No soap for you!!
Watch what happens when a Venezuelan woman tries to buy soap two days in a row. Turns out that, in Venezuela, you can indeed be too clean. Fancy scanners...
Politics
Repression with a Brazilian scent
One of the constant images of the current wave of protests has been the overwhelming and excessive use of tear gas by the National Guard and other security...
F-Rod Pitches a Rabo'e'Cochino
Every few months, Francisco Rodríguez lobs a conceptual hand-grenade at the center of the opposition Conventional Wisdom about the Venezuelan economy. The series of papers he’s written for...
That feeling that, I imagine, you feel when you’re cornered and you feel you’re about to be killed
Today, at 3:27 pm, saw the start of a Cadena de Radio y TV. Nicolás Maduro speaks to pro-government students at a meeting in Avenida Universidad in Caracas....
“Ese sentimiento, que me puedo imaginar, que siente alguien que va a ser asesinado y se ve acorralado."
Esta tarde, a las 3:27pm, arranca una Cadena de Radio y TV. Nicolás Maduro habla a los estudiantes oficialistas desde la Avenida Universidad en Caracas. En sus casi...
Give us the CNE
Dear UNASUR Foreign Ministers: Thank you for your interest in the Venezuelan conflict. Now that you helped make the OAS a veritable “circus,” we can start discussing the visit...
When in Rome...
A few days ago, Maduro was having a down in the dumps day, he needed a quick pick me up, something empowering, something to assert his manhood. So,...
Crosshairs on Muchacho
A few days ago, El Nacional’s manipulation of a dumb-as-hell-choose-your-words statement by Gabriela del Mar Ramírez created a lot of fuss amongst us morally enlightened “fascists.” Recall that...
Just win an election
Daniel Ceballos, the mayor of San Cristóbal, was arrested in Caracas tonight. The person confirming this was the Interior Minister. I suggest we allow a few moments to...
Getting the message across
The student movement is not only using new media to spread its case to the public. They’re also visiting some of Caracas’ slums to convince their residents and...
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