The Caracazo is ingrained in our collective psyche so deeply it’s now more myth than event. There are as many different versions of what happened out there as there are agendas prompting them. But what really happened? In the first of a three-part series, we look at what actually happened in Venezuela betwen February 27th and March 2nd, 1989.
The food situation is bad enough in Puerto Ordaz now that people are making the 13-hour trek to the Brazilian border for supplies...or submitting to the humiliations of the CLAP bag.
Many years ago, chavismo began a war on science. Help us get this untold story out!
Think CNE is going to announce a date for the next stage of signature gathering today? You don't know Tibi.
In Venezuela these days, having a baby is a logistical feat you can only manage by plunging head first into the murky waters of the bachaquero economy.
How on earth did I end up camping out overnight on a disgusting, cockroach-infested sidewalk in one of the most dangerous cities in the world?
The crisis has brought chavismo to the edge of historical oblivion. Don't think they don't understand that.
The most important political move of the last few weeks is also the one we know the least about.
As desperate Venezuelans flock to Colombia to buy groceries, I muse on 21st Century Socialism's iron clad determination to repeat every mistake 20th Century Socialism made.
Having your highest denomination banknote be worth 10 cents is an insanity you grasp fully only when you realize it's renders ATMs pretty much useless.
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