Qué bonito, qué Bello
The decision by the editors of The Economist to name their new weekly column on Latin America after Andrés Bello came as a soothing elixir to my beat-up...
Life
What does forgiveness feel like?
Venezuelans are angry, and they well should be. Beyond that, though, there is a question that has been lingering in my mind for quite some time – will...
Peace sells... but who's buying?
The word “peace” is in the air… more or less. Last weekend, the government did a series of events under the theme “Peace and Life”. It was pretty...
HRW "unlikes" Maduro
The 2014 World Report from Human Rights Watch just came out. Let’s just say the chapter on Venezuela is not too friendly with the government. Among its many...
Dude, where's my car battery?
A new criminal trend has appeared in recent weeks in Caracas and other cities: the theft of car batteries in plain sight. Many people are reporting that their...
Or else!
Carabobo governor Francisco Ameliach is serious about crime. How serious? So serious, the guy is giving the state’s criminal gangs a deadline: give up all your weapons within 20 days,...
Chavismo's political agency problem
Turn on the TV, and it strikes you in the face – the stratospheric stupidity of the people in charge in Venezuela. Whether it’s Nicolás Maduro talking about...
Party in the C.P.A. (Tocorón Prison)
Remember the tale of Tokio discotheque, located inside Tocorón Prison in Aragua? Well, the prison night-club has returned to the headlines: an 18-year old girl died of a...
The mysterious 30%
The government plans on setting a maximum profit of 30% for everyone and everything in Venezuela. Funny enough, Maduro says he is doing so to preserve people’s economic...
The causes of crime in one graph
Take it away, World Justice Project.Should it surprise you that a country with no justice system, tons of weapons, and lots of drug smuggling … is a killing...
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