Worth Less
By May, Venezuela's highest denominated banknote won't be worth the paper it's printed on. Literally.
Here's How You Fix the Null Voting Problem
686,000 people had their votes annulled on December 6th. We have no idea how many of them intended to have them annulled, and how many voted null by mistake. Here's how to make sure that never happens again.
We Vote Together
In Macaracuay, voting is a moment of togetherness, of civic spirit in and engagement in a country usually badly short of both.
Becoming Barbarians
When lynchings have gone from headline-worthy to commonplace in less than a year, the social contract has clearly failed.
Let's throw the BCV a bone
Less than a week after announcing an open tender for bids on security paper meant for printing Bs.50 and Bs.100 bills, the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV), revealed that they are...
"From impossible planning to permanent improvisation"
That title is not mine. I wish I could claim it: it’s brilliant. But it belongs to Jorge Giordani. It’s what he meant to call a book he wanted...
"From impossible planning to permanent improvisation"
That title is not mine. I wish I could claim it: it’s brilliant. But it belongs to Jorge Giordani. It’s what he meant to call a book he wanted...
Sobremesa chronicles
(For this week’s sobremesa, Rodrigo chimes in re. the “morality” of selling your dollar allowance) In Venezuela you get a yearly dollar allowance. If you use your allowance, nothing...
Defending the consumer society
For the last decade we have been told that consumerism … is bad. It is evil. It sustains the capitalists, who in return exploit the common folk. The State...
Chronicles of an eighteen-hour working Sunday
If you’re like most people, for you election day means queuing up, voting, then going back home to try to relax, at least up until it’s baranda time. Not for me....
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