When life gives you lemons, you make a livable high-rise
Remember la Torre de David? You know, the abandoned skyscraper that was invaded by squatters and now stands as a monument to Venezuela’s housing crisis? Well, architecht Alfredo...
Life
Censored Ad Update
The CNE ordered TV stations to take off the air this 30-second spot of Leopoldo Lopez’s political party Voluntad Popular, titled “Security is the Way”. Here’s the ad...
PDVSA's oil spills go global
Just right after the Amuay disaster, PDVSA has another problem in its hands: this time in Ah, Oh, Curaçao. An oil spill from the Isla Refinery, currently handled by...
CPJ Takes on Communicational Hegemony
On the heels of a scathing LA Times piece on the tone of campaign coverage in the National System of Public Media, the latest report on the state...
Miraflores Sit Room Exposed!
The latest cadena from Miraflores had a different setting than usual: Meet the “Presidential Command Post”. Probably you have heard of it by its other name: The Sala Situacional....
El Reventón IV
A few days ago, I was privileged to attend a screening of El Reventón I and II, two documentaries by Venezuelan filmmaker Carlos Oteyza. Using archival footage from...
Taking the good lucha to D.C.
by Roberto Nasser As the old saying has it, “all politics are local“. But for plenty of us, it’s just not true. As a Caraqueño in D.C., I’m...
Ad War Update, cont.
Henrique Capriles answers the question: Why do I want to be President? HCR’s commercials keep getting better, even if Chávez’s spots are clearly more expensive. Chávez appeals to...
An Exhaustive Investigation
This morning, President Chávez promised an exhaustive investigation into the causes of last night’s fatal blast at Amuay Refinery. The sun hasn’t even set yet, and that investigation...
The Cadena that Wasn't
For once, today, Venezuela faced a situation where a Cadena Nacional would have been entirely appropriate, even welcome. Facing a genuine national disaster, people naturally turn to their...
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