Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Getting Out the News in Chaotic Venezuela

(Version anglaise seulement)

The morning rush hour in downtown Caracas may look like any other, but dig just a little bit and one can see how different it really is. The Metro rail by and large doesn’t work, and the buses are unreliable. Electricity is spotty and prone to fail, just like Wi-Fi and the Internet. Some residences in the city haven’t had water for six months, and hyper-inflation has left Caracas largely cashless. Noticeably, there is very little news, whether on the radio or TV, in newsprint, or...

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