Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venezuela. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Venezuela's apocalypse: The media at war (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

A rally to demand an increase in university funding and against Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela [Reuters]

In one of the more headache-inducing video clips in recent memory, Fox Business Network presents us with its version of the current crisis in Venezuela - where economic mismanagement under the leadership of President Nicolas Maduro has converged with a drop in global oil prices to produce runaway inflation and a shortage of basic goods

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/05/venezuela-apocalypse-media-war-160530071849562.html

Friday, 27 May 2016

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in Wonderland (Mark Schneider, International Crisis Group)

The late socialist leader Hugo Chávez should be turning over in his grave as the poor are suffering the most from Venezuela’s economic collapse. His successor, President Nicolás Maduro, is attempting to cling to power by railing against a recall referendum, a provision that Chávez himself included in the constitution

http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/latin-america-caribbean/andes/op-eds/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-in-wonderland.aspx

Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Il disastro del Venezuela e la speranza dell’Ecuador (Paolo Manzo, Aspenia online)

Che in Venezuela le cose vadano male da tempo è ben noto, e per rendersene conto basta guardare i milioni di emigranti che negli ultimi anni hanno lasciato il paese per cercare una vita degna soprattutto in Florida, dove ormai contendono ai cubani lo scettro della maggiore comunità latina

http://www.aspeninstitute.it/aspenia-online/article/il-disastro-del-venezuela-e-la-speranza-dell%E2%80%99ecuador