Dealing with Chavista Propaganda in the Heart of San Francisco
The thing about first-world leftists who support chavismo is that they don’t realize they embody the imperialistic dynamics they criticize
Tag: humanitarian crisis
Seeing Venezuela All Over WandaVision
Just like Wanda in the hit Marvel Studios series, we tend to develop alternate realities in order to cope with the grief of the lost paradise
How Much Should a Venezuelan Refugee Cost?
Brookings insists that the Venezuelan mass migration crisis receives ten times less funding from the international community than Syria’s, despite their comparable magnitude
The Golden Hour of the Venezuelan Trickster
The decline of living conditions in Venezuela is the perfect environment for our old cultural trait to thrive: our “viveza criolla,” the absolute individualistic mindset of surviving without minding anyone else’s rights
Why Is Maduro Harassing Venezuelan NGOs?
Maduro’s dictatorship started 2021 with an increased persecution of independent journalists and the criminalization of humanitarian aid workers and human rights activists. The reasons answer to its strategic reality, part of the script for all autocracies
Putting Out Fires with Gasoline: How Police Brutality in Caracas Is Making Things Worse
On January 8th, a conflict among gangs in southwestern Caracas ended with a heavy police intervention and 23 dead. This is how the confluence of violent actors is felt in the community
Güiria: The Day After
Residents of this Sucre state town embody the drama migrants in the Eastern border have to face, and they tell us how they're taking the tragedy from last December—and why they continue to travel, whatever it takes, to Trinidad
Solidarity Beyond Community Kitchens in Times of Persecution
The Maduro regime charged against two of the Venezuelan NGOs that have been most effective in helping vulnerable communities, Alimenta la Solidaridad and Caracas Mi Convive. This is how the people who depend on them every day feel
The Venezuelan December Mirage, 2020 Edition
Maduro is trying to use Christmas to produce the illusion that everything’s relatively fine. But this time, his sleigh has no gas to fly
Daniel Cooper Bermúdez: ‘Venezuelans Are Organizing Themselves’
NGOs in Venezuela are doing a Herculean effort to help the people. The director of Hearts On Venezuela explains how working for an NGO in this minefield is really like
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