The war on journalists gets worse, cont.
On the night of April 4th, press photographers who were covering protests in Caracas were attacked by armed security personnel from the building that houses the Prisons Ministry (seen in...
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Chavistas are from Mars, the opposition is from Venus
The worst part about Nicolás Maduro’s New York Times OpEd is not the amount of lies it contains, but the fact that most chavistas honestly believe them. Whether...
The war on journalists gets worse
Yesterday, during the violent rampage by pro-government thugs inside the Universidad Central de Venezuela, several journalists were harrassed, and saw their equipment stolen. Since last month, attacks against...
Violence on campus, by @Naky
Chavistas love to repeat the tired old canard that the protest movements are “contained,” and “limited” to well-to do areas of Caracas. Just yesterday, the President was boasting in...
Painting the Grey Lady Rojo Rojita
Nicolás Maduro just published an Op-Ed pieces in the New York Times. We could do a point-by-point debunking of his bullshit claims but that would not the best use of our time here. The real question isn't "what" Maduro is saying, but “why?”
What happened inside Cadena Capriles?, by @TamoaC
Two weeks ago, this blog reported about the open case of censorship at Ultimas Noticias, Venezuela’s most popular newspaper, and the protest of their journalist staff. The stand-off ended...
Political rape
Last night, Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal said that, indeed, Maria Corina Machado’s expulsion from the National Assembly could stand. On its own, this shouldn’t seem so shocking – chavismo has...
Maduro threatens to bomb an entire state (Updated)
If I have to decree a state of exception especially for the state of Táchira, I am ready to do so. I am ready to decree it, and...
Esequibo blues
For generations, all maps of Venezuela have included the term “Area in Contention” (Zona en Reclamacion) to highlight the Guayana Esequiba, currently administered by our neighbor to the East,...
The Petrocaribe Trap
A guest post by Alexis Caraballo, who makes her living as a Caribbean regional analyst. A failing economy, where everything for sale in the shops is imported, with dwindling foreign reserves...
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