The Local Dispatch #8: A Trip Down San Felipe’s Past and Present
We also feature the latest, consequential explosion in PDVSA facilities and the intoxication of at least 179 people in Portuguesa and Barinas schools
The Local Dispatch #7: Stories of Stench and Contamination along the Maracaibo Lake
Pollution in Lake Maracaibo, six-month water cuts and post-election arrests.
The Local Dispatch #6: A Ruthless Killing in the Apure-Táchira Border
A community leader killed in Táchira, dollar sales discounts and the downturn of the Bolívar ferrymen
The Local Dispatch #5: Ongoing Crises at ULA and PDVSA’s Eastern Complex
Grave concerns over the state of ULA-Táchira, and a crackdown against PDVSA workers in the east feature in our fifth issue.
Madurismo’s Most Dangerous Job Claims Another Victim
At a moment of dynastic consolidation, Maduro resorts to a power move against former oil chief Pedro Tellechea. Others before him fell from grace in different circumstances
The Local Dispatch #4
This week’s Dispatch features the PDVSA blaze in Cabimas, indigenous displacement, and grave concerns in the domestic food industry
The Local Dispatch #3
In the third issue of The Local Dispatch, we feature Maduro's fractured Christmas bonus, rural Venezuela's antivenom crisis and flood displacements in Bolívar.
The Local Dispatch #2
In the second issue of The Local Dispatch, we feature the tragedy of pensioners, “WhatsApp crimes” and Sucre’s cocoa problem
The Local Dispatch #1
We're launching The Local Dispatch, a weekly digest of underreported news from deep inside Venezuela
The Stifled Cry of La Vinotinto
Venezuela restarts its World Cup journey with fans and players impacted by politics. Many footballers have spoken out against Maduro's election fraud
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