Government releases detained journalists, activists
The rift in Venezuela continued to deepen Sunday as thousands of anti-government opposition activists took to the streets of Caracas, Venezuela in an attempt to grow their ranks in a country that remains largely pro-government. Under the banner "Caracas is mobilized," students and other Venezuelans protesting against the democratically elected
As violence continues to threaten Latin American country, US media continues to replace nuance with familiar anti-Chavista narrative.
As street protests continued in Venezuela this week, President Nicolas Maduro has called for a "peace conference" on Wednesday in order to defuse the violence, though it remains unclear which, if any, representatives of his opposition will agree to attend. Maduro has said that he supports the right of his opponents to take their message wherever
Pro- and anti-Maduro demonstrators continue weeks of protest
Unrest continued in Venezuela on Saturday when competing pro- and anti-government marches brought an estimated hundreds of thousands onto the streets. Opposition forces blame economic problems and crime on leftist President Nicolas Maduro, while Maduro says the violence is part of a strategy devised by right-wing groups, with the support of
Right wing groups have taken to the streets destroying property and shooting at police officers.
Here we go again. As right wing groups with shady connections riot in Venezuela, demanding the democratically elected left wing president resign, the US State Department is dodging questions as to whether US intelligence agencies are assisting the rioters. For those with hazy memories, we’ve seen this movie before. In 2002 the Venezuelan right
Recent protests in Caracas against the continued rule of Chavez’s political heirs suggest that the electoral revolution carried out by Venezuela’s late caudillo is a least a bit shaky.
When Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s democratically-elected strongman died last March, there was some question about how long the neo-socialist regime created by the late paratrooper-turned president would last. Would it endure as its founder intended, or totter and fall in a Latin version of a color revolution of the type that rocked Ukraine and Georgia
