Pedro García Otero

EspañolVenezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has to pay off US $1.22 million in debt this Friday, after which he will "decree" a new plan for restructuring the country's finances. Venezuela's debt, equivalent to US $21 billion when …
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I Español On September 21, 2016, just over one year ago, the US dollar-Venezuelan Bolivar exchange rate was at 1,008, according to DolarToday. But the value of Venezuela's currency has decreased by 95.6 percent, now going for 22,938…
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EspañolIn the midst of the flood of information about Venezuela's crisis, an important fact has gone unnoticed: the third Venezuela report presented by Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), to…
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EspañolVenezuela is caught up in a very dangerous game today, as President Nicolás Maduro's regime plays chicken with the country's political opposition. Especially after the referendum on Sunday, July 16, in which an overwhelming…
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EspañolA group of officers from Venezuela's Scientific and Criminal Investigation Corps (Cicpc), an elite group within the country's police force, stole a government helicopter belonging to their unit on the afternoon of Tuesday, June…
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The Venezuelan dictatorship faces massive citizen protests, which for the first time include far more poor people than those of the middle and upper class, an unmanageable economic crisis, and increasing isolation from the international…
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EspañolCatholic University Andrés Bello's Center for Political Studies is one of the most valuable sources of information about the political landscape in Venezuela. Daniel Fermín, a political scientist who works with the center, is one…
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EspañolVenezuela's future is at stake this week as the Organization of American States plans to meet with officials from President Nicolás Maduro's administration, and time is running out for them to impose a fair and open election.…
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EspañolI am a normal, 50-year-old man, in relatively good physical condition, and without visible depression except for that which is caused by living hunger in Venezuela. I scrubbed some dishes last Saturday, and as I did I felt…
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EspañolEighteen years after Chavez came to power, the food crisis in Venezuela is disastrous. At least 300 thousand Venezuelans, according to the Catholic University Andrés Bello, eat garbage. Malnutrition in the poorest communities…
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Español There is a wonderful book called Soldados de Salamina, which tells the vicissitudes of a journalist looking for a republican war hero, almost 60 years after the Spanish militiamen's troops fled to France. In that novel,…
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