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...
Life
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....
Fear and Loathing in Mérida
While attention centers on the protests in San Cristóbal, few have stopped to notice that other Andean cities have seen similar, if perhaps not quite as extensive, protest...
Why Venezuela matters to Brazil
(Note: A guest post by one of our resident Brazilian readers, André Oliveira. This is my loose, butchered translation from the original Portuguese – the first time I have...
Some things remain the same
Even though crime has taken a backseat in people’s minds amid the current wave of protests, it doesn’t mean the problem has gone away. Quite the opposite. El...
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