CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – March 7. Another day in the midst of the political crisis in Venezuela. Guaidó and Maduro exchange criticism. Protests for water. Lots of discussion about foreign intervention. Business as usual. Suddenly, around 5 p.m., lights out. People start reporting a blackout on Twitter. Whoever you wrote in every corner of the…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – “All options are on the table”. That phrase has turned into a mantra of US officials. Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, Marco Rubio, Elliot Abrams, and John Bolton repeat it almost on a daily basis. But it has been said so much, and so little has been done that many believe the…
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (ViaNews) – The “Caribbean Series” (possibly a reference to the World Series) is an annual event that connects the winners of the national tournaments of the countries in the “Caribbean Professional Baseball Conference (CBPC)”: Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Cuba as a guest country, and Colombia, Nicaragua, and…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – Apparently, Venezuela has a new president. The president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó was sworn in as interim President of Venezuela in front of hundreds of thousands of Maduro’s opponents at the end of a rally convoked more than a week ago, obeying what he says to be his Constitutional…
MARACAIBO, Venezuela (ViaNews) – One of the most recent consequences of the Venezuelan crisis has been the total collapse of the national electrical system. Venezuela’s power system had presented serious issues from time to time in the past due to lack of maintenance but this year has been, by far, the worst. “Electrical system in…
The age of technological revolution is often being referred to as the “post-modern” era. This is an era where everything that is digitalized and technologically tagged is easily accepted and appreciated everywhere. This is the reason why the electronic voting or e-voting, including electronic voting machines (EVMs), was once expected to become the globally accepted…
Caracas, Venezuela (ViaNews) – Starting in August, the Venezuelan economy was in such difficult situation that its bank notes were illegally exported to Colombia, where they were reportedly bought by four times its face value. With these bank notes, Colombians were able to buy Venezuelan gasoline and other goods, much cheaper than their own. Hence,…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – Recent leaks were published on the September 8 edition of the New York Times regarding Trump´s administration supporting the military coup against Nicolas Maduro´s government. The paper assured “several meetings” took place in Europe (starting in fall 2017) between Venezuelan ex-military commanders and U.S. diplomats willing to oust President Maduro. “Stay…
CARACAS (ViaNews) – Venezuela’s unprecedented collapse continues. It seems almost unthinkable for a country that not so long ago was considered an emerging market, according to the IMF, and with the biggest oil reserve in the world, to be in such difficult position, but it’s happening. In this South American country, the incredible is common…
CARACAS, Venezuela (ViaNews) – From Miami, through her own YouTube channel, three hours after the attack, Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo said that militaries from Fenix Group had claimed the authorship of the drone attack, and read a press release from them. Fenix Group also carried an action in 2017 by flying a full-size helicopter to…
