For the first time ever, movie theaters in the country, used to playing real-life dramas, crime stories and inane comedies, are showing horror films produced in Venezuela. And the reason lies in our collective anxieties.
Evo Morales, a close ally of Chávez and Maduro, resigned on November 10th, after the OAS issued a report invalidating the election he claimed he had won. That doesn’t mean we should draw false equivalences.
The sixth country in South America taking in Venezuelans is a lot more organized for this emergency. But most of these immigrants are in passing, and 171 thousand dilute among 210 million inhabitants.
In one of the most in-depth investigations in its hundred years of history, the International Labour Organization wrote a report on the systematic abuse that Venezuelan workers endure from “the blue-collar government”.
Little attention is being paid to those requesting asylum in the U.S. or overstaying their visas. They’re held for months and their loved ones barely get any news about their wellbeing.
U.S. foreign policy could change if President Trump is removed from office, but how likely is it that he’ll be impeached? How could American foreign policy on Venezuela change?
Venezuela’s modern criminality can’t be explained without analyzing these criminal armies, which are better armed than police forces and have complete control over their territories.
After the Adobe scare, the Venezuelan digital community keeps working under extremely hostile conditions, in unpredictable ground.
The shortage of ingredients, hyperinflation and forced migration has put this unique Venezuelan cuisine in danger.
We already know that the Venezuelan comedian just spent two months in jail. What we don’t know is the story of what happened in there. Here it is.
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