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
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
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
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
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
While people in the U.S. are on the brink of an explosive political conflict and brace for years of unrest in a divided country full of painful unresolved issues, a Venezuelan citizen shares what he learned during decades of denial, misinformation and polarization
New challenges have been added to dollarization and bureaucratic chaos for those who are trying to say goodbye to their loved ones, from fuel shortages to safety measures against the pandemic
The author of this piece is the editor of a media outlet in Caracas, where services aren’t so precarious. This is her story about how long (and how much effort) it takes to do what would be regular tasks for a journalist of a normal country