I Don't Care if El Sistema Doesn't Fight Poverty
A randomized controlled trial has just determined with minute mathematical precision that economists have no friggin' clue why art matters.
Life
Peak Venezuela
A bus-ride in Charallave crystallizes what we’d feared: 2017 will make 2016 look like child’s play.
Dept. of Overly Literal Metaphors: Venezuela's Academies Ransacked by Thugs
Bájale dos, metaphor.
Odebrecht Owns It, Venezuela Ignores It
The nice thing about writing this one for WaPo is that, for once, I was able to break free from the tyranny of “allegedly.” Journos will know what I...
Curaçao weary as Venezuelan boat people begin to arrive
Venezuelans used to go to Curaçao to max out the Cadivi limits on their credit cards. These days, they're arriving hungry and destitute and looking to stay, not shop. And islanders are deeply uneasy about it.
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.
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.
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