Politicians called for a general strike against the reconversion and the measures announced last Friday. Around 60% of citizens complied, most cities in Venezuela partially shut down. The thing is: What now? Was it enough? What comes next?
During the 19th century, many Venezuelan cities modernized and found ways to implement the technology available to them. Maracaibo, despite everything that happens today, was the first town to use electricity for public lighting.
This afternoon, an earthquake with its epicenter in Sucre State, shook the country. Funvisis doesn’t have the technology to accurately report its magnitude. No deaths or injuries have been reported.
The government created the carnet de la patria as an instrument for control and discrimination. Nonetheless, the fact that we’ve rendered it pointless or might do so, was something the government didn’t consider.
Investigative journalism site Armando.Info suffered a new attack, on two fronts this time: four members of their staff were forbidden to leave the country and its website was blocked in Venezuela.
Maduro tried to clear the air through a Facebook Live broadcast, but he left us with even more questions and a clear understanding that the so-called recovery plan is nothing more than the same old 21st Century Socialism with a face-lift.
After a week of intense power cuts that left Zulians sleeping on the streets, the central government has some ideas to solve the crisis: hiding their negligence behind cynicism, comforting citizens through conspiratory rhetoric.
Andrés Velázquez, legitimate Bolívar governor, offered more details from Voluntad Popular headquarters about the national strike that’ll take place on Tuesday, August 21
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