Disappointment Chronicles
Seems Panorama had its story wrong: Pérez Pirela denies he’s been appointed Information Minister (and, surprise surprise, thinks there’s a conspiracy behind the story!) Bummer.
Politics
Rock Bottom Just Got a Little Bit Rockier [CORRECTED]
Correction: Panorama had this story wrong. Instead, Pérez Pirela will be PSUV’s candidate for Mayor of Maracaibo. Noted crazy person Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirela has just been named...
Fruto Vivas and the Farruco doctrine
Well-known Venezuelan architect Fruto Vivas (seen in the photo) has been in the news lately: one of his most famous works, the former Venezuelan pavillion of the Expo...
The Americas Quarterly Review
Hey! Our book just got a very generous review by the WSJ’s José de Cordoba in Americas Quarterly. Check it out… The authors may be unashamedly anti-chavista, but...
The Mardo mistake
Primero Justicia congressman Richard Mardo was stripped of his parliamentary immunity yesterday. In a 97-68 vote (that’s 59-41 in percentage terms, in case you’re wondering) the chavista majority...
Tell me, Diosdado, what would you like me to ask you?
That last phrase did not make it on air, but I’m willing to bet it was the first question Vladimir Villegas asked Diosdado Cabello during this stellar example...
Workingmen of the World Unite (No Chinese Need Apply)
And so, chavismo’s inflation-fighting plan has come to this: round up the speculatin’ chinks and ship ’em back to Chinolandia. “Even if they call me xenophobic or whatever, enough...
Diosdado's spring/summer 2013 collection
Ahhh…the lazy days of Venezuelan summer. Perfect for strolling through streets perfumed of sun-ripened mangoes, whistling to the Efe ice cream song on balmy Friday afternoons…and, if you’re Diosdado...
The Dirtiest Lie
Three months ahead of his death, Fidel Castro knew Hugo Chávez was a terminal case. He told Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa as much. It beggars belief that this fact...
What hath red culture wrought?
This article from the cultural magazine Arcadia gives us a glimpse of how the arts in Venezuela have been transformed in the times of the comandante eterno. For one...
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