The Failed Coup That Changed Our World
Thirty years ago, we were violently woken up by an armed revolt that ended up transforming our nation, and not in a good way. A date that can’t pass without another comment
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Thirty years ago, we were violently woken up by an armed revolt that ended up transforming our nation, and not in a good way. A date that can’t pass without another comment
Now that news about fighting between guerrillas, gangs, and regular troops are becoming more frequent, we offer three ways of visualizing who are the conflicting groups and what are they fighting for
After Tiempos de dictadura and CAP: 2 intentos, Carlos Oteyza premiered the new documentary Rómulo resiste, about the challenges, achievements and conflicts of the first term of Venezuelan democracy
We’ve seen unrest around the world because of the pandemic and its economic impacts. But in Cuba this unrest sparked something more powerful: a call for freedom. The reasons involve Venezuelan oil production
Forced to become a globetrotter, she ended up writing a book in English about the country she left behind. This is the story of Liz Prieto.
Some musicians want our traditional instruments to become global and technology is the key to that. This is the story of Luis Colmenares, a luthier from Maracay now living in Minnesota
Two elder writers in Eastern Venezuela, a photographer in Paris… the ruling elite is suing citizens who pose no danger for the regime. The abuse of power goes beyond staying in control, it’s also used for personal matters
Two years after the explosive success of It Would Be Night in Caracas, this journalist and writer from Caracas discusses the complexities of turning the Venezuelan tragedy into a universal story
It seems that a leader of dissident FARC, a.k.a. Jesús Santrich, was killed in Venezuelan territory. Not a great selling point for the security features of Maduro’s sanctuary for outcasts
Ricardo Herrero, executive director of the Cuba Study Group in Washington, D.C., explains how the dependency on the Maduro regime could change with a new generation leading Cuba
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