The taming of El Universal
Six months have passed since HegemonCorp. (the private arm of the hegemony) bought El Universal, one of Venezuela’s oldest and largest newspapers. Since then, the paper has turned...
Life
Among barbarians
December 2nd, 2014. 8:06 am. I am walking north from the Plaza Venezuela subway station toward La Florida. I cross Libertador Avenue. The blind man is there, as...
Los venezolanos también somos Charlie
The only sane way to respond to the horrific events in Paris today … is to make sure the artists’ pictures get the maximum worldwide exposure. Because this...
Not everything is bad
Venezuelan creativity at work. (HT: Joseph)
Venezuela's common touch
Some people believe that the crisis we are suffering is just a manifestation of something deeper, part of a set of unresolved cultural tensions. Key among these is the tension between...
Putin's communicational hegemony sounds like a load of fun
This Politico article on Vladimir Putin’s “communicational hegemony” seen from the inside is a must for anyone wishing to understand the century’s modern autocracies. It served to highlight...
Learned pessimism
As a new year dawns, we can all agree that things are looking dour for Venezuela. The economic outlook is ghastly, and the political one is not brighter....
Learned pessimism
As a new year dawns, we can all agree that things are looking dour for Venezuela. The economic outlook is ghastly, and the political one is not brighter....
2014: The year in review
This has been a bloody, complicated year for Venezuela. The nation wasn’t done ringing the new year, and already a wave of protests was bien announced. The phenomenon termed #LaSalida degenerated...
Thought crimes
Some days it seems as though chavismo is coming apart at the seams. Their unhinged responses to the most feeble of slights is a gift to their critics....
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