The chavista who stole Christmas
The Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela housing program was drastically reduced right after the October 7th election. Understandably, both its workers and those waiting for new homes are not...
Life
Accomplices Galore
I’m with Juan here. It’s not as if Judge Afiuni’s rape and torture story is some kind of freak exception. The dire, dire human rights situation inside Venezuelan...
8,191,132 rapists
Yesterday we learned that Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, Hugo Chávez’s most visible political prisoner, was tortured and raped while in jail. She bravely told her story in a...
This post practically writes itself
Yesterday, many of us did a double take when we read the latest toxic public announcement by Hugo Chávez’s economic czar, Jorge Giordani. Giordani publicly announced that Venezuelans...
Cubagua is on its own
The small island of Cubagua (part of Nueva Esparta State) was the location of Nueva Cádiz, the first Spanish settlement in Venezuela and South America. After running out...
Meddling-where-nobody-asked-me-to Chronicles
In my latest FP post, I try to make a link between J.M. Briceño Guerrero and Mitt Romney. Don’t know if I succeeded.
In cold blood
Many years ago, a story in the New York Times about a family murdered in Kansas prompted Truman Capote to write his masterpiece, In Cold Blood. Oh, what...
Ad War Update: Miranda Edition
With the 16-D campaign already in full force, it’s time to look some of the TV spots airing in free-to-air channels and on cable. Let’s start with the...
Other voices: quality democracy?
A rebuttal to my post on Venezuela being a democracy, from reader Jonathan Pfaehler… ————- “Democracy is like beauty: you know it when you see it” – Anonymous....
Our love of soft drinks is about to be tested
Venezuelans love soft drinks. They really do. I must admit, I love them too. Even if is not the healthiest thing, people here spend more on carbonated drinks...
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