Esequibo blues
For generations, all maps of Venezuela have included the term “Area in Contention” (Zona en Reclamacion) to highlight the Guayana Esequiba, currently administered by our neighbor to the East,...
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The Petrocaribe Trap
A guest post by Alexis Caraballo, who makes her living as a Caribbean regional analyst. A failing economy, where everything for sale in the shops is imported, with dwindling foreign reserves...
The Petrocaribe Trap
A guest post by Alexis Caraballo, who makes her living as a Caribbean regional analyst. A failing economy, where everything for sale in the shops is imported, with dwindling foreign reserves...
The myth of Washington's lost influence in the Americas
After last week’s vote in the OAS, where the United States lost to Venezuela in a vote to let Maria Corina Machado speak, the consensus in Venezuela has...
The myth of Washington's lost influence in the Americas
After last week’s vote in the OAS, where the United States lost to Venezuela in a vote to let Maria Corina Machado speak, the consensus in Venezuela has...
Don't trust your gut
Some people say that the best way to make decisions is to “trust your gut.” As political advice goes, we can do a lot worse. However, the danger...
Banned in Caracas
A while back, our old comrade blogger Alek Boyd opened a blog called Infodio. In Alek’s trademark, no-holds-barred style, the site has become an indispensable source of information (some call it gossip,...
Venezuela: Not so "chévere," by @xavi_dasilveira
Today, I got hold of this open letter addressed to Tourism Minister Andres Izarra by a Uruguayan tourist named Javier da Silveira. In its fifteen pages, he recounts his experiences...
1,600 Soldiers vs. One Guarimba in Puerto Ordaz
The month-long shut-down of the La Churuata neighborhood in Puerto Ordaz seems to be over, after a simply huge military action to lift it. Correo del Caroni’s Maisdulin Younis...
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