A Complex Emergency With a Simple Explanation
With Barrio Adentro Mission now handling 96% fewer patients than in its heyday and public hospitals no longer stocking even aspirine, Venezuela is on the verge of a Complex Humanitarian Emergency.
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ADIÓS TEODORO
Today, Venezuela lost a giant. Teodoro Petkoff, who died today at the age of 86, morphed from communist guerrilla to conscience of the nation.
Ghoul Nation Part IV: Everything You Wanted to Know About Venezuelan Folk Monsters, But Were Afraid to Ask
Each of the Venezuelan States has its own specific set of idiosyncrasies, their own very distinct way of communicating, eating, living and handling their affairs. Particular ghosts, monsters and creatures roam each region, as an army of dead that remind us of the violence, misery and dispair within each community.
The Radical Plan to Hack Militarism and Democratize Venezuela that Worked
When the leaders who signed the Punto Fijo Pact sat down to draft a governability agreement, they had no blueprint to work from. Behind them stretched 130 years of militarism, instability and chaos. Here's the story of how three men managed to cut the deal that made democracy possible in Venezuela for decades.
Google Takes on Chavista Censorship
These days, if you're a news giant and you need to roll-out a brand new anti-censorship system, you know where you go first.
Read the Comments
Comments are back, but different. We’re actively moderating them, under a new comments policy. It’s going to be way better this way.
Maria Corina Machado Gets a Beating, Maduro’s Credibility a Mauling
When thugs roughed up María Corina Machado in Upata, the regime tried to blame the low level guys who carried out the orders. Let’s see how that’s working out for them.
Bordering Fascism
Yesterday, Brazilians were called to choose between two catastrophes...not surprisingly, what they chose is a catastrophe.
The Sadness of Coming Back Home on a Plan Vuelta a la Patria Plane
The government copied Pérez Bonalde and named it Plan Vuelta a la Patria. They caused the crisis that forced people to leave and now they offer a free service to get them back to Venezuela. The thing is, this journey is everything but poetic.
La Vida de Nos Makes Venezuelans Make Sense Too
Through an independent project that started years ago, Héctor Torres and Albor Rodríguez reconcile and describe the realities of all Venezuelans, uniting us in our differences.
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