2007: A Generation of Painted Hands
The generation of 2007 was the first (and only) national leadership born independent from traditional parties. They confronted power and contained it. This is the story of that fight and its aftermath.
Politics
2007: No signal, no victory
Your Yearly Briefing for 2006. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Chávez is now an embarrassment...to Sean Penn!
Pity Sean Penn. (Not really). After years working to position himself as an avant-garde progressive by hitching his brand to Chávez's, his pet revolutionary starts unravelling all that work by standing by the mass-murdering Libyan regime.
2006: Chavismo’s Cultural Ruin
Venezuelans often say that we’re all responsible for this disaster, and that's particularly true in our culture and the arts, fields that today mourn their old complicities.
2006: The Smell of Sulfur
Your Yearly Briefing for 2006. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Amarillita, Azulita y Rojita...
Venezuela cannot be made roja, rojita and remain fully Venezuela. The embrace of the tricolor in contrast to Chavez's dreary, unyielding red underlines a basic reality no amount of state power can overcome.
PDVSA’s Self-Inflicted Wound
The new Oil Minister and PDVSA CEO, General Manuel Quevedo has no experience in the oil industry. His appointment is a tantalizing peek at what's happening behind chavismo’s closed doors.
2005: The Blunder Year
2005 was great for the Revolution, as president Chávez consolidated his political victories of previous years. The opposition was so ineffective, it seems complicit in retrospective.
2005: Dismantling the State
Your Yearly Briefing for 2005. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Psychopath autocrats of the world, unite!
Mindless radicalization, anyone?
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