Ad War Update, cont'd
Chavez’s camp latest claim: Culture and history are only possible in revolution… Where to start with this one, beside the cheesy, melodramatic tone? History has not been treated...
Life
"Sensation of Insecurity" Chronicles
A team from Caracas newspaper Ultimas Noticias went to cover CNE’s election drill in the down-on-its-luck neighborhood of El Valle. What they found out when they arrived was...
The Last Word on the Torre de David's Prize
…is the rodent’s.
El lado no tan lindo de la noche...
From comments, as translated by FT, I’m a woman, born and raised in Venezuela. My problem with Miss Venezuela isn’t that some girls decide to go hungry, undertake...
Towards an ontological understanding of the Miss Venezuela
I woke feeling a bit contrarian, so I’m going to propose a topic regarding last night’s Miss Venezuela (which I did not watch, by the way). Every country...
El País que No Cambió - Miss Venezuela LiveBlog
Just for old times sake, I’m watching Miss Venezuela tonight. (It’s streaming live online – just click here!) It’s so weird that this still goes on. It’s like...
When life gives you lemons, you make a livable high-rise
Remember la Torre de David? You know, the abandoned skyscraper that was invaded by squatters and now stands as a monument to Venezuela’s housing crisis? Well, architecht Alfredo...
Censored Ad Update
The CNE ordered TV stations to take off the air this 30-second spot of Leopoldo Lopez’s political party Voluntad Popular, titled “Security is the Way”. Here’s the ad...
PDVSA's oil spills go global
Just right after the Amuay disaster, PDVSA has another problem in its hands: this time in Ah, Oh, Curaçao. An oil spill from the Isla Refinery, currently handled by...
CPJ Takes on Communicational Hegemony
On the heels of a scathing LA Times piece on the tone of campaign coverage in the National System of Public Media, the latest report on the state...
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