A Book to Deal With the Pain of Losing Your Country
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.
How to Infuse a Venezuelan Cuatro with the Spirit of Jimi Hendrix
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
Exporting Judicial Terrorism
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
Karina Sainz Borgo: ‘I Don’t Believe There's Such a Thing as a National Literature’
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
No Country for Old Bandits
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
Raúl Castro Stepped Down. How Could It Impact Venezuela?
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
Human Rights Watch Claims Abuse Against Civilians in the Apure Conflict
The NGO collected testimonies of raids and executions by the military in the area where the Venezuelan forces are fighting a FARC rogue group
The Globalization of Harina P.A.N.
Empresas Polar already has four factories producing the “official” arepa corn flour in Colombia, the U.S. and Italy. Now, they prepare the next step: frozen products and a restaurant franchise
A New Opposition Alliance Is Born in Venezuela... Again
Out of the Legislative Palace and out of virtually every kind of power space, the parties that still resist chavista rule announced a fresh umbrella organization to fight for legitimate elections
The Pandemic’s Brutal Toll on Venezuelan Doctors and Nurses
NGO Médicos Unidos Venezuela reported 408 healthcare workers had died from of COVID-19 by March 29th. If we trust the official figures, that means one out of every four coronavirus victims was a worker of the healthcare sector
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