CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – The National Electoral Council (CNE), a branch of the Venezuelan government to oversee and guarantee the transparency of elections and referendums is on international news, allegedly for not doing its job. Apparently, there is a growing deep politicization of public elections in Venezuela over the recent years. Remarkably, since 2016, the…
Montevideo, Uruguay (ViaNews) – Uruguay, a small country located in South America with a population of 3.4 million, is born a pioneer by nature, but the pathways to innovation are also followed closely by controversy, its faithful companion. It´s not often one hears about the country in the international media news, and when one does,…
CARACAS, Venezuela (VIANEWS) – One of the biggest lies of this century has emerged in Venezuela and is called the Arco Minero del Orinoco (AMO). The AMO was first announced by former president Hugo Chávez Frías in 2011. He would later include this new project on his governmental program for the period running from 2013-2019….
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – In 1914, the Zumaque I, or MG-1, (the first oil well in Venezuelan territory) marked the beginning of the oil production in Venezuela. It was the milestone from agricultural to an oil-based economy, completely changing Venezuela’s contemporary history. Since then, oil has become a national symbol, associated with wealth-seeking, and strong…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – The high rates of insecurity in South America are longstanding. This is a constantly changing phenomenon and dependent on many variables such as political leadership, social organization quality and cohesion, unemployment rate, and economic stability. The increase of criminal activities in Venezuela has increased dramatically over the last 20 years. It…
Caracas, Venezuela (ViaNews) – After the October 15 election to choose the country’s 23 state governors, the Venezuelan government has repositioned its dominance in the vast majority of the country’s governorates. This victory of the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) has generated a negative balance in the national opposition, led mainly by the coalition of parties…
Caracas, Venezuela (VIAnews) – The results of the 23 State Governors election held on October 15 in Venezuela indicate that the President Nicolás Maduro’s partisans won 18 states against 5 for the oppositionists. Both parties were very active during the campaign, and the participation reached 61.14 %, with over 10 million voters. The elections were…
Montevideo, Uruguay (VIAnews) – What if someone had already figured out a way of building completely self-sufficient houses? Apparently, someone already did. Michael Reynolds is a 72-year-old architect who grew up in Kentucky, USA. He has written several books on sustainable housing, founded the world-class Sustainable Buildings company “Earthship Biotecture”, and is the drafter of…
Montevideo, Uruguay (ViaNews) – “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, a phrase once attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci and used as a successful slogan in advertising, that perfectly fits today’s international real estate luxury market. The latest World Travel & Tourism Council & Oxford Economics research indicates that tourist activity in 2016 “grew for the seventh…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – The 1920s saw Venezuela become a major oil-exporting country and it has, since then, ranked among the world’s top 10 hydrocarbon producing and exporting countries. Throughout history, there have been ups and downs within the supply and demand of oil crude, but what remained unchanged is the excessive economic dependence of…
