Smudging the line between public and private
Private pictures of Hugo Chávez’s daughters and other assorted members of their inner posse were leaked this week on a Twitter account that was subsequently closed. In them, the girls...
Politics
Going "bachaquero" for groceries
Grocery shopping is becoming more and more of an ordeal for ordinary Venezuelans. But in Maracaibo, where getting sugar and corn flour means waiting hours under the sun,...
Dead men don't pay
“Right now, I have six of them ready to go that I can’t ship because there’s no glass.” I’m sharing a few beers with an old friend. A...
Three from the FP
Three articles you might find interesting in Foreign Policy. The first is a searing summary of Hugo Chávez’s impact on Venezuelan politics, by our friend Phil Gunson. It’s...
You say inefficiency, I say "media conspiracy"
Valencia’s open-air museum (one of two still functioning in Venezuela) has been left unattended by local authorities. Even if the current management did some work there three years...
Amuay = devaluation?
Today marks the six-month “anniversary” of the explosion in the Amuay Refining Complex. Aside from being a massive tragedy, Amuay could have also been responsible for the devaluation...
Dehumanization chronicles
Sometimes, when we write that chavismo aggressively dehumanizes its opponents, people accuse us of hyperbole. In fact, if anything we’re erring on the side of literalism. Yesterday, Information...
"Enfermedad de Base" Chronicles
Overheard at my breakfast table today… Me: It’s funny, I guess the new euphemism they’re using on Venezuelan State media reports about Chávez is “the underlying disease”… My...
G.M.V.V. Chronicles, ctd.
A fire broke out last week in the improvised shelter for displaced people located in La Rinconada, Caracas’s racetrack. After the fire was put out, the shelter spent...
Adrift in Caracas
I’m in Venezuela this week visiting friends and family, so I’m not going to be posting much. However, I did want to convey the very strong sense that...
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