Hunger Under Fire
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Your daily briefing for Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
The mayor of El Limón, Delson Guárate, is now another opposition leader in exile. His is a classic story of chavista harassment – and shady, possibly apocryphal backroom deals.
Telesur has quantified the evil Western media’s plan to attack Chávez’s socialist dream. The government has no data on GDP, say, or inflation, but it has detailed data on this...and it makes no sense.
Yes, Venezuela's National Assembly. Yet, Marcel Gascón argues, Julio Borges’ tenure as its speaker was more harmful to chavismo than many give credit him for.
For one day, I joined Dr. Yaso's legendary hospital clown crew, bringing a little joy to sick kids and their parents in Guayana. It was intense.
Your daily briefing for Sunday, January 7, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Looting and social conflict were endemic in 2017, and 2018 looks to be even more conflict-ridden. The government's attempt to let off steam by overseeing “legal looting” can barely contain people's desperation.
How does a city of a million people even operate when the public transport system good-as collapses? Badly. Very badly.
Your daily briefing for Saturday, January 6, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
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