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Thabata Molina is a Venezuelan reporter who focuses on public safety, violence, and penitentiary conflicts. She has contributed to national newspapers such as El Nacional and El Universal for 12 years. Originally from Caracas, she now lives in Panama. Follow @Thabatica.

South America

United States Offers Argentina Help Solving Nisman Death Case

Thabata Molina May 29, 2016 4

EspañolThe Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina German Garavano announced the United States Department of Justice and the FBI has offered assistance to his country to clarify the January 2015 death of prosecutor Alberto…
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Featured

Open Letter to Nicolás Maduro: You Will Step Down

Thabata Molina Apr 19, 2016 41

EspañolMr. Nicolás Maduro: Rest assured that your time in office will be very short once the National Electoral Council president files the official form for recalling you. Unless Tibisay Lucena is abducted by aliens, you should…
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Featured

Uber Offers Service Across US-Mexico Border

Thabata Molina Mar 27, 2016 13

As of March 18th, Uber is providing transportation between the United States and the area of Baja California in Mexico. This is part of a new border service, the company’s representatives reported. The service is called…
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Economics

Uruguay’s Anti-Uber Law to Freeze Bank Accounts

Thabata Molina Mar 1, 2016 20

EspañolThe Uruguayan government is not backing down in its efforts to hinder the operation of online platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, and Spotify. The Tabaré Vázquez administration announced a new law that will potentially …
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Bolivia

Bolivia: Evo Morales’s Brand of Socialism Is in Clear Decline

Thabata Molina Feb 23, 2016 19

EspañolOn Sunday, February 21, Bolivians voted in a referendum to decide whether or not they agreed with a constitutional reform to allow President Evo Morales to run for the presidency for the fourth time in 2019. The final results are…
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Columnists

Open Letter to Venezuelan President Maduro: Please Resign

Thabata Molina Feb 15, 2016 44

EspañolMr. President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro: It is still unclear to me whether you are Venezuelan or not, but assuming you were born in this country, I'd like to ask you, in the name of millions who are suffering under the…
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Featured

Venezuela: “History Will Thank Maduro If He Resigns”, Says New Speaker

Thabata Molina Feb 5, 2016 14

Opposition politician Henry Ramos Allup presides over Venezuela's single-chamber legislature as Speaker since January 5. Ramos Allup, who is 72 years old, is an old fox of Venezuelan politics. A four-term congressman, he does not…
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Economics

Not Even Social Media Can Find Medicine in Venezuela

Thabata Molina Jan 28, 2016 72

EspañolBesides the lack of basic foods, shortages in Venezuela have critically affected health-care products as well. Approximately 70 percent of essential medicines, and 80 percent of medication for chronic diseases, are disappearing…
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Elections

Venezuela’s New Congress Plans to Lawfully Oust President Maduro

Thabata Molina Jan 6, 2016 1

EspañolFor the first time in 15 years, the Venezuelan opposition has assumed control of Congress. On January 5, the successful anti-Chavista coalition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) swore in 109 congressmen of the 167 seats available…
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News

Fishy? Maduro in a Rush to Clean His Cabinet of Military Insiders

Thabata Molina Dec 21, 2015 20

EspañolSince reaching power in 1999, Chavismo has traditionally ruled Venezuela alongside the army as its main political ally. Its founding father, the late President Hugo Chávez, was a lieutenant colonel who jumped into the political…
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Cronyism

8 Scandals that Venezuela’s New Congress Must Investigate

Thabata Molina Dec 14, 2015 26

EspañolAfter 15 years of Chavista control over the Venezuelan Congress, the opposition's victory in the recent legislative elections means that the government may finally look into the numerous corruption scandals involving the ruling…
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News

FARC Find Big Business in Smuggling Cattle from Venezuela

Thabata Molina Nov 25, 2015 26

Español With each passing day, Venezuelan authorities have more and more proof that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are operating within their borders. The most recent evidence was obtained when they arrested a…
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