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Former US federal agent offers unique insight into the crisis in Venezuela and its future

Jul 9, 2020, 1:27 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Venezuela´s politics are the epitome of exhausting, disastrous, bipolar, extremist and fast-changing. To live in Venezuela or be Venezuelan, requires having strong mental endurance and the strength, like a woman giving birth without an epidural,…

General, Venezuela, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: Venezuelan ex-pat reflects on life under Maduro and COVID-19

Apr 23, 2020, 10:34 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Unless you are living in Antarctica, you are probably under some kind of quarantine courtesy of the COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus. The world seems like it’s upside down, at least from Venezuela. For example,…

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Guest Voz: Venezuela’s opposition has a growing opposition base of its own

Mar 4, 2020, 9:00 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Any normal country has a government, its supporters and detractors. In Venezuela, the story is different: we have a regime, a so-called opposition and the opposition to the opposition. Yes, you read it right. As…

General, Venezuela, zNew Headline

New generation of Venezuelan liberators born — using social media for change

Jan 31, 2020, 2:09 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista Politicians come and go, a normal and healthy dynamic in any country. Yet in Venezuela, all the usual rules have, without a doubt, been broken. In 20 years and counting, I have seen all…

Guest Voz, zNew Headline

Guest Voz: How one film’s international win shines hope in a country feeling hopeless

Feb 10, 2014, 3:32 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — For Venezuelans, going to the movies is now as much a source of national pride as international Venezuelan beauty queens or baseball. The reason is because of the film Azul y no Tan…

Global Views

Venezuela: A fight for the presidency bears a bad reflection on Venezuelan politics

Feb 10, 2012, 11:41 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva  LatinaLista CARACAS — We are about to experience an emotional day in Venezuela. On February 12, Venezuela will vote in the opposition’s primary elections. It is where the country will choose from among five different candidates,…

Global Views

American-born basketball player finds new home, new life and new fans in South America

Jan 26, 2012, 3:28 PM 1

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva  LatinaLista CARACAS — Born in 1973 and raised in Texas playing basketball, Tim Jones has had a fulfilling sports career. From the time he was very young, Jones stood apart from his teammates. His talent became…

Global Views, Multimedia

Venezuela: Latina Venezuelan presidential candidate challenges Hugo Chavez during 8-hour speech

Jan 16, 2012, 10:47 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — The day has arrived when I couldn’t be any more proud to be a woman in Venezuela. It’s all because of Venezuelan Presidential Candidate, Maria Corina Machado. Machado challenged President Hugo Chavez in…

General, Global Views

Venezuela: Women with PIP breast implants demand justice while creating online support network

Jan 9, 2012, 2:38 PM 1

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — Women implanted with the faulty PIP breast implants have filed a lawsuit not only against the French company that made them, Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP), but the medical distributors who sold them in…

Global Views, Life Issues

The kidnapping of Wilson Ramos underscores Venezuela’s growing national pastime

Dec 12, 2011, 3:19 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS,VENEZUELA — As a Venezuelan reporter, this is one of those stories you really hate to write or talk about. A few weeks ago, when Venezuelan baseball player Wilson Ramos was kidnapped, my family and…

Linking Latinas

Venezuela: Hometown designer makes his mark on international fashion stage

Jul 21, 2011, 10:28 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — Venezuelan native and fashion designer, Angel Sanchez, believes every woman should have a little black dress. It’s a message that he shared during the recent sneak peek showing of his line, “Angel for…

Global Views, Government

Venezuela: Waiting to see the next political invention of Hugo Chavez

Jul 1, 2011, 10:58 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — June 29, 2011 marked 20 days since Venezuelans had not heard news about their president, Hugo Chavez. Rumors, theories and gossip were running all over the place and no one had an idea…

Linking Latinas, Politics, Social Justice, Women

Venezuela: A transgender candidate’s run for Supreme Court challenges culture of intolerance

Nov 26, 2010, 12:58 PM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista CARACAS — Venezuela is making history with the very first transgender candidate who has applied to be a member of the Supreme Court. Her name is Tamara Adrian, and she exemplifies what it means to…

Global Views, Linking Latinas, Politics, Women

Venezuela: A Latino Switzerland?

Aug 18, 2010, 11:36 AM 0

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: “The Guardians of ChÃ¡vez” is the name of a very controversial documentary produced and made by Spanish journalist Jon Sistaga, who also covered the American invasion of Baghdad and is ranked by Gallup as…

General, Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas

Venezuela: Hugo Chavez now weighs in on being a “size activist”

Dec 4, 2009, 10:21 AM 2

By Jennifer Barreto-Leyva VENEZUELA: “Venezuelans, check yourself, you are way too fat” Those were the — once again — wise words of Venezuelan dictator Hugo ChÃ¡vez on his very own 5 hour-long TV Show “Alo Presidente” broadcast every Sunday…

General, Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas, Politics

In Venezuela, we are in God’s hands

Jun 25, 2009, 3:08 PM 0

(The following is written by a regular contributor to Latina Lista’s Linking Latinas section.) by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to…

General, Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas

Venezuela: We are in God’s hands

Jun 23, 2009, 5:22 PM 2

by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva VENEZUELA: Venezuelans are about to say good-bye for good to democracy and freedom of speech. The only independent TV Station is about to be closed by Hugo Chavez’s regime. Radio Caracas TelevisiÃ³n (the first TV Station…

Health, Human Rights, Palabra Final, Women

Violence against women rapes a whole society

Mar 9, 2009, 10:34 AM 1

LatinaLista — Violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that pits abused women against society and their respective judicial systems. It’s only through men and women working together to create solutions can long-lasting change occur and put a halt…

Global Views, Government, Human Rights, Linking Latinas

Venezuela: Common assaults create uncommon fear and anger over how much Venezuela has changed under Chavez

Mar 4, 2009, 12:27 PM 0

by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: We dont know who the perpetrarors were, we still are thinking and trying to figure out what happened here. This been the most horrific thing someone can experience ever!!!!! Hours after living through every…

Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas

Venezuela: The bipolar country

Jan 24, 2009, 12:41 PM 4

by Jennifer Barreto-Leyva LatinaLista VENEZUELA: Venezuela, the land well known as the territory where beautiful women are born, the land of oil â€” and the land of political controversy for the last ten years. This is the most ridiculously…