Why Venezuelan Football Media Never Held Bocha Batista Accountable
Chavismo’s grip on the national team turned the road to the World Cup into yet another humiliating propaganda farce
Venezuela May Reach the World Cup, But There’s Little to be Proud of
La Vinotinto might just secure a spot in the 2026 World Cup’s pre-tournament playoffs. However, this has been a mediocre run in the easiest Conmebol campaign in history
Baseball's Coming Home
Venezuelan baseball is promising to bring all the sports-related joys that football has deprived us from. We'll see..
We Have to Talk About Pekergate
After a decision that had many folks wondering if the time of the Vinotinto had finale come, the FVF goes back to its old ways. Manager José Pekerman has left the building
Our New Gold Standard
A Queen, A 36-year-old BMX rider, a weight lifter from the Cota 905, and a self-taught phys ed teacher from rural town Barlovento are just some of the characters leading an unlikely historic generation of Venezuelan athletes
It Ain’t Gonna Be Pretty
We Venezuelans need to have the right expectations about what will happen in the following weeks. One particular issue, amnesty, is a whole source of dissent, disappointment and conflict.
Crisis Consumes Venezuelans – and Nobody Else
We shouldn’t count on a foreign solution because most of the world doesn’t know what’s happening, those who know don’t really care and those who care – Venezuelan immigrants – can’t do anything.
Losing Official Party Status, Voluntad Popular Staggers Toward Irrelevance
Diosdado Cabello’s multi-year crusade to render Voluntad Popular into a forgotten footnote in Venezuelan history looks maddeningly close to success.
MUD: (don’t) Stay Together for The Kids
The defeat in this regional election deepens a rift inside the MUD, which remains “unida” just in name. And, for the sake of the country, a divorce is in order.
The Inevitable Hector Rodríguez
We’re calling it first: Hector Rodríguez will one day be president of this patria grande. Don’t believe it? Look at these facts and despair.
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