Venezuela

Venezuelans took to the streets in the hundreds of thousands again Wednesday to demand a return to democracy. At least three are confirmed dead from clashes with the national police, adding to the toll of 26 from the past…
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Tensions rise in Venezuela. In Caracas, the opposition marches Wednesday towards the government building housing the office of the Ombudsman in the city center--an area known as the "bastion of Chavismo." The rest of the country…
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On Monday, April 24th, the Venezuelan opposition launched a new protesting strategy: a National Sit-In. The objective is to achieve a "higher level of pressure" by blocking the main avenues and highways of the country and staying in…
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When a totalitarian regime’s control over its population is threatened, repression is its only recourse. The Venezuelan government, facing millions of protesters on its streets for the past several days, has escalated its fear tactics…
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EspañolFaced with their country's economic and political crisis, pregnant Venezuelans are moving to Colombia to give birth and in search of a better life for their children. A report by the Spanish newspaper El País revealed that the…
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Español Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro published an open letter this week on his thoughts regarding the state of Venezuela. In the letter, he said the corruption and violence that exists…
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EspañolThis Tuesday, June 14, Venezuela witnessed an outburst of violence in the country's eastern city of Cumaná that involved looting, riots, protests and hundreds of destroyed stores. Venezuelans, responding to food scarcity, were …
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EspañolYou don't need to read all the news coming out of Venezuela to realize the extent of the country's economic crisis. Let me give you just two examples of news items — both taken from a single day— that stress how fast Venezuela's…
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EspañolDear Argentinean and Venezuelan brothers: Over the last couple of months, our achievements have been significant. We Argentineans got rid of a government that undermined institutions, trampled on constitutional limits to power,…
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EspañolRecent parliamentary elections in Venezuela saw the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) win a supermajority in the National Assembly. With the MUD winning 109 of the 164 general seats, and all three of the indigenous…
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By José Velásquez A down to earth assessment of results from the legislative elections in Venezuela, held on December 6, should include the following aspects: Chavismo is Not Done As striking as it may sound to some ears, about 42…
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EspañolBy Marcela Albahari Nielsen Movies usually show that prisoners, during their conviction, count the days they have been in jail with stripes, circles, or squares on a booklet, a calendar on the wall, or on the wall itself. But the…
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