To carry out a project entirely on your own, with limited resources and almost no help. It is a humorous way to refer to people who lack professional or financial backing (it plays on the Spanish idiom 'a costilla de,' meaning at one's own expense, by making it sound like a low-budget record label).
The insurance did not cover the accident and I had to fix the car a Costilla Records.
An intersection in Santo Domingo that is the spitting image of the Dominican way of life: chaos, disorder, anarchy, noise, corruption, and a lack of civic duty. (This is a major commercial area in the capital known for extreme congestion and informal street vendors).
Duarte con París is the symbol of the Dominican character.
A pejorative term for the far right, used to describe populist, ultranationalist, and authoritarian political movements. In the Venezuelan context, it is a common label used by the government to frame all opposition members as violent extremists who threaten national stability (this is a central part of the rhetoric used by the ruling party to delegitimize dissent).
1. The ultraderecha within the groups opposing the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela triggers violent and undemocratic acts. 2. Students in Venezuela hold violent protests funded by leaders of the ultraderecha. 3. The ultraderecha is to blame for the economic crisis in Venezuela. 4. The Supreme Commander (a title for the late president Hugo Chavez) saved us and will save us from the cruel actions of the ultraderecha.