In early 2008, I began working for the Human Rights Foundation (now defunct). One of my first assignments was to investigate the human rights situation in Bolivia and Ecuador, two countries that had fallen under…
After taking down a few tigers for Andres Izarra and the Venezuela Information Office in Washington between 2003 and 2005, Eva Golinger landed in Caracas like a revolutionary heroine, diving deep into the regime of…
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend a presentation by the Vice President of Colombia, Francisco Santos Calderon, regarding a documentary titled “Sniffing the Forest,” which focuses on cocaine production in the country. I must…
The latest from Sean Penn is simply astonishing. Keep in mind, this is a Hollywood figure who seems completely unaware of our country’s realities, yet he feels informed enough, thanks to a couple of taxpayer-funded…
Thus, when Hugo Chávez learned that the Spanish National Court had prosecuted several terrorists from ETA and FARC, including one whose wife was still employed by the Venezuelan State, he, always a respecter of the…
The fellow blogger Pedro Burelli has confronted the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, questioning his silence regarding the accusation made this week by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against Venezuela.…
This is something I would like to ask those who comment on the F1 preseason. Yesterday, the BBC’s F1 website published an article titled “Rookie Nico Hulkenberg outshines Fernando Alonso.” The highly publicized Lewis Hamilton…
Readers may remember that two days after HRW published a report on the systematic human rights violations in Cuba, an enraged mob of state-sponsored thugs attacked journalist Reinaldo Escobar in Havana, confirming the accuracy of…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has just released a comprehensive and detailed report on Venezuela, which begins with: “To date, the State has refused to allow the IACHR to visit Venezuela, not only…
The BBC is hosting an event here in London, where bloggers from around the world will participate in discussions in their native languages about the current events in their countries. This will take place on…
The BBC is organizing a blogging event here in London on March 18th, which seems like an extraordinary initiative: bloggers from around the world will be able to blog, tweet, and create buzz—insert your preferred…
The Venezuelan press has been buzzing with the resignation of Henri Falcón from Chávez’s socialist party (United Socialist Party of Venezuela or PSUV). International media outlets have also picked up on the news due to…
To justify the suspension of RCTVi by the cable companies, Minister Diosdado Cabello resorts to various arguments. He started by claiming that RCTVi needed to comply with the limitations and regulations imposed on national television…
Rumors abound regarding the reasons behind Alberto Federico Ravell‘s decision to step down as CEO of Globovisión, the only critical open-air channel remaining in Venezuela against the despot Hugo Chávez. His colleague, Guillermo Zuloaga, appeared…
Wikipedia is often criticized for its reliability. Despite the noble intention of Jimbo Wales in allowing anyone to contribute to the largest online encyclopedia, it remains a fact that it tends to attract, well, just…