Another ordinary night in Caracas...
Fifty members of a paramilitary group known as colectivo tried to take over a station of the Venezuelan Criminal Police (CICPC) in Caracas. Their objective was to rescue...
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Cúcuta Chronicles
A gringo crosses the border. A guest post from Jonathan Pfaehler. The Colombo-Venezuelan border is a two-faced, majestic beauty burdened by the protracted armed conflict in Colombia, the...
UN: Poverty went up in Venezuela
So says the United Nations Economic Comission on Latin America (ECLAC, or CEPAL for Spanish speakers). The caveat: they are talking about 2010-2011., and the rise was modest....
16-D Races to Watch: Bolívar
Four years ago, the largest state in the country was proof of how internal division can doom the opposition’s chances. Now, history repeats itself, but it’s chavismo suffering...
Where's Waldo? FP Edition
I break down the latest developments for foreign readers, over at the Transitions blog.
Where's Waldo? FP Edition
I break down the latest developments for foreign readers, over at the Transitions blog.
Great reading for the day
Don’t miss this reportage by the supremely talented Maye Primera (in Spanish), an excerpt of an upcoming book, courtesy of Prodavinci. It’s about the deaths in the Retén...
27N Repeats Itself - First as Farce and then as Slapstick
Did you hear the one about the Chinese-made trainer jet that crashed in the air show to commemorate the failed putsch?! Thing is, el Chigüire got ahead of...
Where's Waldo? Update
Felicito a los y las Graduandas de la I Cohorte del Diplomado en Saberes Africanos! Viva la Madre Africa!! — Hugo Chávez Frías (@chavezcandanga) November 1, 2012 That’s...
Twenty years of that
Few people alive in Venezuela twenty years ago will forget November 27th, 1992. That day, we woke up to another coup d’etat attempt, only this one was happening...
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