Utterly Pointless
Look, I realize there are few worse uses of your time than arguing about "socialism". But sometimes, you just can't help yourself.
Life
Maduristas in Cúcuta: Hunting for the Elusive 100%
President Maduro says everyone in Norte de Santander loves him. Clifton Ross, on the ground in Cúcuta and Pamplona, goes out looking for them...and finds a deep well of sadness and compassion instead.
Borgestopia: LiveBlog
Primero Justicia's Julio Borges steps up to the National Assembly's Chairmanship...and we're liveblogging it.
Newsprint-geddon Comes to My Hometown
For years, I've been chronicling the slow demise of Venezuela's free media at the hands of an authoritarian state. This weekend, it happened to the paper I read with my café con leche.
Presenting the Golden Tropical Mierda Awards
As this wonderful year comes to an end, we pay tribute to those moments that made Tropical Mierda great again.
Eddy's 2016 Roundup
A stroll down the festering crack-den that was Venezuela in 2016, as seen through Caracas Chronicles. Courtesy of Eddy, who wishes you a Happy 2017.
End-of-the-year Social Conflict Map Update
As 2016 comes to a close, we notice another significant spike in lootings and people taking justice into their own hands. Here is the gruesome balance of a year's worth of Maduro social and economic policy.
Pregnant Lady Diaries #3: Maternity Clothes
In the third installment of Anabella's journey through war-zone pregnancy, we discover that she has a penchant for hoarding and for Gun's an Roses. Who knew?
The Venezuelan military makes bank on food crisis
The AP uncovers the sordid tale of the world's largest bozal de arepa. (And no —alas, this is not a Día de los Inocentes prank.)
This is the saddest thing you will read this year.
What more proof is needed of the medievally sadist nature of the Venezuelan government?
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