La Vida de Nos — Telling the Story of a Remarkable Period
Urban chronicler Hector Torres launches a project so that Venezulans can all tell their stories.
Life
Burning down the reels: The life and times of Venezuelan publicly funded films
Government funded flicks haven't escaped the whips and scorns of the debacle. Happy cinema Day!
In Defense of our Psychiatric Wards
Venezuela es un manicomio. But, as I found out doing my rotation at Merida’s mental hospital, some of the manicomios are almost ok.
Too dirty. For an OIL TANKER.
So this is how PDVSA ends: not with a bang, but with an unpaid tanker cleaning bill.
Pregnant Lady Diaries #4: Support is key (and not just for your belly)
Being pregnant anywhere amounts to an emotional rollercoaster. Multiply that times ten and you'll start to understand what being an expectant mom in Venezuela is like.
Is César Miguel going soft?
As César Miguel Rondón announces he's going to interview fewer politicos from now on, we stop to wonder: in what kind of post-apocalyptic world are we living that CMR is bored of politics?!?
Trump, Chávez and the Personal Ideology of Showmanship
In four years, a Trump voter will look around at his declining quality of life and blame not Trump but an “economic war” with China or Mexico, aided by treacherous elites in Washington and left wing intellectuals, always eager to sell out the National Interest.
How to Culture Jam a Populist in Four Easy Steps
We tend to think resisting a populist is like boxing: a question of punching him harder than he punches you. It's not. It's like judo: the much subtler, trickier art of turning his strength against him.
The Archbishop of Barquisimeto has had just about enough
In Lara State, the church is now openly at war with the government, as the yearly Divina Pastora procession turns even more political than it usually is.
Verle la cara a Marilyn
En el hospital no hay morfina. Marilyn no se queja.
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