Lying about Margarita
Sumito Estévez wants to persuade you Margarita is a swell place to vacation in 2016. In doing so, he makes himself an accomplice to an outright swindle.
When we were bachaqueros
Back in the mid 1990s, my dad came up with a smart new strategy to keep the small grocery store he and mom ran on Margarita Island fully stocked. It never occurred to anyone to demonize him for it.
In Defense of Ramos Arrechup
Some people still think a softly-softly approach can cajole chavismo into playing nice. Thankfully, Henry Ramos understands this is a fight for primate dominance, and the last thing you can afford to do is show weakness.
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