Ciudad Bolívar is turning into a warzone
An update on Ciudad Bolivar lootings and the chaos that #billetexit has unleashed.
An update on Ciudad Bolivar lootings and the chaos that #billetexit has unleashed.
Going on QQSM was like taking a two day vacation in a parallel universe: an alternate Venezuela where RCTV's still going and European tourists are still coming. Don Eladio now presides over threadbare dream: much needed, but much faded.
People around Venezuela erupted in anger when they realized the 100 bolivar bills left in their pockets were worthless. Protests and episodes of looting have erupted around the country.
As Maduro announced the withdrawal of the 100Bs bill, I couldn’t stop wondering, “Why now?” It turns out they timed it just right -and botched it anyways.
What happens when a long-time, iron-fisted dictator of an African nation loses an election...and concedes?
I still can't get over Reverol's batshit crazy speech about the Polish warehouses the other day. I'm sort of obsessed with it, really.
Un Nuevo Tiempo once again lends chavismo a hand as several of its lawmakers blow up the quorum needed to appoint a new CNE board member.
Your daily briefing for Thursday, December 15, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo
Being pregnant is an extreme sport at the best of times, and in Venezuela these days the setting is cranked up to Zombie Apocalypse. Our newly expecting Anabella Abadi (hurray!) walks you through the gory details.
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