Chavismo Punishes Photojournalists for Telling the Truth
Photojournalists are jailed, injured or robbed for committing what the government perceives to be the worst of crimes: truthfully reporting this country’s reality.
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Deadly Raid Puts FAES Operations Under Scrutiny
A raid in Caracas where eight people were killed has put the spotlight on the special police group FAES. Along accusations of using excessive force, it has started to expand operations
A Venezuelan Chronicle: Two Weeks Navigating the Tyranny
It doesn’t matter if you come to Venezuela often, for business or pleasure, every time you return you’ll see how everything gets harder, even the most basic errands. It’s like an obstacle race you can never win.
Accomplices of the Regime Are Now Affected by The Exodus
Humanitarian crisis and large-scale human rights violations are usually enabled by insufficient response from the international community. Venezuela is no exception. Those who once behaved as the silent accomplices of the Venezuelan regime, are now struggling to handle the massive influx of immigrants determined to escape the country’s crisis.
Lara Hosts International Anthropology Congress, An Oasis of Thought
In July, an Anthropology and Archeology congress that took place in Barquisimeto, brought together 106 Venezuelan and 40 international attendees. How was this accomplished? How did international speakers feel as they faced the country’s collapse?
Lines Blur Between Venezuelan Dystopia and Caribbean Cyberpunk
Farmers mining bitcoin, pranes using digital traces to kidnap people, hackers in shantytowns at the service of the secret police, chieftains paying for bots, biopolitical control and a presidential assassination attempt using drones. My country is a bad sci-fi movie.
Human Rights Watch Report Contradicts Chavismo with Hard Data
On the same day that chavismo said that Venezuela was the second South American country welcoming more immigrants, Human Rights Watch published a report preaching the hard truth about the horrid Venezuelan migrants crisis.
Camarada Picasso: Art for Propaganda’s Sake
Chavismo tries to pay lip service to highbrow art with a heavily politicized week-long Picasso event where, in fact, the 149 pieces displayed were anything but political. How political can a blocky coffee pot be?
Guards Treat Families of Cabimas Prisoners As Criminals Themselves
Visiting a prisoner in Venezuelan jails became a traumatic ordeal. Relatives of Cabimas prisoners speak out against CONAS officers, report the abuses they endure and chronicle how the guards mistreat visitors as if they were animals.
Shop Owners Quiver As They Withstand Maduro’s Paquetazo
The economic measures recently imposed by Maduro caused uncertainty and fear among shop owners in Barquisimeto. They have no capacity to pay the new minimum wage and unemployment and shutdowns might become the new normal.
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