Tweet of the Year
.@lubrio El término "malandro" es de la 4ta. Nos han propuesto "compañeros en situación temporal de hamponizidad, en vías de recuperación" — Aporrea (@aporrea) April 29, 2015 With...
Politics
Sobremesa chronicles
(For this week’s sobremesa, Rodrigo chimes in re. the “morality” of selling your dollar allowance) In Venezuela you get a yearly dollar allowance. If you use your allowance, nothing...
The True Story of How Quico Became Anti-Chavista
I moved back to Caracas in June, 1999, after living abroad for the previous eleven years. Chávez had taken power just five months earlier, and I was torn: on the...
Today in "No Vale, Yo No Creo"
Steven Obando, 28, is a high school chemistry teacher in Barquisimeto. This week, he was charged with extortion. His alleged crime? Demanding that two of his students bring in...
Another summit is coming to Caracas
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez and Oil Minister Asdrubal Chavez are making a quick tour of the Middle East this week, with visits to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. As...
It which cannot be named
Diosdado Cabello is suing El Nacional, Tal Cual, and LaPatilla.com for writing pieces claiming he is a drug smuggler. Of course, these news sites were not claiming such...
A matter of cops and death
How bad does the security situation have to be in a country for the cops themselves to go out to protest… because they don’t feel safe on the...
The worst elections in Latin America
Just how bad are our elections? Well, now we can quantify this! Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Sydney have launched The Electoral Integrity Project, a...
Leopoldo + Petraeus + Harvard = Insanity.
This video’s basic pitch? Leopoldo López went to Harvard, a place where the CIA trains its agents. There, he supposedly met David Petraus, who invaded Iraq. He gave...
Sobremesa Chronicles
Ángel Rodríguez. Roy Daza. Walter Gavidia. Dalia Herminia Yánez. Carolus Wimmer. Quick – what do all these people have in common? … Well, unless you’re related to them,...
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