Hacks and the hackers who hack them
The budget and scope of Maduro's surveillance operation is enough to make a convicted Colombian hacker, and the media that covers this story, blush.
Politics
Should we go for the jugular?
In his latest Sobremesa, Juan asks whether we should be focusing on solutions instead of problems when it comes to effective regime change in 2016, namely, getting rid of the current TSJ.
Fun with numbers, Datanálisis style
Your no-BS breakdown on the latest Datanalisis poll, which is basically quantified doom-and-gloom.
Chavismo is Committed to Social Inclusion
Chavismo always claimed that Social Inclusion was a winning bet. They were right!
Swiss Miss(conduct)
Reports of a big DoJ investigation into money laundering in Switzerland confirms what we'd all figured: a major U.S. investigation into Derwick is ongoing.
There's a whole lot more iceberg where that came from
Miguel Rodríguez Torres has started blurting out the kinds of things that good, loyal chavista faction heads like this are never ever supposed to say in public.
End-of-Times Chronicles
What do you need to round off your no-running-water, blacked out, crime-infested, Toilet Paper-less Easter break? Crocodiles!
Lying about Margarita
Sumito Estévez wants to persuade you Margarita is a swell place to vacation in 2016. In doing so, he makes himself an accomplice to an outright swindle.
The P Word
When is the opposition going to get over the taboo that surrounds the obvious need to privatize underperforming state-owned utilities?
We Read PJ's National Production Bill, Try to Like it, Fail
PJ's National Production Law is a decent piece of legislative salesmanship. As economic policy, though, it doesn't really make very much sense.
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