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,...
Politics
Seeing double
Our friend Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez took the issue of Maduro’s stunt double in Panama, and ran with it – all the way to the end zone. He weaves a masterful...
What's in your bag? -Cojones (UPDATED)
Much has been said about our newfound ability to tell which items are hidden inside a white supermarket bag. It has been etched into dozens of cartoons by almost all of our...
Eco-socialism is just a facade
What is “eco-socialism”? It’s basically the central government’s term for both its environmental policy and for the ministry in charge of it (which just changed its denomination to...
Why I'm relieved that CNE wants to eliminate some opposition safe seats
Over in El Universal, Puzkas has a scoop on CNE’s plans to redraw the National Assembly district boundaries to eliminate a number of safe oppo seats. El proyecto, facilitado...
Drowning-in-a-Glass-of-Water Update
This piece in El Estimulo – part of the new breed of the communicational-hegemony-runaround websites – is enough to make you despair: in response to deepening goods scarcity...
A Hausmann-FRod debate
This happened a few days ago at Harvard University. It’s long but well worth your time. Enjoy! (HT: Alfredo)
EAT THIS: Cabello's wife appointed Minister of Tourism
No reason to beat around the bush: Marleny Contrera de Cabello, wife of Diosdado Cabello (President of the Venezuelan Congress), was just appointed Minister of Tourism. Seems like...
Our horrible candidates are our only hope
The date for the Parliamentary elections has not been announced, but for the sake of argument, let’s say the CNE will follow the law and hold them this year....
Austin time
I’m thrilled to have been invited to be a moderator at the Plan País Conference in Austin, Texas this weekend. Plan País is a yearly conference in which Venezuelan students in...
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