Thoughts on Day Three of the Blog Challenge
Quico says: This is hard! Way hard! Reading Venezuelan news sites when you know you gotta find material to meet a self-imposed quota is actually really stressful. It...
Mental Health Break: Eso es volaaaarrrrrr!!!
Post 54 of 100…does it still count as a “mental health break” if it’s this insane?!?
It's his fault, he drank it all!
Juan Cristóbal says: – “Aló, Elías? Mira chamo, yo sé que tú eres un cagaleche y que me dijiste que te da miedo cuando te grito… pero ¿cómo...
El Poder y El Translator
Quico says: It’s a real shame that Enrique Krauze’s dissection of the Chávez Experiment – El Poder y El Delirio – is not yet available in English. Only...
So you wanna be the leader of the opposition?
Juan Cristóbal says: – Here are six things you need to do. MEMOTo: Antonio LedezmaFrom: Caracas ChroniclesSubject: How to be an effective leader of the opposition and win...
Making Caracas look more and more like Havanna
Juan Cristóbal says: – The new nuttiness at the National Assembly? Regulating the price of housing, new and used. The geniuses want to set minimum and maximum prices...
Pataconfabulation
Quico says: Seeing how I’m caraqueño (and therefore, um, civilized) I’m strictly barred from expressing any actual enthusiasm for something as maracucho as a patacón sandwich. Others of...
Mental Health Break: Here by Popular Demand
http://www.youtube.com/v/eCwoGMt-38A&hl=en&fs=1& Is it wrong that, as a child, I had a crush on a toilet bowl? Post 48 of 100. Classic.
The Micheletti Budget Squeeze: Not All That
Quico says: So, the EU has cut some $92 million in budget aid to the de facto government in Honduras, citing lack of progress in the Arias-mediated negotiations....
Caracas Chronicles - soon banned in Caracas?
Juan Cristóbal says: – This story by Chris Kraul of the LA Times is remarkable in that it reports on the government’s intents to crack down not just...
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