With a Gun to its Head, Aporrea Discovers Freedom of Speech
Rage-inducing as Aporrea's late conversion is, Venezuela's public sphere would be badly diminished if chavistas lost the one independent medium they have left.
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No Country for French Fries
“Mommy, can we get some French fries?” asked my daughter as we drove past the massive granite monolith that is the McDonald’s store of La Castellana in Caracas....
The One about Chávez's Hearse
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru has a good riff about the need to wait until a country is ready to tell its stories. Venezuela isn’t ready to start telling its story yet, but one...
Venezuela's invisible malaria problem
Malaria is endemic to the tropics. Years ago, Venezuela had erradicated the disease, but the country went to hell in a handbasket, so guess what? Malaria came back....
It's the Catatonia, Stupid
These days, if you’re looking for reasons to be alarmed about Venezuela you’re spoilt for choice. But if I had to pick one, just one signal that’s freaking...
Nicmer's Terminal Case of Esto-es-el-colmo Syndrome
There’s a special fascination to the genre: the fallen-from-grace former true believer whose life embodies every stalinist fiber in chavismo’s body but who is just physically unable to...
Sh!tstorm Chronicles
Before signing off from his weekly TV show, the disaster was brought to the President’s attention, and he went on to criticize the ultraderecha twitter commentators who blamed his...
Why Tareck?
What exactly is the government trying to signal through Aragua Governor Tareck El-Aissami’s extremely high profile over the last few days? In the space of a week, he...
State of Emergency Declared in Táchira
Last night, Tarek el Aissami, ex-Minister of Justice and current Governor of Aragua, was in charge of reading part of the State of Emergency Decree which will rule over...
Everyone and their mothers is implicated in the Hergueta murder
In a move that has surpassed even the most permissive standards of batshit lunacy, the Venezuelan government has published its definitive list of suspects linked to José Pérez Venta's murder and hacking-up of Liana Hergueta. Chavismo's strangle-hold on public opinion through misinformation has basically obliterated Venezuelans' capacity and willingness to judge facts for themselves.
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