Tap Water Chronicles
The people of Valencia have been drinking water with elevated levels of aluminum for the last 29 months now. Aluminum in drinking water has been linked with nerve damage, leading...
Life
The non-scandal
Today we “celebrate” the 60th anniversary of the assault on the Cuartel Moncada, which marked the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. Maduro is in Cuba, alongside Evo, Daniel...
Some final thoughts on Capriles in Chile
As some of you know, Henrique Capriles was in Chile last week as part of a tour that took him to Peru. (My take in Prodavinci here, and...
Double standard
Days after the April 14th election, this video of Housing Minister Ricardo Molina threating to fire any employee who dares to “speak ill of the Revolution” or is...
Chavistas-in-China syndrome
On this blog, the occasions where we actually congratulate the government for something are extremely rare. Today is one of those occasions. A few days ago, Vice-President Jorge...
You don't know Father Vidal
Last month, a Maracaibo priest named Vidal Atencio put Chávez on the altar…literally. Alongside the image of the comandante eterno he had pictures of the Libertador and Zulia State Governor...
(In)secure fatherland
This weekend, three major violent incidents around the country left a total of 17 deaths: eight at a graduation party in Caicara del Orinoco, five during a birthday...
ProPublica on Iran and Latin America
Pulitzer-prize winning ProPublica came out with a thorough look into the links between Iran and Latin America. ProPublica is considered by some to be left-leaning, so I was...
Here's something you don't read every day
A positive review of Caracas, courtesy of the New York Daily News’ Michael Kaminer. I’m glad Kaminer had a fun time, but … the Paris of South America…?...
The Petrostate, Visualized
This is just the coolest visualization tool ever. Venezuelan Exports in 1995 Venezuelan Exports in 2010: (These static images don’t really do the visualization-platform justice, you have to...
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