By Héctor Sánchez The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela leaves no room for doubt: sovereignty belongs exclusively and permanently to the people. That principle, which in 1999 promised a transition from representative democracy to a participatory and leading democracy, now appears to have surrendered. As sociologist and Central University of Venezuela (UCV) professor […]
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By Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — Let us imagine, for a moment, the following scenario: the U.S. midterm elections arrive, and Donald Trump suffers a crushing defeat, just as opinion polls suggest amid dissatisfaction from six out of every 10 Americans. Under those circumstances, the president would most likely face immediate impeachment proceedings. Given Washington’s status […]
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Héctor Sánchez, sociologist. — The injustice suffocating Venezuela today is not an isolated event. It forms part of a long historical pattern of “exceptionalism” in which ordinary citizens have become trapped in the struggles of those who hold power. Behind the mask of a supposed “higher interest,” rival factions have distorted the common good, claiming […]
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By Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist. — By now, the news has become a painful echo in everyone’s memory: two earthquakes of historic magnitude struck Venezuela within moments of each other. It was an unprecedented double seismic event, a geophysical anomaly that continues to challenge scientific explanation, leaving behind a scar across the “portable country” we call […]
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Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — The National Government has just approved a series of agreements with companies such as General Electric to “reactivate” the national power system. The amounts remain unclear—as does everything in this country, where figures blur between propaganda and opacity—but people speak of several billion dollars. An astronomical sum that, in any country […]
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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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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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