Napping Through the Climate Crisis
While the rest of the world gets serious about climate change, Venezuela's political class is asleep at the switch. At the very least, we need a plan.
Life
Remembrance of Semana Santas Past
Once upon a time, back when oil was still in triple digits, Semana Santa was a populist bacchanalia. Take a trip down memory lane to the "good times."
La Vinotinto's Color de Hormiga Road to Russia
La Vinotinto has played four qualifiers for Russia 2018 and lost all of them. Nul points! As they take on Peru today, can they turn it around?
How Exceptional is Venezuela, really?
For Jorge Castañeda, nothing that's been happening in Venezuela is the least bit anomalous from a regional point of view.
More beisbol, less rollo
Here's dreaming of the day the Estadio Universitario hosts the kind of baseball game that can put useless old conflicts to rest.
Newsprint-geddon reaches Valencia
Commmunicational hegenomy is real, and Valencia's El Carabobeño is the latest of many victims killed along the way.
We introduce our Productive Revolution by giving you the week off
Is shutting down the whole country because you don't have enough water in the hydroelectric dams normal? No...no it is not.
The New Normal: Now Newspaper Editors Face Jail
With Correo del Caroní's editor facing four years in prison for publishing corruption allegations, the government is cracking down on media harder than ever
Donald
Whatever may happen between now and November - and dear God let it not come to the worst - there's a whole set of questions that we Venezuelans will never have to strain to answer again.
The Roadmap, Part VII: Clarity on Gas Prices
Where Juan Cristobal dares to imagine a future where we tax the consumption of gasoline, instead of mindlessly subsidizing it.
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