Give us the CNE
Dear UNASUR Foreign Ministers: Thank you for your interest in the Venezuelan conflict. Now that you helped make the OAS a veritable “circus,” we can start discussing the visit...
Life
We're not THAT isolated
It was galling to see Venezuelan dissident voices effectively muzzled at OAS today, as the organization voted by 22 countries to 11 to hold a closed-doors session, far...
When in Rome...
A few days ago, Maduro was having a down in the dumps day, he needed a quick pick me up, something empowering, something to assert his manhood. So,...
As close as you get to neutral
This report by my friend Cristián Arriagada for Chile’s Teletrece is as close as you get to objective reporting on Venezuela. I think it’s very well made. (In Spanish).
Getting the message across
The student movement is not only using new media to spread its case to the public. They’re also visiting some of Caracas’ slums to convince their residents and...
#17M: Altamira in Olive Green
I wake up to the soothing sounds of a chopper; like a giant mosquito that you just can’t swat. Check my phone: Monday, 6:45 am. Insane tweets from...
Four minutes with the students
If the students’ goal was to summarize their case, their rage, their energy, and their determination in four brief minutes in a Youtube video … mission accomplished. I...
Censorship and Rebellion at Cadena Capriles
Cadena Capriles, the largest newspaper group in Venezuela is in turmoil after a special report on the Altamira Square protests was cut from the Sunday edition of its flagship newspaper, Ultimas...
The Casabe Wars
Casabe is to eastern Venezuelans what arepas are to the country at large. An everyday bread made from yucca flour, it accompains just about anything. Soup? (Mondongo, fish, chipi...
Busting the myth of freedom of speech in Venezuela
FACT: On March 7th 2014, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour interviewed Nicolás Maduro in Miraflores Palace. One of the questions she asked the President was whether the press was...
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