Gagging the Snail
Colombian TV broadcaster Caracol Internacional was taken off Venezuelan cable grids, and becomes the latest in a growing list of victims of Communicational Hegemony.
The Anti-Escrache Law and the Death of Free Speech
The government has been coercing the broadcasting media into silencing criticisms for years. Now it wants to do the same to you.
Teresa, la Usurpadora
After a foiled attempt, Chavismo seized the mayorship of Barquisimeto and the Chavista administrative style came back with vengeance.
Communications Breakdown
Data-geddon is coming. And if course it's the fault of an imperialist foreign power, not communist negligence or absurd price controls.
TSJ Goes After Mayors…Again
A fresh batch of arrest warrants have been issued to opposition mayors in protest-heavy municipalities. Deja-vu all over again.
Despacito Chronicles
Maduro's use of the most streamed song of all time for political purposes has drawn the ire of the likes of Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi. If we could only get Justin Bieber on board, the ANC would surely be cancelled.
Barquisimeto Under Attack
A weekend of violent repression, colectivos and chaos in Lara state claims four more lives.
Día del Periodista 2017: Journalism amid Fear
On the Día del Periodista, we talk to journalists who’ve experienced real repression, in the flesh. Elyangeliga González and Ramón Camacho describe the war-zone Venezuelan journalism has become.
The Hollow Campaign for a Hollow Constituyente
Shmaltzy music, aggressively smiling people and straight-up plagiarism: the propaganda state is using every trick in the book to sell us on Maduro's Constituent Assembly.
The Siege of Alfredo Ramos
With an opposition mayor facing a chavista municipal council, Barquisimeto is on the outer edges of governability.
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