The Last Days of Guaido's Interim Government
Tony wrote a frame-by-frame summary of Guaido's downfall for his substack, check it out
The End-of-Year Slump
The relative peace that came with dollarization and economic recovery is losing steam. Price increases in dollars are spoiling the merry climate Maduro is interested in promoting
In Venezuela, Lack of Environmental Planning Is More Deadly Than Climate Change
We don’t know if it’s raining more in Venezuela or not, because the government is inefficient at collecting enough data. What’s evident, experts say, is that the State ignores the lessons from past catastrophes
Venezuela’s Deforestation Boom
Since 2016, when the Mining Arc came to be, the country has lost as much forest land as it had in the previous fifteen years: an area three times the size of the Greater Caracas. The causes: shifting cultivation, forest fires, and mining
Illicit Trade Represents 21% of Venezuela’s GDP: Is This Our Post-Oil Future?
Research by Transparency International Venezuela and Ecoanalítica estimated the size of the criminal economies that deal in gold, drugs, and gasoline with the enthusiastic participation of a corrupt State
The Iconic Painting by Arturo Michelena We Lost (and Recovered) in the U.S.
Many of us admired the copy of ‘The Sick Child’ at the National Art Gallery of Venezuela. Axel Stein managed to reconstruct the complete history of this work, in Venezuelan hands in the U.S.
A Sidelined Venezuelan Opposition is Deeply Divided Over U.S. Sanctions
As we finally come face-to-face with the ghost of sanction relief, let’s see where do the different factions of the Venezuelan opposition stand in the matter... and what is their actual sphere of influence
Venezuela Is Just One More Card in Russia’s Geopolitical Game
While the tension between Moscow and NATO rises every day, we take a look at the depth and extent of the Putin regime’s interest in our country
How Patricia Van Dalen Trapped the Colors of the Tropics
This Miami-based visual artist strayed away from the kinetic art path, in order to explore the light in public and private works of art that see the world with Venezuelan eyes
Caura: A Maduro-made Environmental Disaster in the Amazon
Gold mining is bringing mercury pollution, malaria, mass poaching, and ethnocide to one of Venezuela’s natural treasures
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