Gina Chavez Tour Diary: Aventura en Venezuela

Third installment stretches from Rancho Texas to the Andes

"...I gotta catch you up on our adventures in Venezuela!..."

April 15, 2016 Music Post by Gina Chavez

What About a Balanced Consideration of Venezuela?

"...decade, the famously corrupt and racist political elite of Venezuela, and much of Latin America, have brutalized, robbed, and..."

June 12, 2007 Postmarks

Better Relations With Venezuela and Cuba Needed

"...big fuss over Barack Obama's recent peaceful overtures to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Cuba. People should know that..."

April 21, 2009 Postmarks

'Secuestro Express'

Jonathan Jakubowicz and Elizabeth Avellán on 'Secuestro Express'

"...in itself and as heralding a new era in Venezuelan filmmaking. And both were more than eager to talk..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

A coup d'etat in Venezuela is captured by a video camera, and the filmmakers use the footage to question the honesty of the news media.

"...pair of documentarians working for Irish television, arrived in Venezuela in April 2002 to cover populist leader Hugo Chavez,..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

¡Viva Maestro!

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel navigates Venezuela’s political upheaval

"...he navigates the political upheaval in his homeland of Venezuela...."

April 15, 2022 Movie Review

Cine Las Americas Review: La Fortaleza

Gold, demons and dads in this Venezuelan docu-fiction

"...that sense of unease through a semi-fictional narrative of Venezuela’s societal dissolution, through the eyes of a man who..."

June 15, 2021 Screens Post by Lina Fisher

Joy

Jennifer Lawrence rises above family dysfunction in this comic biopic

"...dressed like a Sixties socialite; an ex-husband (Ramírez) from Venezuela who lives in the basement, where he practices his..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Secuestro Express

This Venezuelan film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas bursts with stylish technique and gruesome tension.

"...film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas, Venezuela, and elsewhere in Latin and South America bursts with..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Captive Audience

How a homegrown kidnapping thriller became the most popular film in Venezuela – and angered the Chavez administration in the process

"...Ask Venezuelan filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz about his new film, Secuestro Express,..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Michael King

The Motorcycle Diaries

Young Che Guevara takes a road trip up the length of South America and discovers his humanity in this portrait of the future revolutionary as a young man.

"...sojourn from Buenos Aires to the northernmost sliver of Venezuela astride a rickety 1939 Norton 500 motorcycle in 1952...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dragonfly

"...doctor, goes missing on a Red Cross mission in Venezuela, but a series of spooksome events won't let him..."

Feb. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gina Chavez Tour Diary 4: Mexico!

Passport panic gives way to thanksgiving with Our Lady of Guadalupe

"...We arrived in Panama from Caracas with only 10..."

April 22, 2016 Music Post by Gina Chavez

The Camera Is Mightier Than the ...

Documentarians Kim Bartley and Donnacha O'Briain were right in the belly of the beast when the Venezuelan coup began -- specifically, in the Presidential Palace, right as the opposition stormed it.

"...an extraordinary documentary of the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela, and most particularly of the events leading up to..."

March 7, 2003 Screens Feature by Michael King

Austin's Growing Venezuelan Population Showcases Its Diverse Cuisine

Four food trucks prove to be more than arepas

"...30 years, but she always intended to open a Venezuelan food concept based on her mother and aunt's recipes..."

July 17, 2020 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Hightower Report

Next on the regime-change list: Venezuela; and, Mendocino County rejects Frankenfoods

"...MESSING WITH VENEZUELA..."

April 2, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cine Las Americas Returns

A hemisphere of new films, plus SXSW fave What We Leave Behind

"...films from as far afield as Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Canada, and, yes, the U.S. Executive Director Gabriel Ornelas..."

June 7, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Informant

Revolutionary to rat: The uneasy journey of Brandon Darby

"...envisioning a potential new world. In that heady atmosphere, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez offered the group monetary relief in..."

Jan. 23, 2009 News Feature by Diana Welch

Page Two: Free Means Free

Knee-jerk support of Chavez's TV-station shutdown legitimates all censorship

"...a context for looking at what is happening in Venezuela (which I think may well outrage friends and readers..."

June 8, 2007 Column by Louis Black

For the Love of Chocolate

The taste, the look, the feel of an obsession

"...Chocolates El Rey: From Venezuela to Fredericksburg..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Artist Ender Martos Celebrates His Past, Present, and Future in "Veintiuno"

The virtual exhibition marks the 21st of the 21st in the 21st ...

"...by 21 years of him living in his native Venezuela...."

March 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Second Big SXSW Music List

Nile Rodgers, Modern English, Cool Kids, and 204 more added

"...Coastal Fever, Argentina imports indie pop singer-songwriter Tei Shi, Venezuela flies in rap from Apache, as does South Korea..."

Nov. 15, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Opinion: Be Kind With Refugees

Immigrants should be celebrated for the contributions they bring to society, not feared or despised

"...between the Orinoco River and the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela, there lies a small town called El Tigre. That's..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Column by Derrick Bonyuet

SXSW Unveils Third Artist List

Bedouine, Priests, Mystery Lights, Kokoko!, and 297 more

"...Desorden Público (Caracas, Venezuela)..."

Jan. 9, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Band Announcement, Part III

1,500 of some 2,000 showcasing acts now vetted

"...Bioshaft (Caracas, Venezuela)..."

Jan. 7, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Hightower Lowdown

Bush likes democracy, except when he doesn't; business is a poor model for government; The Book Thing gives reading material to the needy.

"...exultantly tried to dance on the political grave of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez. On April 11, a cabal of..."

April 26, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM

The collapse of the American political process in Election Year 2000 is both an event in itself and a world-class metaphor: The American Century is over.

"...Venezuela has become one of our major oil suppliers. Its..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Column by Michael Ventura

Soccer Watch

Breaking down the Euro 2020 and the 2021 Copa América

"...Group B (North): Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador..."

June 25, 2021 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Arepa Dealers Sling Venezuelan Snacks and Coffee at Cuatro Gato

At Coconut Club's all-day cafe the heart is an arepa

"...they are Austin, and Arepas Dealers are bringing their Venezuelan snacks to pair with fine coffee and a friendly..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Food Feature by Alexandra Detmar

SXSW Music Interview: La Vida Boheme

“If we didn’t move out of Caracas, we wouldn’t be a band anymore”

"...Facing political and violent turmoil, their hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, proved unsafe to stay under President Nicolás Maduro...."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

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