A few days ago, I met with a colleague and we took the train to Cambridge to visit Vladimir Bukovsky. One can read a lot about the atrocities committed in communist Russia, but nothing prepares…
After a decade of hearing the president and high-ranking officials from his regime repeatedly claim that all the problems in Venezuela are the fault of the CIA, one can confidently say that the identity of…
The tourism aviation businessman, Jorge Añez Dager, one of the main shareholders of the airline AVIOR, has reportedly “taken over” the Mayor’s Office of Lechería (Anzoátegui state), replacing the controversial ex-contractor “Cachi” Rubio. Now, Jorge…
After spending several months traveling across Venezuela with Manuel Rosales during the 2006 presidential campaign, I feel confident enough to share my opinion on what may come from the arrest order issued by the chavista…
At the end of World War II, Romeo made his way from a poverty-stricken village in Italy to Venezuela. Like many other Europeans who undertook the same journey, he aspired to work and live in…
By El Libertario, Venezuela Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009 at 6:24 PM[email protected] *A translation of a March 2008 interview conducted by French anarchist Charles Reeve with two members of the El Libertario group www.nodo50.org/ellibertario in Caracas,…
The BBC World Service reached out for my thoughts on yesterday’s indefinite re-election vote. There’s no need to repeat them here. What I will say, echoing Daniel’s perspective, is that 54% of Venezuelans have decided…
The Venezuelan chancellor aims to distance the government from antisemitism, despite it being a direct result of the ongoing official attack against reason and the civil, political, and religious rights in Venezuela. The antisemitism of…
Below, Human Rights Watch (HRW) responded to over 100 Chávez apologists who questioned its critical report on Venezuela. As expected, HRW dismissed them once again (read the first response here) as ineffective critics spreading baseless…
In 2004, an investigative report was published regarding the Venezuelan Information Office (VIO). Public records from the Foreign Agents Registration Unit of the U.S. Department of Justice show that VIO is nothing more than the…
Venezuela voted against the ceasefire in Gaza (resolution 1860) during the UN General Assembly held on January 16. Venezuela’s vote, through the ambassador to the UN, Jorge Valero, contradicts the policy set by President Chávez,…
This is something I’ve wanted to share since returning from the presidential race in Venezuela back in January 2007. Chávez managed to accomplish what he did for one simple reason: the utter ineffectiveness of his…
An open letter to the more than 100 “experts” from Latin America (read here) where at minute 0:49 Hugo Chávez states, “Anyone who signs against Chávez will have their name recorded for history.” Later, at…
A few days ago, we published a public letter in Miguel’s blog in response to around 100 ‘Latin American experts’ who criticized the HRW report on Venezuela. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to revisit their…
Let’s face it, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has hit a nerve. In recent months, HRW has not only managed to infuriate the ‘democratic government’ of Venezuela with a report that led to the illegal expulsion…