In sweltering heat, Colombian Army soldiers, wearing camouflaged suits and anti-COVID masks, walk through the dense vegetation with their assault rifles ready to respond to an eventual attack by their many enemies on the border with Venezuela. The soldiers are part of a new 14,000-strong military unit launched to stop escalating violence in the department […]
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The “parallel charges” created by Chavismo would remain after Sunday’s elections
The promise of the illegitimate Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, to eliminate after the regional and local elections on Sunday the parallel entity in states ruled by opponents, which he himself has called “protector”, is in question due to the Communal Cities bill, which contemplates granting mayors powers to leaders of communes. The commitment was acquired […]
The uncomfortable campaign of Chavismo in keys of a destroyed Venezuela
The chavismo, unlike previous elections, faces the campaign for the regional and local elections of November 21 in a Venezuela destroyed dodging uncomfortable issues. These uncomfortable issues for the Chavista regime are the extradition of the Colombian businessman Álex Saab – alleged front man of the illegitimate president Nicolás Maduro – which obscures its objective […]
The irregularities of the electoral process in Venezuela in codes
One week before the regional and local elections in Venezuela, complaints about irregularities in the campaign are increasing, despite having guarantees that the opposition has demanded for years, such as international observation of the European Union (EU) and the Carter Center, and a National Electoral Council (CNE) more plural and diverse. The claims and complaints […]
Chávez lives, at least in campaign, because the Maduro regime has nothing better to offer
His speeches, his sentences, his photos and his eyes, the omnipresent eyes. He passed away eight years ago, but Hugo Chavez It continues to be the best letter for their heirs, in need of reconnecting with the Venezuelan citizens, for that reason, already fully involved in the campaign, they have once again turned to the […]
Venezuela, from polarization to laziness in upcoming elections for mayors and governors
The Venezuela mobilized, radically divided in two, polarized and on the street today is a thing of the past. In the streets of the Caribbean country, laziness weighs, essentially, in a population that, according to the polls, wants a change but cannot find a leader who responds to its desires. When Venezuelans go to the […]
The Economist: rejection of Venezuela is driving the extreme right in Latin America
One night in October, Francisco Sagasti, who was Peru’s interim president for eight months until July, launched his new book in Barranco, a bohemian district of Lima. Sagasti, an academic, is a centrist who led the country through divisive elections. The event was interrupted by protesters who surrounded the bookstore shouting “corrupt” and “assassin”The author […]
More than 26,000 Venezuelans returned to their country with the “Plan Vuelta a la Patria”
The government of Venezuela assured that since 2018 26,947 have returned to the Caribbean country venezuelans of 19 countries with the so-called “Plan Vuelta a la Patria” after the return of 99 citizens from Ecuador this weekend. “The excitement of coming home. Venezuela receives 99 nationals from Ecuador on a flight back to the Homeland. […]
More than 26,000 Venezuelans returned to the country with the “Plan Vuelta a la Patria”
The government of Venezuela assured that since 2018 26,947 have returned to the Caribbean country venezuelans of 19 countries with the so-called “Plan Vuelta a la Patria” after the return of 99 citizens from Ecuador this weekend. “The excitement of coming home. Venezuela receives 99 nationals from Ecuador on a flight back to the Homeland. […]
Caracas, memory of a capital at the forefront of the architecture of the 50s
Petroleum, economic boom, great works of the dictatorship: far from the economic crisis and today’s huge slums, Caracas was at the forefront of 1950s architecture, with projects from world-renowned designers. It was a magical decade in which the capital of Venezuela saw the birth of some of its great jewels: the campus of the Central […]