The Summit of Villa Rosa
Can you think of a worse time-and-place to host an international summit than Margarita and tomorrow?
Life
En busca del Guardián de las Palabras
Anabella se adentra en la Gran Pulpería del Libro Venezolano y nos cuenta lo que encontró.
The AN's Insane New Police Social Security Bill
The National Assembly has just put forward a bll to overhaul social protections for cops and it's...bad enough it almost makes you thankful that everything they do is null.
Quico ♥s Cacerolazos
On how this form of protest means more than meets the eye and why he is now my hero.
The Krygiers: Four Generations, Three Exiles
For my family, running away from tyranny is somewhere between a tradition and a curse we're doomed to repeat generation after generation. Part 3 of 3.
No Correspondents Allowed
SiBCI's doomed attempt to keep international media from covering 1S backfired, as anyone who spent more than five minutes thinking it through knew it would.
How to Become a Pariah State
As the government escalates repression ahead of September 1st's protests, the hemispheric consensus that Maduro has gone too far is hardening.
Bolivarian Noir
I was on The Economics Detective podcast the other day, talking about everything from the Caracazo to Alfredo Serrano. It was good fun.
Book Club: Del Buen Salvaje al Buen Revolucionario (Parte I)
The book club moves forward with Rodrigo y la primera mitad de la obra de Carlos Rangel: “Del Buen Salvaje al Buen Revolucionario”. Como el libro es en castellano, lo discutimos en castellano.
Gag is the New Black
Pointing out any of the 16 cases of corruption Adán Chávez is involved in is now illegal for the press in Barinas State. Prior restraint much?
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