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Posted by Laurel Conrad on February 16, 2014 15 Comments
On Sunday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio took to Twitter to draw attention to the deadly street protests in Venezuela. Marcho Rubio Twitter Venezuela What's Happening The tweet links to a powerful youtube video titled "What's going on in Venezuela in a nutshell (English version)," where a Venezuelan woman living in America explains the current anti-government protests and government backlash. The video depicts photos and footage of the violent scene in Venezuela.  At the end of the video, the woman narrator concludes, "If you are human, and want to share the truth, please, share this video." Over the past week, Venezuelan protesters have been fighting against corruption in the government, high inflation, and a high murder rate.

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 09, 2013 10 Comments
UPDATES below the post. Multiple outlets are reporting that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has accepted asylum in Venezuela, and the news is spreading like wildfire.  But there doesn't seem to be reliable confirmation of this news, as most reports appear to be based on a single source - a Russian lawmaker who deleted his relevant tweet. I've been monitoring this for the last two hours and was waiting for actual confirmation, but the news cycle doesn't appear to want to wait. Here's how it's all gone down on Twitter so far. Make sure you read to the end. Several news outlets tweeted earlier today that Snowden had accepted asylum in Venezuela, based on a tweet from Alexey Pushkov, a Russian lawmaker close to the Kremlin. https://twitter.com/AP/status/354609751511924736 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/354607382564835329 https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/354610306347053057 Shortly thereafter however, that lawmaker’s tweet was memory holed. https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/354610393261412352

Posted by Anne Segal on March 05, 2013 57 Comments

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez died today after fighting cancer for two years. Vice President Maduro's statement: Today, the 5th of March, after participating in the meeting of the council of ministers, we came here to the military hospital to follow the sequence of our comandante president's health....

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