Truth another casualty of the Serra murders
We haven’t posted much about the Serra murders. At this point, with half-truths flying back and forth (mostly forth, i.e., from a single side of the aisle) nobody...
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Venezuelan Culture is Dead
In recognition of his daring, boundary-pushing performance art installation consisting of laying perfectly still inside a rectangular marble box for 19 months, the Venezuelan government has awarded the 2014 National Culture...
Developing: Chavista legislator Robert Serra murdered
Last night Robert Serra, the silver-tongued chavista legislator and standard-bearer for the younger generation of the ruling PSUV party, was shot dead along with his partner in their heavily-guarded home in Central Caracas. Details are scarce....
This is our "winter of discontent"
Back in 1978, Great Britain went through a horrendous period. Public employees went on strike, and public services were severely disrupted. The period, known as “the winter of discontent,”...
Ugandan Slum, Venezuelan Eyes
I’m in Uganda just now, doing some nothing-to-do-with-Venezuela research. I suppose travelogues can be terribly tiresome, but who knows, maybe some of you are interested in reading what...
P-R-evolutionary diplomacy
So, Nicolas Maduro was in New York City last week and apparently things didn’t go so well for him. But the government (through the Information Ministry) believes otherwise and,...
CC blogger goes multimedia
Our fellow blogger and friend Anabella Abadí has a new TV show on VivoPlay. It’s about economics, numbers, and general common sense, which Anabella has tons of. God...
Our Internet is s...l...o...w...
The dubious honor of having the slowest Internet in South America isn’t something to be proud of, but that has been the awful truth for quite some time....
Thug-ocracy
Good news, everyone! There’s a new military force in town! Meet the Clash Force (Fuerza de Choque)! (It sounds like a Chuck Norris movie). This week’s Official Gazette...
Alone in a crowd
I continue to be entertained by Boris Muñoz’s candid interview with political prisoner Leopoldo López. Here are a few takeaways of what Leopoldo says in the second part: The...
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