Double Attack Against Armando.Info
Investigative journalism site Armando.Info suffered a new attack, on two fronts this time: four members of their staff were forbidden to leave the country and its website was blocked in Venezuela.
The Government Blocks El Pitazo for a Third Time
Several Venezuelan digital news outlets have been under serious cyber-attacks recently and news site El Pitazo was blocked for the third time in a year. Nobody explains the reasons behind the decision.
CONATEL goes after Deutsche Welle and DW Fights Back!
Under CONATEL’s orders, pay-TV carriers were forced to take down Deutsche Welle for broadcasting a documentary on Venezuela. As if this weren’t enough, they dismissed the incident reports as “fake news”.
Esequibo Turns into a Hotspot
As the border dispute between Guyana and Venezuela awaits a response from The Hague, the Esequibo struggles with illegal gangs who are violently imposing their will.
There’s No Escaping Newsprint-geddon, Ask Chavista News Outlets
The deliberate shortage of newsprint for most Venezuelan papers has been a good strategy for the communicational hegemony. But it now seems like it has backfired and blown up all over their presses, too.
The Question of Orwellian Times Has a Scary Answer
Constant comparisons are made between today’s Venezuela and George Orwell’s famous novel “1984”. But are those parallelisms accurate or simply intellectual laziness?
Spotting Fake News in Latin America
Our region isn’t safe from the fake news epidemic that has become part of the current global media atmosphere. Website TheGlobalAmericans.org recently launched an initiative to counter this phenomenon.
Chavista Mismanagement Kills Animals at Barquisimeto Zoo
The death of two spider monkeys at Barquisimeto Zoo because of possible negligence provokes a swift PR move by the governor of Lara State and the questionable arrest of a veterinarian.
The Not-So-Silent Shakedown of Venezuelan Radio Broadcasting
Since last year, the hegemony has aggressively used legal tools in order to subdue and regulate radio broadcasting at their whim. A new report from IPYS Venezuela offers more details regarding what CONATEL is doing.
The Esequibo Game: Guyana Is All In, Venezuela Refuses to Play
As Venezuela rejects the possibility of solving the Esequibo dispute in The Hague, Guyana fully embraces the issue while taking advantage to mobilize public opinion back at home.
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