A Lynching Outside My Window
As lynchings become commonplace in Venezuela, some let the violence creep in, while some just turn up the TV.
Life
The April Crisis, Fourteen Years Later
Fourteen years on, Quico re-edits his long essay into what exactly happened during the long, crazy weekend of April 11th-April 14th, 2002.
Perú Decides: Keiko vs. Vero
Perú could be about to see an unprecedented all-female second round. But is Keiko as Fujimorista as her name? And is Vero as chavista as her reputation?
Coffee break del siglo 21
It's la hora del burro. I'm going for coffee. But what I'm really hoping for is something else.
Colorful People
Our Puerto Ordaz correspondent interviews the creators of this charming web series featuring some of Ciudad Guayana's most treasured characters.
Do not become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence
Over on the Wall Street Journal, Anatoly Kurmanaev and John Otis have this eye-popping story of what a heist looks like in 21st Century Socialism.
Hacks and the hackers who hack them
The budget and scope of Maduro's surveillance operation is enough to make a convicted Colombian hacker, and the media that covers this story, blush.
OLPs: The Rebranding of a Human Rights Black Mark
The so called "Operaciones de Liberación del Pueblo" are just old fashioned police raids. A new HRW/PROVEA reports detail the abuses committed in their name.
The Esquivel Epidemic
Events off the pitch show how our country's crisis has been expressed in football.
Caribbean Mugabenomics
The Economist is already drawing comparisons between Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
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