Los venezolanos también somos Charlie
The only sane way to respond to the horrific events in Paris today … is to make sure the artists’ pictures get the maximum worldwide exposure. Because this...
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Would you like a side of yuca with that tweet?
On Tuesday January 6th, we had yet another case of “I can’t believe he tweeted that”. Here’s what happened… The news that McDonald’s might stop selling its famous fries...
Venezuela's common touch
Some people believe that the crisis we are suffering is just a manifestation of something deeper, part of a set of unresolved cultural tensions. Key among these is the tension between...
Putin's communicational hegemony sounds like a load of fun
This Politico article on Vladimir Putin’s “communicational hegemony” seen from the inside is a must for anyone wishing to understand the century’s modern autocracies. It served to highlight...
The crisis takes its toll
January 13th, 2008: The late comandante presidente orders the elimination of all tolls in Venezuelan roadways (then under the control of state governorships), blasting them for being “an assault...
Learned pessimism
As a new year dawns, we can all agree that things are looking dour for Venezuela. The economic outlook is ghastly, and the political one is not brighter....
Learned pessimism
As a new year dawns, we can all agree that things are looking dour for Venezuela. The economic outlook is ghastly, and the political one is not brighter....
2014: The year in review
This has been a bloody, complicated year for Venezuela. The nation wasn’t done ringing the new year, and already a wave of protests was bien announced. The phenomenon termed #LaSalida degenerated...
Your Christmas Turd, courtesy of Diosdado Cabello and TSJ
While you were busy making hallacas – or, more realistically, standing in line for ingredients to make hallacas – Diosdado Cabello just laid the most enormous turd under the...
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