Silence After The Fire
Your daily briefing for Saturday, March 31, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Your daily briefing for Saturday, March 31, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
21st Century Judases: Chavismo has weeded out its internal enemies, publicly flogged them in cadenas and branded them as traitors. We know what they did and we know we’ll need them, but we also want to make them pay. Not very holy.
Your daily briefing for Thursday, March 29, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Venezuelans are forced to go through hell whenever they need to get pretty much anything done. We don’t carry the burden of the cross, but we carry and are burdened by chavismo even when we don’t deserve it.
Your daily briefing for Thursday, March 29, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
In a country where 60% of the population lives in extreme poverty, the clearest sign of Nicolás Maduro’s terrible job as president might be his most powerful electoral weapon. When you need votes, threatening to starve people to death works like a charm.
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Going for a run is considered an extreme sport in places like Ciudad Guayana, since malandros, garbage, stray dogs and vultures, to name a few obstacles, abound.
Your daily briefing for Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
The fact there’s an electric crisis in Western states makes life even harder for everyone across the Colombian-Venezuelan border, for those who are staying and for those who are trying to flee.
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