Another summit is coming to Caracas
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez and Oil Minister Asdrubal Chavez are making a quick tour of the Middle East this week, with visits to Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. As...
A matter of cops and death
How bad does the security situation have to be in a country for the cops themselves to go out to protest… because they don’t feel safe on the...
Where's the beef?
There’s a huge shortage of meat across the land. Butchers are struggling to fill their inventories as national production has declined sharply and imports are taking longer to...
Eco-socialism is just a facade
What is “eco-socialism”? It’s basically the central government’s term for both its environmental policy and for the ministry in charge of it (which just changed its denomination to...
The neverending subway
The central government has some good news for the people of Valencia: At the end of this month, the first two stations of the subway’s Line 2 will...
Newsprint-geddon reaches Tucupita
Tuesday’s edition of Delta Amacuro State newspaper NotiDiario carries a simple headline: “Once again, we have to say goodbye.” The paper will no longer publish for the forseeable...
Two can play the CARICOM game
The 7th Summit of the Americas is just around the corner, and public attention will be focused on U.S. President Barack Obama, who will carry a huge diplomatic...
Alternative Twitter-verse
You probably know about the strange case of the fake child kidnapping that has served as an excuse for Prosecutor General Luisa Ortega Diaz to propose to regulate social...
Everything you do is a cajero
What makes the new normal for ordinary Venezuelans? Beside the most obvious things like waiting in line and spending time looking out for everyday products, here’s another part of...
Anzoátegui's Black Dunes
I once called it “Anzoátegui’s unnatural wonder”: A large accumulation of petroleum coke, which is located outside PDVSA’s José Antonio Anzoátegui Petrochemical Complex (better known to the locals as...
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