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Technical Difficulties: A Note from the Editors

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Chavismo: Fear-Mongering Without End

Hot on the heels of Nicolas Maduro’s announcement that “scientists” will investigate whether Hugo Chavez was poisoned comes an even more bizarre declaration: a shadowy ...

IEA Issues Warning on Chavista Oil Policies

The International Energy Agency is an international body composed of 28 states, with a focus on the clean, efficient and secure provision of oil and ...

Capriles Slams Maduro’s “Fascist” Homophobia

At a rally on Monday, Nicolas Maduro exposed himself as a bigoted dunderhead with a homophobic dig at opposition leader Henrique Capriles. Reuters reports from ...

Chavismo’s War on the Independent Media

Guillermo Zuloaga, the owner of Globovision, the sole television network in Venezuela critical of the Chavista regime, has said that he was coerced into selling ...

Cabello and Maduro Getting Nervous

I think the word  “nervous” best describes the reaction of Cabello and Maduro to the announcement of Henrique Capriles Radonski last night that he’s going ...

Capriles To Face Off Against Maduro

Nicolas Maduro will face Miranda governor Henrique Capriles in the April 14th Presidential election. Announcing his candidacy, he stated: “Nicolas, I’m not going to leave ...

Presidential Election in Venezuela on April 14th

After an extraordinary meeting held in Caracas today the CNE has announced that  a presidential election will be held in Venezuela on April the 14th. ...

Opinion: Capriles Rises Above Chavez Circus

By Miguel Escalante for Free Venezuela The future  of Venezuela is wide open and the number of viable scenarios for it is practically unlimited. They ...

Capriles Charges “Liar” Maduro With Constitutional Fraud

In a dramatic press conference that followed the state funeral of Hugo Chavez, opposition leader Henrique Capriles declared that the decision by Venezuela’s Supreme Court, ...