Is there a link between Petrocaribe and Carvajal?
As we try to make sense of the bizarre happenings of the past weekend regarding the jailing and subsequent release of Hugo Carvajal, it is worth revisiting a...
Life
More than Unmet Basic Needs
A tragedy occurred a few days ago in Barinas. Six children died in a fire. The fire was triggered by a short circuit after a service interruption. Typically, after...
Telesur will now talk Güachington too
Last weekend, Nicolas Maduro announced in Bolivia that Telesur, the news/propaganda channel created in 2005 by Venezuela and its allies to “promote Latin American integration” will start broadcasting in English...
Life in short supply
Dr. Martín Carvallo, who heads the Hospital Universitario’s HIV department, doesn’t know what to tell his patients when they ask what they can do when they can’t get the anti-retrovirals they need. “What...
What leaving Venezuela means to Jews
In February 1939, two ships approached the shores of Venezuela after a long, desperate voyage. The Konisgtein and the Caribia’s captains had already asked for asylum in many other ports, now they pleaded...
"Media Plot:" The hegemony's permanent excuse
Last week, the government organized a high-profile conference about what they like to call “the media plot against Venezuela.” This was the usual blame-it-all-on-the-Evil-Empire gig, with a few...
¿Te acuerdas, Quico?
El 10 de enero del año pasado, en Venezuela ocurrió una infamia. Un Presidente electo gravemente enfermo no pudo asistir a su toma de posesión, y contra toda...
El Gordo Bayón
Yorman Márquez, aka El Gordo Bayón, was gunned down a few days ago. His story is like a micro-cosm of chavista Venezuela – union leader, alleged murderer, ex-con,...
Let's wiki the Labor Law
“It used to be simple,” my friend Armando is telling me. “I used to be able to play around with the shifts depending on the changes in demand....
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
Few things surprise me about Venezuela anymore. This is one of those things. As it turns out, we not only import gasoline, we also import homeless families. I...
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