, that's not that useful a perk.
The Violent Innocence of The Caracazo
The events of 1989 carry traces of social trauma: it transcends history and lives ambivalently as a portmanteau fantasy, carrying both fears and desires.
A Lynching Outside My Window
As lynchings become commonplace in Venezuela, some let the violence creep in, while some just turn up the TV.
The Esquivel Epidemic
Events off the pitch show how our country's crisis has been expressed in football.
Como leer Últimas Noticias sin amargarse la vida
Somebody needs to explain to Últimas Noticias that "to be distressed in an unjust and oppressive society is a more politically healthy condition than to be happy."
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