Compare and contrast
In 1999, President Chavez called a referendum to determine if the Venezuelan people wanted a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution. President Chavez did not have the...
Life
In an unexpected BBC interview...
National Electoral Council head Francisco Carrasquero has announced the figures CNE will officialize later today as the results of the signature gathering process to request a recall referendum...
In an unexpected BBC interview...
National Electoral Council head Francisco Carrasquero has announced the figures CNE will officialize later today as the results of the signature gathering process to request a recall referendum...
La Muerte de José Vilas
José Vilas used to work for PDVSA. Last night he went out to protest in San Antonio de los Altos, a Caracas suburb. Two pictures of him were...
La Muerte de José Vilas
José Vilas used to work for PDVSA. Last night he went out to protest in San Antonio de los Altos, a Caracas suburb. Two pictures of him were...
Eyewitness report: Santa Rosa de Lima Uprising
The detail you don’t get from a newspaper, you get from a blog. The following eye-witness report is gripping in its detailed description of the incongruous atmosphere gripping...
Report from the scene
A Caracas high school teacher writes in: I have several students living in Terrazas del Avila (far northeast Caracas.) According to them, the ones shooting into buildings last...
Venezuelans use people power to attack Chavez
By Phil Gunson in Caracas, from The Independent (London) Burning barricades erected by opposition protesters blocked streets and motorways in many parts of the Venezuelan capital yesterday, as...
Eyewitness report: Santa Rosa de Lima Uprising
The detail you don’t get from a newspaper, you get from a blog. The following eye-witness report is gripping in its detailed description of the incongruous atmosphere gripping...
Report from the scene
A Caracas high school teacher writes in: I have several students living in Terrazas del Avila (far northeast Caracas.) According to them, the ones shooting into buildings last...
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