DDoSgemony: Civil Society Websites Under Attack
First, they knocked the newspapers out of circulation by cutting off their access to newsprint. Now, an outbreak of cyberattacks is taking down one critical website after another.
Life
OLPs: Picking Up the Pieces of Lives Shattered by Government Death Squads
Counseling the families of those who die violently was never going to be easy. When the perpetrators are the people meant to protect us, it’s that much worse.
Remembrance of Cúcutas Past
Growing up in Táchira, Cúcuta was no mere border town: it was our field of dreams, the one place dad could afford to spoil us. To us, the history of the revolution is the story of our disastrously deteriorating relationship with the town.
Why Peru’s calls for change are the loudest
Perú has just recalled its ambassador after a war of words that cements Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s role as the leading friend of Venezuelan democracy in the hemisphere.
Taking up Permanent Residence in Alternativefactilandia
There's a particular sort of disorientation that comes when the government weaves its own version of truth entirely out of fictions. Venezuelans know all about this.
How long is it going to take to crawl out of this hole?
Miguel Angel Santos and Douglas Barrios get specific on a question we usually answer in airy generalities.
The Fake Banesco Bank Branch in Tocuyito Prison Allegedly Really a Pizzeria
It's come to this: the big controversy racking the Venezuelan public sphere is whether the fake Banesco branch inside Tocuyito really was or wasn't a fast food joint.
Misery in Venezuela is Off-the-Charts. Literally.
Persistent high inflation is a problem every other country in the world has figured out how to solve: that's one key reason why Venezuela stands alone atop Bloomberg's Misery Index.
The Lies We Tell Ourselves to Have Fun
How do you rebel against the world's most dangerous city and try to have a life? Start with denial, add some bravado, and finish with a hint of criollo BS.
Goodbye, social rights
Today, receiving a social benefit depends on luck or connections. If most of us aren’t guaranteed a minimum of social well being, can we even consider ourselves citizens?
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