We interrupt our 100 post challenge...
Wow… so I just found out Quico is in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer! I don’t know the details, but I spoke to his wife and he’s...
Life
Rude, brusque, arrogant, overly sensitive, unimaginative, repellent, and a show-off
Normally, I stay away from Wikileaks because most of it is simply gossip. But this one … I simply couldn’t pass up. El País has the background on...
The last word on April 11th
The great Federico Vegas has an eloquent piece on April 11th over at Prodavinci (sorry, in Spanish). The money quote: Caracas was more beautiful than ever, splendid really,...
Mental health break
Before Joselo peddled communism, he peddled Lavan-san. #37 … 40 or die.
Taking spinning to a whole new level
Chavistas love to wallow in their magical April 11th mythology, and over at the Spanish site we’ve highlighted a few of the headlines from the past few days....
Police Priorities
In Spanish, Moraima told us about the Tourism minister that insists that Venezuela is safe, that all the stories about crime, murder and robberies are just a nasty...
The New Normal
You know the country’s well and truly down the rabbithole when random illegal media outlet shutdowns don’t even register as a blip on N24! Dígalo ahí, RSF: Carabobo...
Worst. Tourism brochure. Ever!
Come to beautiful Venezuela, where you can enjoy… Unlawful killings, including summary executions of criminal suspects Widespread criminal kidnappings for ransom Prison violence and harsh prison conditions Inadequate...
Now I've Seen Everything
Right wing extremist, and very-very-good-novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa would never vote for Keiko Fujimori…but he’d consider voting for Humala! #31…I’m to the right of that guy??!??
Barreto reappears...!
… and from the looks of him, that’s not a good thing. Dude, what’s with the get-up? Oh, and you should have listened to us, we warned you...
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