On this date, 181 years ago, an autocrat who had betrayed his mentor launched an attack on the parliament using a supposedly spontaneous mob. It was General José Tadeo Monagas’s last move to hold absolute power.
The region’s diplomats are throwing the standard diplomatic librito out the window to recognize Juan Guaidó, even though he doesn’t actually run the country. There are obvious risks involved.
Burned mattresses, kicked-in doors, shattered glass. After Diana Martínez was murdered in front of the Ecuadorian police by her Venezuelan boyfriend, angry mobs threatened, chased, and kicked Venezuelans, and destroyed their belongings. President Lenín Moreno’s unconscionable reaction added fuel to the fire.
Radical members of the opposition on Twitter make so little sense about 23E, they sound like chavista bots, Kirchner and Chávez were corrupt, Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno irresponsibly pins a femicide on the Venezuelan community in Ecuador.
Camaraderie, friendship, happiness and beauty can flourish after the worst of circumstances and in the dirtiest of places. The Guaire river may split Caracas in two, but it brought these young Venezuelans together.
Venezuelans' favorite sport isn’t safe from the crisis either. Even with absurdly cheap tickets, most people can’t afford to go. LVB players are victims of crime and the government uses baseball for shady business deals.
One of the biggest universities in Caracas has been around for almost half a century. Today, we look back on how it was founded.
As Venezuela’s pain spreads outward, it becomes a subject for art. Venezuelan-Canadian playwright and performer Joy Ross-Jones brings it to the stage in Montreal from January 24th to the 27th.
Bizarrely, there are still stooges willing to do battle for Cuba’s failed revolution. Will Mexico become the next petro-rich victim to Havana’s voracious parasite regime?
In a Washington Post OpEd, Juan Guaidó says he’s ready to take on the role of President to lead a transition, but calls on the people and the Armed Forces to enforce the Constitution.
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