My Kingdom for a Passport!
Nothing binds the Venezuelan diaspora together as closely as the Kafkian ordeal that is getting a passport abroad. Here's my family's tale of SAIME woe.
Panem Chronicles
Picture it: a dystopian society where impoverished districts suffer so that (portions of) the Capital can enjoy a lavish lifestyle. Welcome to Venezuela.
Nobody's first choice
Patricio Aylwin, Chile's first president after the Pinochet dictatorship, died this week. A master of the "politics of the possible," his story holds many uncomfortable lessons for our own future (possible) transition, lessons we may not be willing to learn.
Polarapocalypse Now
Your drunk uncle who keeps saying shit's only going to get real when the beer runs out is about to have his theory put to the test.
FEC - A Forgotten School
Open sewage and rampant crime are but two of the many issues signaling the deplorable state of one of Venezuela's premier public universities. Here's a first-hand account.
Undeveloping Country
It's time to table debate on what to do with the oil rent, and start thinking about how the oil industry cannot bear the weight of an entire economy. But first, we must understand how this all came to be.
It’s not easy to love Ciudad Guayana, but I do
They say there is a thin line between love and hate. Maybe that line is a food queue.
Protagonistas de la Moneda: Dos Lucas
For the Bs.2,000 bill, the last in our three part series, our readers chose to immortalize a Venezuelan renaissance man, and a magnificent celebration of our natural world.
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