LVL, Magdaleno, Seijas Rodríguez: Venezuela After 1S
I wanted to know where we stand following the September 1st protests. So I picked up the phone, called three leading Venezuelan experts and asked them.
The Krygiers: Four Generations, Three Exiles
For my family, running away from tyranny is somewhere between a tradition and a curse we're doomed to repeat generation after generation. Part 3 of 3.
The Pérezes: Perestroika Denied
As a young engineering trainee in Ukraine, Marvin Pérez caught a glimpse of Perestroika, only to have it cruelly denied back home in Cuba. In the second of a three-part series, we follow the Perezes story of serial exile.
The Families that Fled Tyranny. Twice.
Madelin Martínez fled Cuba for Venezuela to escape Fidel Castro, only to do it all again when Hugo Chávez rose to power. Here's the first of three stories of families forced to flee tyranny again and again.
A silly response to a serious crisis (UPDATED)
(Former CC intern Rachelle Krygier is back, and is reporting from Caracas.) Venezuelans go to bed not knowing if in the morning they will be able to find,...
Life in short supply
Dr. Martín Carvallo, who heads the Hospital Universitario’s HIV department, doesn’t know what to tell his patients when they ask what they can do when they can’t get the anti-retrovirals they need. “What...
What leaving Venezuela means to Jews
In February 1939, two ships approached the shores of Venezuela after a long, desperate voyage. The Konisgtein and the Caribia’s captains had already asked for asylum in many other ports, now they pleaded...
The Way Back Home
(A few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from a Venezuelan currently studying journalism in New York City, and yadda-yadda-yadda, Caracas Chronicles has a summer intern! Meet Rachelle...
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