Today we're taking a closer look at the armed actors supporting the regime: National Guard, Military Counterintelligence Directorate (DGCIM), Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN), National Bolivarian Police and armed colectivos.
A once peaceful area on the northwest of Venezuela now lives under an armed group that imposes its rule of terror. Its story, and how it came to be, reflect the general decay of Zulia today.
The violent attack against several press workers at the Simón Bolívar International Airport last week is the clearest example of the overwhelming official pressure to force out any unflattering media coverage
Morella spent 31 years, one month and a day locked against her will in Maracay. This is the story about her kidnapping and how she escaped.
There are some warnings I never thought I’d have for Venezuelans, of all people. Yet here we are, talking about the dangers of seeing right-wing populists as “saviors” from left-wing populism.
Germany is returning a sacred stone to an indigenous nation from La Gran Sabana. Maduro’s regime presents it as a victory, but this could be a cover-up on the destruction caused by the gold rush.
We know that several thousand children are malnourished. How do we avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy?
A new undercover report on the state telecom company confirmed it's in dire conditions. Sadly, the fallout was censorship, repression and maybe a curious accident.
Transparency International just released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, and other than placing Venezuela almost at the very bottom, it offers perspective into why corruption hits us so—and what we can do to fix it.
A Venezuelan baseball player hit a catcher with a bat and became world famous. We talked to him about how a brief, infamous moment stained a brilliant career.
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