The Curse of the Tarpeian Rock
El Helicoide has always been an ambitious project. It's just that the ambition changed from futurist drive-through shopping mall to sinister torture chamber.
Leo's Mind
Leonardo González has become the it illustrator for the current crisis. We go on a tour of his amazing oeuvre.
I still get Lost in Miami
My daugter knows that part of my job is describing what’s going on in Venezuela, but I don’t know how to tell her a story which doesn’t have a happy ending yet.
The Unsinkable Luisa Ortega Díaz
Swiftly moving down her list of to-do's, the Prosecutor General is now after 13 justices illegally appointed by the last chavista National Assembly in 2015.
#TheWeeklyArepa Editorial: A way out
Each Friday, Raúl regales the members of our mailing list with a scrumptious little nugget of wisdom in our Weekly Arepa. Here’s this week’s.
Maldita Constituyente
Without a referendum that allows the people to decide whether they want a constituent or not, Chavismo is, once again, blatantly violating the constitution.
The Bottom of the Pit
The Supreme Tribunal of Justice basically annulled Venezuela's Legislature. Another day, another coup d'Etat.
US Treasury Department sanctioned Venezuelan VP under drug kingpin act
All of Tareck El Aissami's assets in the US have been frozen under the Kingpin Act.
The Venezuelan military makes bank on food crisis
The AP uncovers the sordid tale of the world's largest bozal de arepa. (And no —alas, this is not a Día de los Inocentes prank.)
Caracas Chronicles' "I'm Dreaming of a Shit Christmas"
For all of you who were dreaming of hallacas without Maduro, Feliz Chavidad! This is what you get.
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