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Indigenous Self-Defense Groups Rise in Southern Venezuela
It was a hot Thursday afternoon, and nobody really thought about solemnities as a declaration of independence. A group of about 600 indigenous people from thirteen communities on the banks of the...
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Dissidence of Colombian Guerrillas Penetrate the Venezuelan Amazon
His real name is Miguel Díaz Sanmartin, but everyone knows him as "Julián Chollo", his alias from when he joined the ranks of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 1996, when he was...
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A dream deal with China that ended in nightmarish debt for Venezuela
The commitment was titanic. China would lend Venezuela US$1 billion as soon as the deal was sealed and, in exchange, state-run mining company CVG Ferrominera Orinoco would deliver 42.96 million tonnes...
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The Chinese train derailed on Venezuela’s plains
In various parts of Venezuela, tunnels, rails and thick concrete columns with no obvious purpose stand as monuments to neglect. They look like testimonies left, with an indecipherable meaning, by...
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