Live Censorship on Venezuelan State TV
It's not comedy, but it could be. A hot mic reveals chavista censorship on the real situation of Venezuelan athletes in the Tokyo Olympics
Life
How the Olympics Helped Me Reconnect with Venezuela
These games and the performance of our athletes are doing something strange to migrants like me: making us feel proud of the country that we felt had betrayed us
Daniel Dhers: from a Chacao Square to a Podium in Tokyo
This is the story of how the Olympic silver medalist became a BMX rider, looking for parks and opportunities from one country to another until he became a global reference representing Venezuela
Our New Gold Standard
A Queen, A 36-year-old BMX rider, a weight lifter from the Cota 905, and a self-taught phys ed teacher from rural town Barlovento are just some of the characters leading an unlikely historic generation of Venezuelan athletes
Midway Through 2021, Venezuela’s Migratory Crisis Remains Underfunded
Protecting the hundreds of thousands of people going to neighboring countries has a cost that must be covered. The Ottawa conference didn’t reach the amount we needed
When Your Favorite Rock Stars Defend Dictatorships
Some say you have to separate the art from the artist, but it’s not easy when voices of rock & roll and rebellion run to support repression against the Cuban and Venezuelan people
Julio Mayora and Another Victory for Chavismo
A Venezuelan weightlifter winning silver in Tokyo is the embodiment of the hardships to train, the vulnerability of the poor to the regime’s manipulation, and the lack of empathy in our public opinion
Dreaming of a Country I Don’t Belong to Anymore
I worked hard to graduate as an economist in Maracaibo and left to work abroad. Every time I returned, I felt further away. This is my story
A Celebration of ‘Typical and Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Bands’
The ironic category Los Amigos Invisibles gave to themselves can also be used for several music projects that have been fusioning rock, jazz and many Caribbean genres since the 1980s
The Leftist Backlash Against the Democratic Socialists’ Fun Trip to Venezuela
Anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist individuals and organizations are criticizing the DSA for supporting the Maduro regime. It’s a debate that reveals conflicting views on what socialism is
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