August 11: SIDOR

Today, Siderúrgica de Orinoco (SIDOR) workers, who have been on an “indefinite strike” since May of this year, blocked an avenue in Continue reading →

August 6: Citgo For Sale

Citgo, a subsidiary of PDVSA responsible for oil refining and marketing in the United States, is for sale. The announcement Continue reading →

July 25: Opposition Prisoners Beaten, Robbed

Members of Venezuela’s military counter-intelligence unit conducting searches of prisoner cells in the Ramo Verde military prison last night severely Continue reading →

July 17: The Year of the Protest

The Observatorio Venezolano de Conflictividad Social [Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict] (OVCS) released a study today that concludes that so far this Continue reading →

July 11: Permanent Battle

Venezuela became more isolated today after United Continental Holdings Inc. – the parent company of United and Continental Airlines – Continue reading →

July 7: Respect for Journalists

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) issued a statement today calling for for “an end to attacks against journalists in Continue reading →

July 6: The Right Direction

In an interview on Televen today, the vice-president for the economy, Rafael Ramirez, said that the Venezuelan economy was “heading in the Continue reading →

July 4: Sairam Rivas

El Frente Nacional de Mujeres [National Women’s Front] spearheaded a demonstration today in front of the SEBIN headquarters in Caracas. The Continue reading →