The Silent Demise of Venezuelan Baseball
Venezuela’s favorite sport keeps going, amid excruciating circumstances, sparse crowds and almost no reporters. A dispatch from the field of the Luis Aparicio El Grande Stadium
Tag: Zulia
Walk the Line: a New Chapter in Gas for Maracaibo
The first dramatic change after Manuel Rosales’s victory over Omar Prieto, is the absence of gas lines. The answer lies between street rumors and crowdsourced data
Gaita: the Ultimate Venezuelan Holiday Music
Every December, a musical genre specific to Zulia state spreads to the rest of the country and its diaspora. But for Zulianos, it’s way more than Christmas songs
Zulia Wants Change But Distrusts Voting
With the division in the race for Maracaibo and the Chavista ability to cover the discontent with food, the return of the opposition is not assured
Venezuela’s Internet Resurrection Begins in Maracaibo
Zulia state’s capital went from practically disconnected by blackouts and energy rationing to the crown jewel of Venezuela’s internet
In Zulia, Blackouts Are Splintering Chavismo
The ruling party used to be quite disciplined, particularly under pressure. But the collapse of the nation’s power network is damaging Maracaibo so much that some local lawmakers started a rebellion against the imposed governor.
¡Fuenteovejuna, señor!
Geolver Hernández. Luis Castaño. Ray Longaray. José Rafael Márquez Gamboa. Rafael Urdaneta. Luis Román. Jeferies Moreno García. Erwin Pulgar Barrios. Carlos Soto. José María Urdaneta Romero. No need...
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