The Spotlight Is On: Time to Tell Your Story
As Venezuela shoots up to the front pages following the announcement of a State of Emergency, we ask you to take a minute and tell us the story from 2016 you think is worth passing down the generations.
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Fun Game: Guess the Date
This appeared in the Wall Street Journal…but when? CARACAS,Venezuela–By ceremoniously signing a new $1.4 billion loan on Monday, the International Monetary Fund made it official: It’s back in Venezuela....
Bachaquero = "Buy-and-Flip Hustler"
Bloomberg's Andy Rosati followed bachaqueros to see what their day-to-day life is like. It's no bed of roses.
The goal is delay
Your daily briefing for Friday, May 13, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Fifty ways to say "debacle"
A sprawling piece in The Atlantic, co-written by Quico and Moisés Naím, is a showcase for how to write about Venezuela in a way that is fresh and inviting.
A good look at food shortages
With the minimum wage being a fraction of what it takes to feed a family, and endless controls and regulations strangling productivity, this is the image of La Revolución. Take a good look.
Thus Falls the House of Lula
Dilma is gone, but so is Lula and the vicious red-tainted political business machinery he was instrumental in setting up.
Pescando Cauchos
Un documental nos lleva a pasar veinte minutos en el apocalipsis maracucho. Lo único que faltan son los zombies.
Teleférico Shuffle
Barely reopened, Mérida's Mukumbarí cable car is already the object of some controversy. What fate awaits the newly recovered attraction?
Ah! Oh! Curaçao!
Red Cross Curaçao is prepared for possible Venezuelan refugees. Repeat, Red Cross Curaçao is prepared for possible Venezuelan refugees. Sighhhhh...
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