Leaving to one side familiar landscapes and the immediate reference points of the city, you can hear the rumor of something sordid, but sordidness is not always rough, just precarious, a space without options, predetermined, where fatalism hangs over the characters like a dead weight.
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On September 17th Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani was fired from her position at El Universal due to a critical cartoon. This 2012 interview with Suprani explores Venezuela’s relationship with cartoonists.
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Described as “a rare voice from Venezuela” and “one of the great undiscovered literary experiences”, Israel Centeno’s newly translated book The Conspiracy is a perfect summer read. Enjoy an excerpt from this novel today.
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City of Asylum’s writer-in-residence, Israel Centeno, on new foreign investment deals made with Venezuela and how shortsightedness may lead to indebtedness.
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The Venezuelan government is a puppeteer of state media, which is dangerous for all parties involved.
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Sampsonia Way Magazine’s columnist Israel Centeno expounds on the danger of romanticizing and revising the recent past of Venezuela and beyond.
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Israel Centeno, writer-in-residence with City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, recalls the “soundtracks” of his youth in Caracas and the power of music in evoking memories.
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