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.
Life
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.
Can Blockchain Help Rebuild Venezuela?
The challenges associated with the Venezuelan crisis can be addressed with blockchain technology. It’s not easy to understand, but here we show you four simple use cases.
The Ideological Necessities That Turned into Collective Punishment
The Left continues touting the paper in which Mark Weisbrot and Jeffrey Sachs claim that 2017’s lending sanctions killed 40,000 people, when in fact, it was ideologically constrained decisions that caused the humanitarian emergency.
The Doctor of the Jail
Carmelo Gallardo is one of the 11 doctors who were detained in the protests of April 30th, 2019, in Venezuela. He’s a hematologist and chief the Blood Bank of Maracay’s Central Hospital, in Aragua, accused of resisting authority, obstructing a public road and incitement. This is his wife’s testimony.
Back to Portugal, 50 Years Later
They made a life in Venezuela, fleeing poverty and dictatorship in Portugal. Now they are returning to the country they were born in, to survive as they can, with a half-forgotten language, at 70 or 80 years old.
The Mystery of the Leaked Ramos-Maduro Interview
The 17-minute long interview with the Venezuelan dictator that caused the detention of Univisión’s star is now public. The news isn't the interview itself, but how it made its way to TV.
Humanitarian Catastrophe
We've gone back 50 years in matters of public health and we're running out of doctors. TSJ moved Ángela Aguirre's case to a court in Caracas, since it had proved impossible to have #JusticiaParaAngelaAguirre in Bolivar State.
Chavismo’s Foreign Allies Have Its Back on Disinformation
The hegemony knows how to create mayhem in social media. But recently, international allies are lending a hand in spreading false info and pushing fake narratives.
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