Maracaibo now looks like a city devastated by war. But that’s not what happened. It’s what chavismo has done to the second most important city in Venezuela: crime, chaos, collapse of public services, hunger, poverty and desperation.
Suppressed voices of dissent can be found all throughout Venezuelan history. From the time we were a Spanish colony to the 21st century, governments haven’t been precisely tolerant or open to independent thought or opposition.
This report is why Armando.Info was blocked and four of their journalists had to leave the country. Everything and everyone behind the CLAP business, now in English.
If you work in any kind of public institution, you are forced to attend chavista rallies and pretend you agree or enjoy it. It’s either that or getting fired
Just three years after the MUD’s largest electoral victory during the chavista era, only one of its political parties remains legal and has been able to keep its official status as a political party, according to the CNE.
It will take several generations of educated citizens to fix our country, but schools are forbidden to increase tuition fees, and still parents can’t afford private education anymore. Also, teachers leave the classrooms to make more money elsewhere, and students drop out because of the high cost of uniforms and school supplies.
Venezuelan senior citizens are subjected to humiliation and shortages. Some of them depend on their children abroad to survive. After a lifetime of being productive members of society, it takes a toll on their psyche. Maduro accuses them of supporting the Colombian mafia by reselling the cash from their hard earned pension, too.
A group of Venezuelan citizens, including several former government officials, have been charged of laundering two billion dollars from PDVSA contracts in Andorra.
The Venezuelan diaspora has a vital role that isn’t often mentioned. Sending money, food or medicine, is only part of it. But our diaspora can help by offering moral support, advice, words of encouragement and a virtual shoulder to lean on, too.
Turns out there are several requirements in order for chavismo to crumble and there’s only one thing we’re missing. It has proved to be the hardest of them all.
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