In Venezuela today, it's the end of a kind of parallel universe. We consider how Peanuts serves as a seemingly innocuous window into brutal human nature. And because it's that time of year, we take a look at a Charlie Brown Christmas.
Waves of protest after a stolen election in 2019 came to nothing. Now, thanks to the luck of geopolitics and petro-economics, President Nicolás Maduro is increasingly
back in favour. “Peanuts” blazed a trail for comic strips, but beneath the family-friendly messages were a
probing examination of the human condition. And a listen to the soundtracks of the franchise’s small-screen adaptations. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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