Presenting the Golden Tropical Mierda Awards
As this wonderful year comes to an end, we pay tribute to those moments that made Tropical Mierda great again.
Cienbolosageddon: Twitter Round-Up
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.
The Store is Here!
As the holidays roll around, sometimes you just want to give the people close to you a little slice of Venezuela. And boy do we have you covered!
Caracas Chronicles does Group Therapy
Our resident artist, AdryTatoo, led the Caracas Chronicles Team through an exercise of channeling our frustrations into collage, while we get back to covering the crisis. The results are as fascinating as they are perturbing. Behold.
In Mérida, colectivos and the police team up to attack a peaceful march
In Mérida, the tight cooperation between chavista armed groups and the security forces today was blatant, and we have the videos to prove it.
The Vatican Communiqué
Translation of the document read by Vatican representatives during this afternoon's controversial press conference.
#BREAKING UNASUR, MUD, PSUV and Vatican Announce Dialogue
We're not quite sure what's going on. And from the looks of it, neither does half the opposition.
SWAPpalling
#TropicalMierda hail mary or high stakes bluff? What kind of poker is Del Pino playing?
The CLAPs face off against the imperialist financial war
If you can't read Spanish, you're cut off from the full dadaist zaniness that official propaganda has reached in Venezuela. Here's a taste, translated from the latest issue of the hilariously weird word-salad collection known as the CLAP Magazine.
PDVSA #SwapeameEsta
Leave it to PDVSA to make the biggest financial announcement of the year via a Facebook post. We took the time to demystify the deal PDVSA is offering and ask: is The Swap going to succeed? Or is PDVSA miscalculating badly?
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