Copa América Infrastructure Nowadays
To kick off the Centennial Copa America today, we take a trip across Venezuela to survey the state of our stadium infrastructure and hopefully get a morale boost along the way.
I Witnessed CNE's Signature Verification Process and None of It Made Any Damn Sense
Randomly invalidated forms, impossible standards, arbitrary obstacles...take a tour of the Electoral Council's idiotic signature validation process with me.
Close to Miraflores
Your daily briefing for Friday, June 3, 3016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
CLAPs' Move to Take Over Food Distribution Sparks Disturbances in Fuerzas Armadas Avenue
As the new Local Committees for Supply and Production moved to divert price controlled food deliveries from Avenida Fuerzas Armadas, tempers boiled over and a riot ensued.
Strategy vs. tactics
When reading the diplomatic battles being waged on the topic of Venezuela, it's easy to forget what the long-term goal is ... or should be.
The Longest Recess
Your daily briefing for Thursday, June 2nd, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Paying Our Politicians Hunger Wages
You definitely cannot afford to live on what Venezuelan politicians earn.
LIVE NOW: OAS Permanent Council Session on Venezuela
Argentina, along with the United States, Barbados, Honduras, Perú and México are co-sponsoring an extraordinary session of the Permanent Council to discuss the situation in Venezuela.
The Invocation
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Teacher's World
Cronica.Uno’s Mabel Sarmiento reports on Caracas’s absentee schoolteacher crisis. Who has time to teach when you have to spend half your life in line to buy food?
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