The Time Travel of Venezuelan Women
The Maduro regime is worse than negligent with women: it made them live again without the rights and securities they acquired during 20th century democracy
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In Barquisimeto, Paramilitaries Are in Charge of Repression
The so called colectivos have all the support from the military and the police to keep this city of Western Venezuela from rebelling against the regime.
'Mrs. Bachelet, Maduro Is Pinochet!'
Bachelet leaves Venezuela today. Bachelet heard and met with both victims of human rights violations and human rights activists. She'll talk to the press today, before she leaves the country and her official report will be presented in two weeks.
Charities Are Running Out of Time in Venezuela
A new NPR report shows how charities and NGOs, the last hope for thousands of neglected victims of Venezuela’s crisis, are facing extreme difficulties to keep doing their already diminished work.
The Day Miraflores Palace Was Closed for Good
On June 19th, 1923, Juan Vicente Gómez’s brother was murdered inside the official seat of Venezuelan presidents. Miraflores was then empty for 12 years.
The Old Ways Come Back to Face the Hardships of the Present
In the middle of Merida’s mountains, an isolated village learned how to keep living while ignoring the widespread socio-economic collapse of Venezuela.
Talking Censorship with Desorden Público
A true Venezuelan institution, the band just played in Berkeley, California, and gave us a chance to think on the meaning of being an artist in today’s Venezuela, and how does it feel to be censored by your own government.
The Defender of Venezuelans' Right to Internet
Marianne Diaz Hernández was recently recognized with an important international award, after her years of activism and research on the now universal, but poorly understood, field of digital rights.
Chronicles of Us, Part 5: Yerwins and Harold's Mysterious Foul
Harold Añez and Yerwins Elías were two teenagers who dreamed of becoming big leaguers. An academy in Colombia was waiting for them. They kept training while they found the resources for the trip, but their plans went wrong.
Some Useful Songs of Experience
The rappers of Free Convict aren’t ordinary singers: they’re former inmates now trying to keep Venezuelan kids far from jail. With Caracas Mi Convive and Alimenta la Solidaridad, they work to share what they learned.
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