Thirteen conversations about one thing
Being back in Caracas after many months provides a plethora of opportunities for blogging. And while there is much to say about the big issues, curiously I’ve had numerous...
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One year on, El Universal is fully "hegemonized"
One full year after El Universal, one of Venezuela’s oldest and largest newspapers, was bought by HegemonCorp., its opinion pages have been purged, journalists have been fired, its main cartoonist...
Things they don't teach you about in Stanford
There is an interesting piece in the Business Section of the [increasingly indispensable] Wall Street Journal focused on PDVSA President Eulogio del Pino. I wouldn’t call it a...
Lo de "Manipulating postcolonial sensitivities" es contigo, Dilma
There can’t be many world figures today who speak with greater moral authority than the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu. Today, he takes to the Wall...
In the land of the twenty-four hour "fruit" stands
I leave La Chinita airport, relieved that my cargo – two suitcases filled with toilet paper, shampoo, diapers, and other essentials – went undetected through customs, as if...
Luisa Ortega's Spectacularly Failed Attempt to Lecture an Arab Spring Leader
Extraordinary scenes in Geneva yesterday as Venezuela’s Chief Prosecutor, Luisa Ortega, took to the UN Human Rights Council floor to try to convince the world that War is...
If BOOBS Could Kill
Remember Caraemuerto? Luidig Ochoa (a.k.a. Caraemuerto) was the alleged criminal in recovery who survived fifteen shots (three in the face), created a successful web series, and the love interest of T&A slapstick comedienne...
Is Greece-zuela a possibility?
Greece has defaulted on one of its many liabilities to its creditors by missing a €1.5 billion of its debt to the IMF. The Greek economy has already taken quite a...
Esequibo Rift Update
One week ago, Nicolas Maduro announced during his weekly TV show that he would address the National Assembly on June 25th, in order to present what he calls...
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