Twitch Venezuela and the Rise of Local Streamers
The pandemic ignited a social relief that became a business and a sort of profession, as long as technology decides. We talked to the very famous stars of gaming-related Venezuelan scene on Twitch
Tag: Culture
Introduction to Venezuela’s Collapse: The Long Story of How Things Fell Apart
This historical essay on how race and ethnicity kept impacting society and economy from colonial times to the Chavista devastation launches today. We offer the first pages as a glimpse to Carlos Lizarralde’s powerful and provocative arguments
Carlos Lizarralde: “In Choosing to Forget Our History, the Past Had Come back to Haunt Us”
In his book Venezuela’s Collapse: The Long Story of How Things Fell Apart, Venezuelan author Carlos Lizarralde unearths the uncomfortable subject of race and ethnicity to explain how Chavismo destroyed the country
Cartoon-Washing: The Caracas Mayors’ New Sculptures
While valuable public art is falling apart, Caracas mayors install cartoon sculptures to image-wash their governments.
How International Tourism Is Trickling Back to Venezuela
After a prolonged drought of international tourism in Venezuela, there are signs that the industry is slowly recovering.
Five Decades of Aditus, Venezuela's Quintessential Rock Band
Venezuelan rock has some big names like Sentimiento Muerto, Zapato 3 and Caramelos de Cianuro, as well as more recent projects like La Vida Boheme. But this one band has an unique reach through many generations
Venezuelan Movies, While Facing National Ghosts, Are Entering New Frontiers
After a long crisis, Venezuelan cinema is reconnecting with local audiences –and succeeding abroad– while exploring new dimensions and facing sensitive national topics
Memory-Holing The Chataing Era
The Bolivarian revolution, in all effect, is a revolution. The almost unnoticed passing of Gustavo Cisneros and the erasure of cultural products of the Chataing Era show the extent of Chavismo's impact in our collective memory.
Translating The Beatles for Venezuela
Let’s take the release of a “new” song to look at the impact the band had in the music culture of this country: nothing less than trailblazing rock and English among an audience so far focused on traditional genres in Spanish
Venequia: How the Land of ‘Venecos’ Was Born
Mass migration led some of us to appropriate a surname with negative connotations created in Colombia decades ago, just like our ancestors seemed to assume the moniker that named our country.
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