Las falsas noticias están dividiendo a los venezolanos, haciendo que el final pacífico de su profunda crisis sea cada vez menos probable.
- Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
La oposición de Venezuela ha convocado un paro de 48 horas para evitar que el gobierno de Maduro vuelva a redactar la constitución del país.
Cuando los líderes de las democracias débiles usan las redes sociales para conectarse con sus electores, las personas se sienten escuchadas. Pero Twitter no les dará a los ciudadanos lo que necesitan.
Maduro’s landslide May 20 re-election marks the official death of democracy in Venezuela. Dozens of nations worldwide have declared the vote illegitimate, and the US imposed new sanctions.
Venezuela – once known for its friendly people, oil wealth and beauty queens – ranks 102nd of 156 countries surveyed in this year’s World Happiness Report, which measures well-being worldwide.
The Venezuelan government has just announced that it will hold a presidential election by the end of April. Despite pervasive hunger and discontent, democracy still doesn’t stand a chance.
Venezuela’s opposition has called a 48-hour strike to stop the Maduro government from rewriting the nation’s constitution. But grassroots democracy may not be able to save the Bolivarian Republic.
The president has fled the country. An activist has died in jail. A military coup is afoot. Fake news is dividing Venezuelans, making a peaceful end to its profound crisis ever less likely.
When leaders of weak democracies use social media to connect with their constituents, people feel heard. But Twitter responses won’t give citizens what they need.
The world is on edge as Donald Trump enters the White House.
Empty toy stores, bakeries without bread and families who can’t travel to be together. This is the year that the government Grinch stole Christmas.
More than any other, Venezuela is a country of Cuba’s making. But its own national tragedy is too deep for most citizens to mourn Fidel Castro’s death.
In a time of hunger and violence, Venezuela’s proposed peace talks are narrowly focused on power distribution. But where’s the seat for the countries citizens?
Donald J Trump has emerged victorious in the historic, and historically acerbic, 2016 American presidential election. What does this outcome mean for the world?
Facing shortages in food and medicines, extreme political polarisation, and a spiraling economic crisis, Venezuelans find it hard to care about the adventures of Clinton v. Trump.
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