How a Journalist Saved me from the GNB
On this Día del Periodista, I salute all the journalists who keep us safe, just by showing up. It's easy to lose sight of your power, but know that you change the way power behaves.
On this Día del Periodista, I salute all the journalists who keep us safe, just by showing up. It's easy to lose sight of your power, but know that you change the way power behaves.
When her online news channel sent Maryuri to cover a cacerolazo, she never dreamed her day would end with colectivos, the National Guard and Military Counterintelligence arguing over who would get to keep her and her team.
On the Día del Periodista, we talk to journalists who’ve experienced real repression, in the flesh. Elyangeliga González and Ramón Camacho describe the war-zone Venezuelan journalism has become.
Jorge Rodríguez thinks he can just keep playing the opposition again and again, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. Trouble is, we all see what he’s doing.
The countdown to July 30th is on. Venezuela must be the only place where the government gives the next crisis its own fecha en el calendario.
Leonardo González has become the it illustrator for the current crisis. We go on a tour of his amazing oeuvre.
Venezuelans tend to think of Climate Change as a kind of “First World Problem.” But the country’s already suffering its effects, and coming decades promise much, much worse.
Time was when public health officials in Africa travelled to Venezuela to learn best practices in handling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But times change.
We’ve been able to hang on for 21 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) closing shop, something we’re looking to avoid at all costs. Your collaboration goes a long way in helping us weather the storm.
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