Another Comments Experiment
So I’m calling off the Comments-via-Email experiment. My goal had been to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, and though there was far less noise, there was far less signal...
Life
Puerto La Cruz? You can't get there from here...
All transit between Caracas and the East of Venezuela is halted for now, after a bridge located near the Barlovento town of Cupira (in Eastern Miranda State) collapsed....
The mausoleum still awaits its opening
The day after Bolivar’s new 3D face was revealed to the public, Hugo Chavez was supposed to officially open the new mausoleum behind the National Pantheon, as a...
Luidig Ochoa's Back Story
Yup, the kid behind those Carcel o Infierno animations knows the beast from the inside. Amazing talent.
Orwell-on-Guaire
That weird Orwellian vibe on State Media these days may be clear as day to Venezuelans, but it’s tough, very tough to get it across to a neutral....
Jail or Hell
I don’t know any of the backstory to Carcel o Infierno, the stunning, terrifying animated web series about Venezuelan prison life. I don’t know who @luidigalfo, the animator...
Pitch Perfect
Today, Valencia-native Felix Hernández threw very many balls perfectly during a professional baseball contest of some kind. (I think.) Sources claiming to understand the baffling arcania of American Rules...
Shutting the stable door after the horse has already been wounded, dragged out of an irrigation ditch, beaten, sodomized, shot and embalmed...
Muralista del 23 de enero…¡nunca cambies!
Del apuro solo queda...
The Gran Mision Vivienda Venezuela, the Chavernment’s house-building program, is going into overdrive right before the election. Of course, unintended consequences come along any rushed process, like workplace...
Bolivar's face belongs to some French guy
Since its unveiling to the world, the new 3D version of Simon Bolivar’s face has equally benefited the Chaverment’s media machinery and average Venezuelan buhoneros. Days ago, a...
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