Marialbert Barrios was 25 years old when she was elected as deputy for Primero Justicia, the youngest deputy in the current National Assembly. She frequently visits the community that elected her, not only in electoral season. Educating the population is her priority.
Chávez is the good guy and Maduro came to destroy his legacy. That’s what people who still identify as chavistas think. They loudly criticize the crisis under Nicolás Maduro’s government, they cry treason against the revolution and say that socialism was never implemented in the country.
The Zulian opposition struggles while the government’s agenda threatens and forces them out of the country. Meanwhile, those who stay appear to not be making an effort. We should be allowed to expect better from them.
As the economic and political crisis deepens, Maduro holds on to power by keeping dissident voices far away from Miraflores, no matter where they come from.
Contaminated crabs imported from Venezuela left four people hospitalized in the U.S. It highlights a chronic problem of our food industry, recently worsened by economic collapse.
As Venezuelans know all too well, it’s important to keep track of every life that’s been lost, every person that has disappeared on the road to freedom.
Historically, we cannot deny Chávez’s effort to destroy the foundation of a modern, democratic country. Nevertheless, is it smart to keep blaming him politically? Or is Maduro the one who really matters now?
On the day of what would have been Chavez’s 64th birthday. Let’s make sure the world doesn’t forget how it was him, and not his successor, who turned Latin America’s most prosperous nation into a place of crisis and despair.
Our region isn’t safe from the fake news epidemic that has become part of the current global media atmosphere. Website TheGlobalAmericans.org recently launched an initiative to counter this phenomenon.
Up until the 2017 protests, Venezuelans used WhatsApp chats to make all sorts of plans to meet up with their friends. Now, they use them to keep in touch with loved ones who have now left the country.
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