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The Week in Bullets
National Hoodlum’s Vacation On January 3rd the government was expected to announce the new economic measures for 2015. During that day we received a bunch of messages regarding the manner in which the...
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The Bodyguard
On Monday afternoon, rumors started building on a story that would headline the Spanish newspaper, ABC, on Tuesday: “Security Chief of Chavista number 2 flees to the US and acuses him of drug...
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Who was Leamsy Salazar? Hugo Chávez’s Pride and Joy
How close was Leamsy Salazar to President Chávez? Well, why don’t we let the eternal commander himself answer that question, in this Aló, Presidente clip from just after the 2002 coup attempt:...
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Red justice goes after one of its own
Anyone remember the case of “businessman”/druglord Walid Makled? This week, he was finally sentenced to 14 years and 6 months in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering, but he was also...
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What’s in Roy’s head? (Updated: Chaderton sort of apologizes)
Roy Chaderton, Venezuela’s Ambassador to the OAS, has always been a curious little beast. A product of Venezuela’s ancien regime, he is one of the few highly-educated diplomats that remained in good...
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#Odebrechting – an Easter egg in the Brazilian media
Dilma Rousseff, the current President of Brazil, is leading a crumbling government, what with her poll ratings in the tweens. It’s always fun to see a chavista ally eating crow, particularly one as...
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It which cannot be named
Diosdado Cabello is suing El Nacional, Tal Cual, and LaPatilla.com for writing pieces claiming he is a drug smuggler. Of course, these news sites were not claiming such things, but simply repeating...
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Sara and Cesar
A mother was walking the streets of Coro with her son and daughter a few days ago. The mother, Sara, watched in horror, as her son, César, fell down an uncovered manhole, into the sewer below. In...
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If BOOBS Could Kill
Remember Caraemuerto? Luidig Ochoa (a.k.a. Caraemuerto) was the alleged criminal in recovery who survived fifteen shots (three in the face), created a successful web series, and the love interest of...
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Murder, Deceit, and Patriotic Cooperation
As a regular fan of Con El Mazo Dando, I always suspected that the Patriotas Cooperantes, the mysterious network of government informants that infiltrate opposition ranks and compile dirt for Diosdado...
View ArticleCrime – and nothing else
Mónica Spear and her husband were not the only ones who died yesterday. There was also Guido Méndez, a university professor, and his mother Glory, both killed inside their Catia apartment. There was...
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Graphs galore!
Twitter is just chock-full’a graphs today. Here’s one from Asdrúbal Oliveros on Venezuela’s car production. Vamos sobre ruedas!These two are from my partners-in-crime at ODH. The first is on how the...
View ArticleDirty Diana
Before Hugo Chávez came to power, Venezuela had its share of prestigious legislators. People like Carmelo Lauría, Luis Enrique Oberto, Gustavo Tarre, Argelia Laya, Haydeé Castillo, and Oswaldo Álvarez...
View ArticleHacks and the hackers who hack them
Over the weekend, Venezuelan social media got its panties in a frenzied ruffle over a sexy exposé on political hacking and electronic surveillance. It’s too bad people picked the wrong exposé to get...
View Article“Technicality” My Ass: Fiscal Rules Matter
The one thing about Dilma’s impeachment everyone seems to agree on is that the reason she’s being impeached isn’t really the reason she’s being impeached. The charges against Dilma are dry and...
View ArticleCLAPs Food Distribution Turns Out to be a Giant Scam
In an explosive press conference from the National Assembly today, lawmaker Carlos Papaproni lays bare the complicated chanchullo behind Samark López’s involvement in the CLAPs subsidized food...
View ArticleCrime – and nothing else
Mónica Spear and her husband were not the only ones who died yesterday. There was also Guido Méndez, a university professor, and his mother Glory, both killed inside their Catia apartment. There was...
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Graphs galore!
Twitter is just chock-full’a graphs today. Here’s one from Asdrúbal Oliveros on Venezuela’s car production. Vamos sobre ruedas!These two are from my partners-in-crime at ODH. The first is on how the...
View ArticleDirty Diana
Before Hugo Chávez came to power, Venezuela had its share of prestigious legislators. People like Carmelo Lauría, Luis Enrique Oberto, Gustavo Tarre, Argelia Laya, Haydeé Castillo, and Oswaldo Álvarez...
View ArticleHacks and the hackers who hack them
Over the weekend, Venezuelan social media got its panties in a frenzied ruffle over a sexy exposé on political hacking and electronic surveillance. It’s too bad people picked the wrong exposé to get...
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