The View from Your Window
Caracas, Venezuela – 6:30 a.m. Post 62 of 100. Barrio adentro.
Life
Noticias24 Knock-off Watch: Informe21
Quico says: And yet another one. Informe21 adds an extra twist to the morass of laziness and unimaginative mediocrity that is the Noticias24-knockoff web: not-particularly-nice, 1999-vintage web design....
We leave you with Gustavo Dudamel...
http://www.youtube.com/v/Oqv0KIWekb4&hl=en&fs=1&Juan Cristóbal says: – … just because. If you’re in the area, do not miss his free debut with the LA Philarmonic October 3rd, at the Hollywood Bowl....
Here I come! (I think)
Juan Cristóbal says: – Manuel Zelaya today announced the take-it-or-leave-it agreement proposed by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was “practically dead.” Surprisingly, this appears to leave Zelaya, not...
All in a week's work
Juan Cristóbal says: – You gotta hand it to the workers of Guayana. Following a few days worth of protests, the government relented without much of a fight...
The Needlers
Juan Cristóbal says: – In Latin America, few topics are more predictable than the on-again, off-again, love-hate relationship between Hugo Chávez and Álvaro Uribe. Almost like clockwork, you...
Thoughts on Day Three of the Blog Challenge
Quico says: This is hard! Way hard! Reading Venezuelan news sites when you know you gotta find material to meet a self-imposed quota is actually really stressful. It...
Mental Health Break: Eso es volaaaarrrrrr!!!
Post 54 of 100…does it still count as a “mental health break” if it’s this insane?!?
It's his fault, he drank it all!
Juan Cristóbal says: – “Aló, Elías? Mira chamo, yo sé que tú eres un cagaleche y que me dijiste que te da miedo cuando te grito… pero ¿cómo...
El Poder y El Translator
Quico says: It’s a real shame that Enrique Krauze’s dissection of the Chávez Experiment – El Poder y El Delirio – is not yet available in English. Only...
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