The Story of a Tweet
Over on The Atlantic, Emi aterriza a los gringos in what exactly that picture means in Venezuela...and comes out of her little trumpista glass closet in the process.
Life
Empty rooms, empty bookshelves
Marianne's apartment has that fresh emptiness and forlorn sense of detachment common to the homes of Venezuelans getting ready to move out, even with no boxes around.
El-Aissami’s New Militia?
How do you conjure up 20,000 new cops all of a sudden? By just handing off cop badges to Frente Francisco de Miranda and UBCh members en masse, I guess.
Making Liqui-Liquis Great Again
The typical Venezuelan garb reminiscent of Mao-dress is making a comeback in a big way, or at least that's what Maduro wants.
CNN en Español Censored in Venezuela
As the Venezuelan government orders pay-TV providers to yank CNN's Spanish network from their channel grids, are we seeing the dawn of the El Aissami Era?
Truco: Tropical Poker
It's like poker for Venezuelan sociopaths.
I'm High on El Avila
A non-cliché love letter to the national park that is front and center in my life.
A Love Letter to the Future
Caribbean paradise is our destiny, even if we've momentarily misplaced it a few hundred kilometers to the west.
A Toast to the Venezuelans We Don't See
Venezuelans wake up and work impossibly hard to make a better future. I see them every day, I thank them every day. What if we took the time to notice them, too?
Our ULA
Merida's Universidad de Los Andes stands strong, a quiet testament of courage stronger than any crisis.
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