La Voz Latina A full month has passed since the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and a remarkable truth has emerged: the man remains as polarizing in his tomb as he was in life. Two recent commentaries illustrate the point perfectly. From Rafael Romo, www.cnn.com: Human rights groups consistently raised alarms that Chavez was [...]
Gallup poll finds Venezuelans torn between loyalty for Chavez and reality of the state of the country
LatinaLista — Though the former president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, enjoyed high approval ratings before his recent death, many Venezuelans feel he left the country in worst shape than ever, according to a new Gallup Poll. His legacy and its effect on Sunday’s elections were the premise of Gallup’s special report on Venezuela. In the [...]
Venezuelan-born Rafael Reif and the Road to MIT’s Presidency
By Angela Millan Epstein CTLatinoNews.com Rafael Reif speaks slowly with the clarity of an engineer’s mind and the matter of fact attitude of a person whose life and experiences have led him to hold one of the most important positions in the field of science and technology education in the world. Listening to the Venezuelan [...]
Intrn’l Video: Venezuelan’s composition puts sad melody to country’s deteriorating democracy
LatinaLista — While the world has focused on Mexico’s crime violence, another country has largely escaped global scrutiny though its crime is reported to be worse than that of Mexico in many respects. The country is Venezuela. In an April article in The Economist, the situation in Venezuela was laid out: …The government rarely releases [...]
Intrn’l Video: Venezuela’s Holy Thugs
LatinaLista — Mexico has its San Malverde, the patron saint of drug traffickers and criminals. Though the idea of paying homage to a guy that is the patron saint of a gang who show no mercy to their victims or innocent bystanders seems repulsive, the notion of praying to a “narco-saint” isn’t unique to Mexico. [...]
In Venezuela, we are in God’s hands
(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 be closed by Hugo Chavez’s regime. Radio Caracas Televisión (the first TV Station in Venezuela) was [...]
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