Nicolas Maduro

A year ago, on March 31st of 2017, a group of students of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV, in Spanish) initiated what turned out to be one of the biggest and also the bloodiest protests in the history of Venezuela. More than a…
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"Simón Bolívar's popularity in South America is enormous," wrote Erik Hesselberg (1914-72) in his book Kon-tiki and I (1949). "So many things carry his name, including the hotel where I stayed . It was a very large hotel that covered one…
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Let's skip one of the most dangerous cities of Venezuela and let's focus on the "touristic" side of the country if there's any left. Let's look at why Venezuela is such a cheap holiday destination for tourists. The short answer:…
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The Local Committees for Production and Supply (CLAP in Spanish) are groups of people that, promoted by the government of Venezuela, get together and deliver boxes of food to citizens. According to the government, they are a way of fighting…
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While enabling the perpetuation of the tyranny of Nicolas Maduro's Venezuelan United Socialist Party (PSUV) over the country, Russia and China seem to have become the last lifeline remaining for this red-wing authoritarian regime within a…
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The second week of January, just when people are trying to set new routines, go back to school, and work to somehow continue with life, the Venezuelan government surprised us again with one of the most terrible and violent assassinations…
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On the edge of our hyper-connected reality, any international happening that holds high levels of media interest can generate a quick outburst of unrequested opinions, analysis, and criticism. E.g., since the very beginning of the…
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Venezuela has been on the radar of hundreds of international news sites and several human rights organizations. The economic situation of the country and mass protests against the national government has given them some things to talk…
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A few years ago, I read 1984 for my English class. I almost burst into tears when reaching the final pages, discovering how awful the future is in our own Orwellian Venezuelan novel written by Nicolas Maduro.
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Venezuela - 916 445 km² of one of the nicest climates in the world. Located on the northern coast of South America, we have the best tropical atmosphere of the region due to its various altitudes and green areas. Rainforests, plains,…
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