The Silent Demise of Venezuelan Baseball
Venezuela’s favorite sport keeps going, amid excruciating circumstances, sparse crowds and almost no reporters. A dispatch from the field of the Luis Aparicio El Grande Stadium
Life
2021 Migration Year in Review
One more year of increases in the number of Venezuelans leaving the country. As of the close of 2021, there are now 6 million Venezuelans abroad
Wrapping up 2021 With the Venezuela Diaspora Project
The Venezuela Diaspora Project goes over its first year
Into the Universe of Choro 2021
Venezuelan writer and filmmaker Carl Zitelmann launched a video game, about a criollo post apocalyptic landscape. We played it and this is how it went
The Hallaca Rant
One more Pueblo People episode before the year ends. This is perhaps the most controversial episode of this podcast to date
How Vicente Emilio Sojo Rescued ‘Niño Lindo’
This beloved aguinaldo and many others would be totally unknown to us, if Maestro Sojo and his disciples wouldn’t have collected and transcribed them a century ago
The Perks of Being a Second-Generation Venezuelan
How I found my truest identity by immersing in the Latino community in Florida after my Midwestern childhood
How Venezuelan Preschools Turned into a Problem
Social and economic collapse, in addition to the lockdowns, have made early schooling another source of trauma and inequality
The Arepa Emoji Is Venezuelan
This week on the VDP: Sebastian Delmont AKA @sd tells the story of his life in tech and we learn why he's a national hero
Gaita: the Ultimate Venezuelan Holiday Music
Every December, a musical genre specific to Zulia state spreads to the rest of the country and its diaspora. But for Zulianos, it’s way more than Christmas songs
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