NGOs: the Missing Part of Political Dialogue in Venezuela
In the incipient negotiations, there must be a seat for those who can really help improve living conditions for most Venezuelans
Tag: humanitarian crisis
When Scholars Lie About the Crisis in Venezuela
A symposium on the crisis in Venezuela organized by the University of Houston painted a country that only exists in a leftist fantasy. Our history is usually rewritten in the international academia for ideological purposes
Maduro Wants to Turn NGOs Into Informants
A new disposition by the regime would force human rights and humanitarian organizations to report the names of their beneficiaries, including people seeking protection from the State. But the NGOs fight back
Indigenous Rights in Venezuela: Unfulfilled Promises, Trampled Dignity
When we talk about the Venezuelan human rights crisis, we don’t often mention the situation of Indigenous peoples. No data, no differentiated policies and lots of unfulfilled promises perpetuate the inequalities they’ve always endured
GoFundMe: Venezuelans’ Lifesaver Against COVID-19
With no money and insurance numbers that don’t add up, thousands resort to the crowdfunding platform looking for help from family, friends, and anybody who wants to donate to their cause
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
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
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