Communicational hegemony, meet the regional papers
Maracaibo newspaper Versión Final has been facing difficult times: due to the lack of foreign currency, they ran out of newsprint and were forced to suspend operations for several...
Life
The government's ombudsman
One of the new state institutions created in the 1999 Constitution was the figure of the People’s Ombudsman, in charge of defending citizens’ rights against the state. Fourteen...
Prannation Redux
So, when the Sabaneta prison “pran” (I never know how to translate that…”prison gang dictator”?) and the Sabaneta prison warden disagree, who gets his way? Care to venture a...
Golden Oldies
And so, one year on, the Winner in the Amuay Explosion Excuse Category, mención Transparently-Fabricated-but-Damnit-We’re-Sticking-With-Our-Story is… [envelope-rustling…] Sabotage! Well how about that! No surprise here, folks: Sabotage was the hot...
Bucaramanga Calling
So, I’ll be hawking the book at ULibro, la Feria del Libro de Bucaramanga in Colombia all next week. Around for that? Write in and and we’ll have coffee.
Boondoggle Chronicles
Interior Minister Miguel Rodríguez Torres has revealed his latest plan to fight crime: Deploying a lot of security cameras. A lot. Thanks to a brand new deal with...
Violence instead of healing
Another day, another violent incident against a hospital worker in the hands of chavista thugs. This one happened at the UCV Medical Center. I detect a pattern here....
Death at a maternity
Once in a while, the bizarro-meter in Venezuela reaches such elevated heights, you have to catch your breath. Case in point: this short Globovisión news item on the...
"Pico y Placa" Chronicles
Just four months before the 8-D local elections, the central government has suddenly discovered there’s total traffic chaos in Caracas and now wants to do something about it....
In the Face of Hatred
Following Tuesday’s National Assembly plenary session, I keep hearing people say that focusing on the homophobic statements made by chavista parliamentarians does a disservice to the public debate,...
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