Dr. Juan Barreto.— I must warn the dear reader that I am not given to dispensing easy praise. Rather, I always seek to put myself in an uncomfortable position, but this time I want to share a pleasant impression from a kind surprise life has just given me. Around midday, I arrived at a modest […]
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Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — Venezuela’s crisis has reached a point of exhaustion that goes far beyond a simple struggle for power. Following the consolidation of an imposed system that distorted the nation’s fundamental principles, the country’s reality reveals a systemic failure brought about by all its elites. This arrangement laid the groundwork for the institutional […]
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Américo Briceño, Political Scientist and University Professor — June 2026 begins. Five months have passed since foreign troops entered Venezuelan territory and abducted Nicolás Maduro Moros. Meanwhile, the long-awaited changes have materialized only partially. In the political sphere, developments can be summarized as follows: the release of political prisoners and “politicians in prison” (although some […]
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Why Latin American Voters Are Choosing Conservatives Again. The political realignment now unfolding across Latin America demonstrates that voters ultimately judge governments by outcomes rather than intentions. By Roger Stone. Audio (Part 1): https://clyp.it/nqbo5r5v Audio (Part 2): https://clyp.it/315aawiq For much of the twentieth century, Latin America served as one of the principal battlegrounds in the global struggle […]
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By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief. Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/snhxobjg Caracas, June 5, 2026 — One of the questions I hear most often on the streets, in business meetings, and in conversations with friends sounds simple, yet carries enormous importance: When will Venezuelans begin to see job creation and economic recovery? The honest answer […]
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By Julio A. López. Audio: https://clyp.it/5g0yiw4b Caracas, June 3, 2026 — For more than a century, Venezuela built its energy identity around oil. However, as Europe desperately searches for new energy sources and major international companies accelerate their gas expansion plans, a new reality is emerging in the country: the time for the Gas Business in […]
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Héctor Sánchez. Sociologist. — Venezuela today resembles an enormous recording studio more than a sovereign republic. Much like fictional Seahaven, we live beneath a glass dome where reality has given way to a meticulously orchestrated simulacrum: a hyperreality in which the political script comes first and shapes the facts. A 1998 film, viewed in retrospect, […]
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By Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief. Listen to the editorial audio here: https://clyp.it/zf55rh50 Washington, June 2, 2026 — Donald J. Trump’s opponents have always underestimated him. They did so in 2016, when they insisted he would never reach the White House. They did so during his first term, when many analysts considered it impossible for him to […]
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Audio: https://clyp.it/yfbjizdt María Alejandra Díaz Marín.- The most dangerous lie is not the one people force others to believe. The most dangerous lie is the one that makes truth stop mattering. Hannah Arendt warned about that danger when she studied how modern societies accepted extreme forms of domination. Leaders did not need to convince everyone […]
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Venezuela Does Have a Solution: A Plan to Rebuild the Nation Already Exists Audio: https://clyp.it/lyeszep5 Julio A. López, editor in chief. — Roberto Smith Perera does not belong to the group of improvisers who usually emerge during times of national crisis. Smith earned a degree in Mathematics from Simón Bolívar University and a doctorate in […]
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