Venezuela Has a Strategy: Bolivarian Shield
Throughout history (at least since the end of World War II) the interventionist imprint of the United States has had the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as the main actor. The entire conspiratorial...
Venezuela and Iran: Alliances Under Siege
In 2009, President Hugo Chávez announced that he would sell 20 thousand barrels of gasoline per day to Iran, as a show of support to the allied country against the constant attacks and siege by the...
Uribismo Against Cuba, Venezuela and Russia
The most violent oligarchy in the continent needs a powerful enemy to invoke fear. After the signing of the peace accords with the FARC-EP in 2016, the Colombian State, intoxicated with triumphalism...
PDVSA Workers Recover Venezuela’s Refining Capacity
David Paravisini, a Venezuelan expert in public energy policies, stated this Monday, March 22, that PDVSA workers have managed to recover refining capacity in 10% of the national industry. “The...
Colombia and Venezuela: Where is There a Dictatorship?
What is democracy in the 21st century? Where is there a true democracy? They say that all comparisons are odious, but at the same time they are inevitable. In the case of Colombia...
The Real Role of NGOs in Venezuela
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) began to expand in the context of the Cold War and the globalization of neo-liberalism, accustomed to operate as political parties but protected under the legal...
Peace in Colombia is Peace in Venezuela
More than 2,200 kilometers of border have been shared by Colombia and Venezuela for centuries, when colonial names and statuses were different and the current republics were only dreamed-of entities...
On Messi, YouTubers, Migration, and ‘Venezuela Got Fixed’
Let us begin by admitting that a good part of what we call “political debate” in Venezuela is a disorderly dispute over personal anecdotes and the country’s issues. Sometimes that diatribe has...
The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela Part I
In 1985, the legendary band Queen participated in the Live Aid concert, an event held simultaneously in London, at Wembley Stadium, and Philadelphia, at John F. Kennedy Stadium, to raise funds for...
Diesel Blockade’s Goal: ‘Accelerate the Collapse of Venezuela’
Recall that in 2005, after the lashings Hurricanes Katrina and Rita delivered to the United States—which led to an increase in heating prices and a shortage of fuel—President Hugo Chávez created the...