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.
Politics
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?
2004: The Year of the Recall
Your yearly briefing for 2004. Translated by Javier Liendo.
2004: When Censorship becomes an Institution
The freedom of expression gag seen today in Venezuela has been around for over ten years. An ambiguous and voracious law from 2004 would establish censorship as a fundamental part of chavista philosophy for years to come.
How low can you go?
"Mal paga el diablo a quien bien le sirve". In 2004, over 2,400,000 Venezuelans who demanded Chávez to step down are put in the regime’s sights when the (in)famous lista Tascón is published. 2008: Tascón is being left aside from the government’s circles.
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