Hugo Chavez says he will oust those behind Coup in Honduras
South America’s surreal political life does not get any better than this: a man who was caught leading a coup d’etat in 1992 in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez that is, comes on TV today and has…
The Venezuelanisation of British politics
It seems so eerily familiar, this business of lambasting politicians. We Venezuelans have been listening to it, literally nonstop, from our resident caudillo for the last 11 years. Anti politics as a form of doing…
Oslo Freedom Forum’s imagined community
In the presence of remarkable individuals, who were sharing with the Oslo Freedom Forum’s audience harrowing testimonies of survival, the resilience of human dignity and strength of character in conditions beyond hope, I was thinking:…
Libertad para Aung San Suu Kyi
Nosotros, los participantes abajo firmantes del Foro de la Libertad de Oslo, condenar categóricamente la detención de la Premio Nobel Aung San Suu Kyi. Condenamos los cargos injustificados formulados en su contra por el dictadura…
Free Aung San Suu Kyi
We, the undersigned participants of the Oslo Freedom Forum,categorically condemn the detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San SuuKyi. We condemn the unjustified charges raised against her by theBurmese military dictatorship, which has imprisoned and charged…
European Parliament condemns Political persecution and authoritarianism in Venezuela
In the light of the intimidation and harassment of a number of opposition figures in Venezuela, including Manuel Rosales, the elected mayor of the city of Maracaibo, Parliament expresses its «profound concern at the deterioration…
Poland ‘to ban’ Che Guevara image
The iconic image of Che Guevara found adorning students’ walls and t-shirts across the world could be banned in Poland under a government proposal to outlaw materials that incite «fascism and totalitarian systems». By Matthew…
Tidal change in Venezuela coverage
It is a fine day when I see my views reprinted, almost word by word, in a NYT’s editorial. Long gone are the days when I cringed after reading Juan Forero’s coverage. Out with microphone…
A meeting with Vladimir Bukovsky
A few days ago, I met with a colleague and we took the train up to Cambridge, to visit Vladimir Bukovsky. One can read a great deal about the atrocities perpetrated in communist Russia, but…
La CIA y Venezuela
Luego de una década escuchando al presidente y altas autoridades de su régimen repetir hasta la saciedad que todos los problemas de Venezuela son culpa de la CIA, uno puede afirmar que la identidad del…