(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...
(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 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...
Much has been said about the enormous pressure the government has applied on both domestic and foreign media in the current crisis, but that’s not the entire story. Many...
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....
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...
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.
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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