HIV Haunts Venezuela Again
Time was when public health officials in Africa travelled to Venezuela to learn best practices in handling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But times change.
Life
Getting ready for an emergency… in the middle of another emergency
Earlier this week, Venezuela just barely dodged Tropical Storm Bret. But what would a major natural disaster be like in Venezuela today?
Hasta Siempre, “Santos Yorme”
Pompeyo Márquez has passed away. One of the most prominent leftists of Venezuela's 20th century, he was a harsh critic of Hugo Chávez.
Venezuela, CARICOM and the Muddle in the Periphery
When it comes to OAS voting blocks, CARICOM is not as monolithic as you may think.
OAS Meeting of Foreign Ministers on Venezuela (cont.)
The second part of the Foreign Ministers Consultation Meeting on the Situation in Venezuela should get underway soon, live from Cancun, Mexico, during the OAS’s General Assembly round...
Our Fathers' Generation
Those of us in our 40s look on our Fathers’ Generation and can’t help but dwell on the failures and mistakes that set the stage for the catastrophe that’s befallen the country.
I still get Lost in Miami
My daugter knows that part of my job is describing what’s going on in Venezuela, but I don’t know how to tell her a story which doesn’t have a happy ending yet.
My Dad: the story of the Venezuelan who could
People say Venezuelans are lazy. They've never met my dad.
My Father's Day Rant
This is only my second Father’s Day as a dad. The experience exhausts all the adjectives you can think of. It also changes your outlook on life.
Letter to Ana Teresa
I write these lines when you are days (or hours) away from been born. Who knows? This might be the first "Father's Day" we celebrate together in Venezuela.
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