What Class Rules Venezuela?
Thanks to Chavismo’s bot armies, “Class Consciousness” was a trending topic on Twitter in Venezuela this week. How about we have a real conversation about it, minus the bots?
Life
The Man Who Beat Malaria
On World Malaria Day, we bring you the story of Arnoldo Gabaldón and the epic mid-century war he led against the disease. Has any Venezuelan done more for his country in the last hundred years?
Grab it by the CITGO
Instead of solving at least one of the calamities the country is facing in all spheres, the government decides to help billionaire US president Donald Trump finance his inauguration.
CONATEL, Only more so.
Under new leadership, Venezuela’s telecoms regulator has dispensed with all the legal niceties. The time between you criticizing the government and your station being taken off of cable grids is now down to mere minutes in some cases.
All Chavismo has to say on this Week's Protests.
It's hard to overstate the media blackout Venezuelans are subjected to. Until you see what the government reports instead. Here's a few choice tweets from chavismo's alternate, and coldhearted, reality.
Seeking Refuge in a River of Broken Promises
Yesterday, under the onslaught of tear gas, desperate opposition protesters jumped into the toxic Rio Guaire. Twelve years after Hugo Chávez promised to clean up the river, hundreds of millions have been spent for no results at all.
1810 and All That
Virtually everything you think you know about the revolt in Caracas on April 19th, 1810 is wrong. Then 207 years from now nobody will be able to make heads or tails of today's protests, either.
The Brazilian Option
Human Rights Watch reports on the increasingly desperate Venezuelans fleeing to Brazil's Roraima State.
Do you know the Sánchez twins?
Chavismo lies. It also supports torture, disappearances, arbitrary arrests and mock trials.
Censorship, fake news, and the app that changed the game
The regime may have Communicational Hegemony. But we have Whatsapp.
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