Updated Map of Social Unrest
As promised, we've kept updating the interactive map of lynchings, and have now added recent incidents of looting throughout Venezuela.
Life
Shouldn't EVERY Public Employee Have Something Fundamental and Necessary to Do All Day?!
Let’s get real, the two-day work week isn’t about saving power, it’s about keeping power.
Miswired
A recent article in Wired magazine shows the epidemic of straight-up nonsense on the Venezuelan economy, while receding, is far from over.
At least we'll always have... shadow puppets.
If a Venezuelan makes a film, but theres no electricity to power the cinemas that show it, did it really happen?
Containers of Debt
Venezuela's cash-strapped government just loooooves to service its debt. Returning empty shipping containers to avoid a $1 billion late-fee? Not so much.
AS/COA Webcast: Venezuela's Faltering Economy
If you missed the live stream, we've got you covered, watch the entire event here.
My Kingdom for a Passport!
Nothing binds the Venezuelan diaspora together as closely as the Kafkian ordeal that is getting a passport abroad. Here's my family's tale of SAIME woe.
Nobody's first choice
Patricio Aylwin, Chile's first president after the Pinochet dictatorship, died this week. A master of the "politics of the possible," his story holds many uncomfortable lessons for our own future (possible) transition, lessons we may not be willing to learn.
Polarapocalypse Now
Your drunk uncle who keeps saying shit's only going to get real when the beer runs out is about to have his theory put to the test.
FEC - A Forgotten School
Open sewage and rampant crime are but two of the many issues signaling the deplorable state of one of Venezuela's premier public universities. Here's a first-hand account.
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