Meet Edwin
It was a strange kind of intimacy: for the longest time the people on my Ciudad Guayana street were on a first name basis with Edwin, the thug on a bike who made our lives a misery.
Life
The Medellín Option
When Carlos Ocariz proposed an ambitious new transport scheme for his municipio, his announcement was met with a wall of cynicism. How did this corrosive sense all social policy is clientelism become enshrined?
The Summit of Villa Rosa
Can you think of a worse time-and-place to host an international summit than Margarita and tomorrow?
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.
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