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…
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…
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…
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…
This morning, Venezuela woke up to a clearly different political landscape: Hugo Chávez has lost in the country’s most populated areas, specifically in Caracas, Miranda, Carabobo, and Zulia. The loss of Caracas is particularly significant,…
Thank you, Ingrid. Thank you for existing. Thank you for doing so much for human rights while leaving no doubt about the unnatural character of your captors, compared to the organizations that tirelessly denounced the…
Santa Cruz, May 2, 2008 | I shared a flight from Miami to La Paz with former President of Bolivia Jorge Quiroga. After introducing myself at the start of the flight, I was left with…
There are so many reasons why Londoners should kick Livingstone out of City Hall that it’s hard to list them all. For me, near the top of the relevance list is Livingstone’s embrace of the…
Local sources have confirmed that the former governor of Yaracuy, Eduardo Lapi, has escaped from the San Felipe prison. Lapi had been incarcerated for around a year. The prosecution never managed to file charges, which…
One of the most ridiculous claims made by dictator Chávez is that his miserable revolution is based on love. Observers will remember that late last year, during the presidential campaign, a nearly sobbing Chávez appeared…
Just a couple of critical publications about the BS surrounding the exaggeration of global warming is all it takes to send hate levels soaring towards CO2. Keep in mind that it took me a lot…
Recently, I was asked to comment on George Bush‘s trip to Latin America here in London. Generally speaking, the British have a superficial understanding of the political dynamics in that region. After years of relentless…