Taming the shadow
These tumultuous days, as I was glued to Twitter, reading Facebook comments, listening to opinions on the street, and watching the students debate on CNNE, I finally “understood”...
Politics
Fighting poverty by keeping people poor
When Hugo Chávez was alive, sometimes, in his rare bouts of sanity, he made it sound as if the Revolution really had good intentions. “Socialism”, he would say,...
Busting the myth of democracy in Venezuela
(Note: for this piece, we recruited economist Richard Obuchi.) FACT: on February 18, 2014, after a week of intense anti-government demonstrations all across the country, President Maduro attended a rally...
Desmontando mitos: ¿es Venezuela una democracia?
(Nota: para esta pieza, contamos con la colaboración del economista Richard Obuchi.) HECHO: el martes 18 de febrero de 2014, tras casi una semana de intensas manifestaciones en todo el...
The Full Scale of What's Happening in San Cristóbal Isn't Getting Through Because of the Media Blackout
The New York Times finally manages to get a reporter and a photographer on the ground in San Cristóbal. Willie Neuman’s piece is good. But Meredith Kohut’s accompanying...
San Cristóbal Falls Apart [UPDATED]
The city that sparked the national protests is now a black hole of fear, lawlessness, shakedowns, telecom blackouts and angry hope.
Ban re-election
As we enter the end of the commodities super-cycle, Latin America seems set to return to its regular trend – low growth mixed in with high social conflict....
Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold
Venezuela is in full-blown crisis mode. The violence has been in the making for years. It’s not a social or economic crisis – the economy is in shambles, but...
The other side of Communicational Hegemony
Foreign observers have a hard time grasping how aggressively defamatory government propaganda in Venezuela can be. It is forced through all radio and TV outlets in compulsory, simultaneous broadcasts of indefinite duration.
Guaro uprising
Along with other major cities, Barquisimeto has also taken its own share of repression, both by paramilitary groups and the Armed Forces. The protests have, in some cases,...
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