The New Black Pope
Venezuelan Arturo Sosa has just become Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He is the first non-European Superior the society has had in its nearly 500 years.
Life
A Date With Chavela Frías
We scoured the earth to find her. Finally, at a Madrid café, we caught up with her. Here it is: our exclusive interview with Chavela Frías. Fashion Icon, Diva, Goddess.
Purchasing Power Parity, But Not As You Know it
A microstory of what you can do with Bs.100 in Dijon.
A Dark Night for Venezuelan Fútbol
Ni un partido de fútbol puede ver uno en esta vaina.
Vise News
Quico digs around in TodoChavez.gob.ve and brings the choice bits he finds to the readers of the New York Times.
The dirty imperialist lie that the shelves are bare
Writing for The Guardian, Jonathan Watts goes on an enlightening #TropicalMierda roadtrip.
My first day, Kevin's last
Everybody assumes every Venezuelan cop is corrupt. But we risk our lives for the privilege of being scorned. I've seen how the police works in El Hatillo. If people only knew.
The OTHER Peace Prize
And the Hugo goes to..
Default: From "Whether" to "How"
You know the debate about default is moving along when a guy like Ricardo Hausmann shifts from discussing whether to default to discussing how, exactly, to go about it.
The Story We're Too Scared to Read
Nick Casey wrote about the state of Venezuela's mental hospitals in the absence of psychiatric drugs. We saw Meredith Kohut's amazing pictures, and froze. It's a truth we know we can't handle.
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