Postcards from El Rodeo III
A few days ago 18-year-old Clider Martínez was taken in by the National Guard while protesting in Los Palos Grandes. After being processed he was sent to...
Life
In the land of silicone socialism
I’m with my cousin Elena. We’re in a Maracaibo supermarket. Half an hour earlier they had announced the arrival of cooking oil – two bottles per person – and the...
The state as bully, part too-many
I missed last week’s “Human Rights Week”, but I still wanted to write about a particular case that got my attention. Better late than never. In the wake of...
No shortage of tear gas
More than three months since the start of the protests, the excessive use of tear gas is the new normal, both in Caracas and right here in Barquisimeto. But not...
Jacinto Convit is gone
Renowned Venezuelan doctor and scientist Jacinto Convit passed away today in Caracas. He was 100 years old. His life was full of great achievements, including the development of...
Media watchdogs - they're watching you
The Venezuelan government is finding subliminal war propaganda in DirecTV’s ads for the World Cup. Then again, chavismo has always had a thing against DirecTV. Read the link –...
Chavismo under the orientalist lens
(This is a guest post by Venezuelan anthropologist Pedro Manrique. We haven’t done one of these in a long time, and I kind of dug it. I hope you...
Know fear
The lingering question as we conclude Human Rights week is – why? What are the authorities looking for? Are they looking to stoke the protests? Do they want them...
Malaria keeps on surging
The return of malaria to Venezuela almost half century after the World Health Organization confirmed its full erradication is not new to this blog. In recent months the...
The scandalous Mr. Aveledo
Ramón Guillermo Aveledo, the Secretary General of the MUD, got mired in a public relations disaster today. It all started this morning. During a hearing in the United States Senate, Assistant...
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