Malaria comes back to the future
As the H1N1 outbreak which started last month is still affecting the country, a very different health concern is now among us. The Venezuelan Society of Infectology is denouncing...
Life
Even the rectal sovereignty is imported...
To stop the “imperialist plan” to deprive us from toilet paper and making our lives (even more) miserable, the State has joined forces with a major corporation del...
Dystopias
Panfleto Negro is running a Dystopia-writing contest. Prize: 100 euros, via paypal. Great fun! Check out my entry. Then write one of your own!
Motorizado nation
With the transformation of the Venezuelan landscape in recent decades, the figure of the motorcyclist (motorizado) has become almost omnipresent not only in the largest cities, but also...
An Idiot's Guide to Meeting the Pope
By the time you read this, President Nicolás Maduro will have arrived at the Vatican to meet his Holiness Pope Francis. I. Can’t. Wait! How-oh-how will he screw...
They came, they saw, they squatted
Organized squatter groups have become “normal” in the last few years. From the rural areas to the largest cities, they take what they consider to be idle lands...
The H1N1-mitable Minister of Health
(A guest post by loyal reader Aquiles) The Venezuelan Ministress of Health Isabel Iturria has weighed in on the outbreak of H1N1 virus across Venezuela, the critical shortage...
The hell down the street
Last December, Prisons Minister Iris Varela announced the future closing of Sabaneta Prison in Maracaibo. A new jail (currently under construction) outside the city would be its replacement....
Shadow foreign policy
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I discuss the opposition’s new diplomatic offensive. The value added: These trips are part of a new phase for the Venezuelan opposition....
CNP: Chávez was no journalist
In a written statement, the National Guild of Journalists (known here as the Colegio Nacional de Periodistas or CNP) has strongly rejected yesterday’s decision of giving the 2013...
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