As Hugo Chavez’s health deteriorates, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo speculates on how Cuba and its citizens would survive without Venezuelan subsidies.
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Our featured articles cover the work and experiences of writers from all over the world. Sampsonia Way looks back at the most read articles of 2012.
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In this week’s Night Watch Israel Centeno analyses Venezuela’s recent presidential election and compares the strategies of Chávez and Capriles.
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Israel Centeno examines the changes that Hugo Chávez has made to Venezuela’s government, including constitutional revisions, and wonders whether, even with a change in leadership, Venezuela can become a democratic state.
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In this week’s column, Venezuelan author Israel Centeno issues a sharp critique to the Venice Biennale – and, by extension, the European left – for awarding the Golden Lion prize to the Tower of David, a 45-story “shantytown” project in Caracas, Venezuela.
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Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno draws troubling comparisons between the government-tolerated militias in Venezuela and Benito Mussolini’s shock troops. These armed militias are alleged to be responsible for the growing number of violent crimes.
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In this week’s Night Watch Venezuelan writer Israel Centeno traces the history of violence in Venezuela from the turn of the 20th century up to the present. “Venezuela is a cocktail of poverty, injustice, resentment, a rentier mentality, and clientelistic wealth.”
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