The recent CNE fire begs questions not only about the fairness of upcoming elections in Venezuela, but about the possibility of holding elections at all. Just how damaged the whole system is and what can be done to truly fix it?
Conatel's proposal for an internet exchange point (IXP) could be helpful in principle, but given the hegemony's nefarious history of online practices, it can also be a double-edged sword.
It’s been a year since Venezuela entered a new unacceptable “normality” that gives you no other option but to adapt. These recounts are about trauma, lessons and decisions.
In the wake of an economic bubble amid the disaster, local & international media announce the death of the Bolivarian project. But this would imply that the "revolution" meant more than what it actually was: a propaganda device.
With electrical rationing as the new norm since March of 2019, the society in Zulia has become more unequal: there’s a big gap between those subjected to outages and those who can defend themselves.
Part of the international community and political leaders are still feeding the hopes for a political change in Venezuela, but slogans can’t hide what we must dare to understand.
Chávez & Trump look alike in several aspects, from their authoritarian propensities to their red hats. But little comparisons have been made between their respective counterparts: the Venezuelan opposition and the Democratic party.
There are some warnings I never thought I’d have for Venezuelans, of all people. Yet here we are, talking about the dangers of seeing right-wing populists as “saviors” from left-wing populism.
January 23rd marked a full year since Juan Guaidó assumed the caretaker presidency. The way his influence has changed since then is evident, especially after his international tour. This unprecedented story could spin into many different scenarios.
Chavismo has inherited the rich theoretical-conspirative tradition of the Latin American left, but they’re not alone in the propagandistic use of assigning all solutions to national problems to the power of one leader.
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