How Vicente Emilio Sojo Rescued ‘Niño Lindo’
This beloved aguinaldo and many others would be totally unknown to us, if Maestro Sojo and his disciples wouldn’t have collected and transcribed them a century ago
Tag: Culture
Hallacanomics 2021
How has the bodegón economy affected the ingredient availability and price of Venezuela's favorite Christmas dish? Let's see
How Patricia Van Dalen Trapped the Colors of the Tropics
This Miami-based visual artist strayed away from the kinetic art path, in order to explore the light in public and private works of art that see the world with Venezuelan eyes
Dubai Expo 2020: a Perfect Platform for Maduro’s Propaganda
Since the 19th century, the Expos have been selling a specific view of technical progress. Now they sell autocracies such as chavismo and its allies, too
Lía Bermúdez, Timeless Sculptress and Champion of the Arts
Venezuela just lost one of its most important artists, who left us both an important body of art and a legacy of management and promotion of culture
A History of Sexual Abuse in Venezuela’s Lauded Youth Orchestra System
The cases called out during the Venezuelan MeToo aren’t the only ones. We spoke to some of the victims, the organization, and specialists to get a wider picture of how bad the situation is
Karina Sainz Borgo: ‘I Don’t Believe There's Such a Thing as a National Literature’
Two years after the explosive success of It Would Be Night in Caracas, this journalist and writer from Caracas discusses the complexities of turning the Venezuelan tragedy into a universal story
Ymago, a Mérida Production Company Shining Bright on Streaming Platforms
Despite the many limitations, José Manuel Romero and Erika Rodríguez generate documentary content being watched all over the world
Sex Assistant: a Venezuelan Short Film About Sexuality in Disability
Andrés González Majul and Daniela Berlet Rendiles tell the story of their sex life as a couple in wheelchairs in a 20-minute-long film which is already winning awards. This is the story of how it was made
The End of Innocence
MeToo has reached Venezuela, finally, with a frenzy of accusations in social media, the respective political deformations, and one suicide so far. The country has some days of long-delayed complicated conversations ahead
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