Tweet of the Year
.@lubrio El término "malandro" es de la 4ta. Nos han propuesto "compañeros en situación temporal de hamponizidad, en vías de recuperación" — Aporrea (@aporrea) April 29, 2015 With...
The True Story of How Quico Became Anti-Chavista
I moved back to Caracas in June, 1999, after living abroad for the previous eleven years. Chávez had taken power just five months earlier, and I was torn: on the...
Today in "No Vale, Yo No Creo"
Steven Obando, 28, is a high school chemistry teacher in Barquisimeto. This week, he was charged with extortion. His alleged crime? Demanding that two of his students bring in...
Be Part of the Solution: Support Efecto Cocuyo
There are just 60-odd hours left on Efecto Cocuyo’s crowdfunding campaign, which means you still have a chance to fight back against Communicational Hegemony by supporting independent journalism in Venezuela...
Why I'm relieved that CNE wants to eliminate some opposition safe seats
Over in El Universal, Puzkas has a scoop on CNE’s plans to redraw the National Assembly district boundaries to eliminate a number of safe oppo seats. El proyecto, facilitado...
Drowning-in-a-Glass-of-Water Update
This piece in El Estimulo – part of the new breed of the communicational-hegemony-runaround websites – is enough to make you despair: in response to deepening goods scarcity...
Daniella
In generations to come, historians are going to have such a wealth of material to pick over as they try to make sense of Venezuela post 1999 they’ll barely...
Then they came for Twitter, and there was no one left to tweet for me...
On Tuesday, a rumour swept Caracas that a child had been kidnapped by a stranger in – depending on the version of the story you heard – either Petare...
Laura Weffer le hace swing a una recta por el medio del plate
Following on from our GoogleHangout last night, we have a guest post by Efecto Cocuyo’s CEO Editorial, Laura Weffer. Incidentally, if you haven’t already (tsk-tsk!) you can donate to Laura...
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