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...
Life
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...
Desmontando el mito sobre la libertad de expresión en Venezuela
HECHO: El 7 de marzo del 2014, la corresponsal de CNN Christiane Amanpour entrevistó a Nicolás Maduro en el Palacio de Miraflores. Una de las preguntas que le...
Airport security, chavista style
Yesterday, Maria Corina Machado and at least one other legislator were attacked as they were about to board a flight at Ciudad Guayana airport. The video of the...
Escalation
El Nacional’s front page today paints a dramatic picture of yesterday’s events, when three people were shot dead in Valencia, countless were injured, and a battle took place...
Se llamaba SEBIN
Last friday, a SEBIN officer died in a showdown with Polichacao in the Prados del Este Highway. (SEBIN is the Venezuelan government intelligence service, while Polichacao is the municipal...
Tal Cual goes to court... again
Missing from the news cycle last week was the decision of a Caracas lower court deciding to hear a lawsuit brought by National Assembly Chairman Diosdado Cabello against the...
Francesca's story
The case of Italian photographer Francesca Commissari has already been reported on this blog, but her ordeal didn’t quite stop after she was freed without charges last week....
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