Were La Planta transfers involved in the Yare riot?
Yesterday, at least 20 people, including one visiting relative, were killed in a grisly fight between rival gangs at Yare Jail, former Zip-code of a comandante presidente who shall...
Francisco Toro
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Foucault in Tocorón
Este artículo se publica en español en Prodavinci. In the wake of news of yet another extraordinarily violent prison riot, we’re reminded once more that Venezuelan prisons are a...
5.4...102.19...
When I talk about October’s election, people invariable ask me about “the numbers”. ¿Cómo van los números? That kind of thing. They mean the polls, of course. But...
Another Comments Experiment
So I’m calling off the Comments-via-Email experiment. My goal had been to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and though there was far less noise, there was far less signal...
Two weeks on: Your verdict on Comments-via-Email
Time to take the pulse on this Comments-via-Email experiment. With no Comments-Section time-sink, we posted much more often than usual to the main page. That meant that we...
Luidig Ochoa's Back Story
Yup, the kid behind those Carcel o Infierno animations knows the beast from the inside. Amazing talent.
Orwell-on-Guaire
That weird Orwellian vibe on State Media these days may be clear as day to Venezuelans, but it’s tough, very tough to get it across to a neutral....
Jail or Hell
I don’t know any of the backstory to Carcel o Infierno, the stunning, terrifying animated web series about Venezuelan prison life. I don’t know who @luidigalfo, the animator...
Pitch Perfect
Today, Valencia-native Felix Hernández threw very many balls perfectly during a professional baseball contest of some kind. (I think.) Sources claiming to understand the baffling arcania of American Rules...
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