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Venezuela’s Lost Year
Journal of Democracy
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July 28, 2025
A year ago Nicolás Maduro stole Venezuela’s election and entrenched his power by jailing and killing those who opposed him. But the world’s democracies don’t need to sit on the sidelines. Here is how they can raise the costs for Maduro. By Eric...
US accuses Venezuelan regime of narco-terrorism over alliances with Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel
Fox News
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July 29, 2025
Former Pentagon official Alex Plitsas provides analysis of the Trump administration’s prisoner swap with Venezuela. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. government has named the Cartel de los Soles, a Venezuela-based criminal group...
Venezuelans say they were beaten and sexually assaulted while detained at notorious CECOT
AOL
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Andry Blanco Bonilla, center, was reunited with his family in Venezuela on Tuesday after four months of incarceration in El Salvador's megaprison. (Courtesy Blanco Bonilla family)Three Venezuelan men told NBC News they experienced physical and...
Musicians performing National Anthem at Little League Baseball World Series announced
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pennsylvania
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The slate of musicians performing the National Anthem at the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series has been revealed. “At the 2025 Little League Baseball World Series, Presented by T-Mobile, fans will have the opportunity to experience nearly...
Venezuela’s Electoral Council Announces Overwhelming GPPSM Victory in Local Elections
teleSUR
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July 28, 2025 Hour: 1:39 am The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) achieved a major victory in the municipal elections on Sunday, July 27, securing the country’s major mayoralties, according to the first official bulletin from the National...
Venezuela’s Municipal Elections Mark a Historic Triumph of Participatory Democracy
teleSUR
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July 28, 2025
Venezuela closes peaceful electoral day with over 21 million voters participating.Photo:TeleSUR. July 27, 2025 Hour: 10:22 pm Polling stations in Venezuela closed after a peaceful and efficient election day, with over 21.5 million voters electing...
Maria Corina Machado: The Legitimate Leader For Change In Venezuela
Forbes
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Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters from the back of a truck during a campaign ... More rally.Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Maria Corina Machado has been persecuted by those who usurped the...
Cuba congratulates the Venezuelan government on the results of municipal elections
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 29, 2025
Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, congratulated the people and government of Venezuela on Monday for the results of the municipal...
Venezuela Votes in Municipal Elections With a Great Youth Participation
teleSUR
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Pleople attend to vote at the first National Popular Youth Consultation, held in parallel with municipal elections. Photo: X/ @LemusteleSUR July 27, 2025 Hour: 8:26 pm BY: Bruno Falci / Telesur This Sunday, Venezuela is holding crucial elections...
Gay Venezuelan Alleges Torture in El Salvador Prison
Metro Weekly
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July 29, 2025
Andry José Hernández Romero – Photo: Venezuelan government TV station VTV, via YouTube. “It was an encounter with torture and death,” said Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay Venezuelan makeup artist and costume designer who was deported to El...
How Chavismo Built Venezuela’s New Abnormal
Caracas Chronicles
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July 29, 2025
Over the past decade, Venezuela’s opposition leadership became fixated on the idea of Legitimacy as the key factor sustaining Maduro’s rule. The main debates—both public and behind closed doors—among analysts, lawyers, and political advisors...
Venezuelan Rappers Escape El Salvador’s Hell and Turn Their Trauma into Music
LatinAmerican Post
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July 24, 2025
Handcuffed, heads shaved, and chained at the waist, Ángel Blanco and Joen Suárez were thrown into one of Latin America’s most feared prisons. Four months later, they’re free—and rapping their way out of the silence. From a Microphone in Queens to...
New Peruvian media outlet takes a critical look at crime in Latin America
LatAm Journalism Review
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July 29, 2025
The phrase "on the margins" can refer to a place whose surrounding areas are on the edge, indicate that someone or something is not involved in an issue, and can even be used as a synonym for marginalization or exclusion. Since June 1, it has also...
Venezuela’s 2025 Municipal Elections: 100% Polling Stations Operational Amid Historic Voter Participation
teleSUR
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CNE Vice President highlights calm and full operation of polling stations in Venezuela’s historic vote. Photo: EFE. July 27, 2025 Hour: 3:50 pm Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) reports full operation of all polling stations for the...
Global Fact-Checking Network confirms transparency of recent election in Venezuela
TASS
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July 29, 2025
MOSCOW, July 29. /TASS/. The general municipal election in Venezuela complied with key democratic standards and was transparent, the Global Fact-Checking Network (GFCN) told TASS after its representatives acted as international observers at the...
The Dudamel Foundation Empowers Through Music Education
Borgen Magazine
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July 29, 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois — Gustavo Dudamel is not only one of the most celebrated figures in classical music today, but he is also a living example of how art and music can be powerful tools for social transformation and human potential. Trained in El...
Venezuela Municipal Elections 2025: A Triumph of Peace, Participation, and Democratic Resilience
teleSUR
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Venezuela municipal elections 2025: Venezuela celebrates a peaceful, high-turnout electoral process as over 21.5 million citizens vote in the 2025 municipal elections and National Youth Consultation—proving the strength of participatory democracy....
Hispanic Festival returns to Grand Rapids with music, food celebration
MLive - Michigan
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July 29, 2025
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The 47th annual Hispanic Festival will take place this weekend in the heart of Grand Rapids. Kicking off Aug. 1-3 at Calder Plaza, 320 Ottawa Ave. NW, the three-day festival celebrates the culture, music, cuisine and deep-rooted...
Maduro hails municipal victory, says Venezuela leads in democracy
Al Mayadeen
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July 29, 2025
Venezuela’s ruling coalition secures 285 out of 335 mayoralties as officials tout rising voter turnout, grassroots participation, and rejection of opposition agendas. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hailed a sweeping electoral victory for...
‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison
The Guardian
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July 29, 2025
Arturo Suárez struggles to pinpoint the worst moment of his incarceration inside a prison the warden boasted was “a cemetery of the living dead”. Was it the day inmates became so exasperated at being beaten by guards that they threatened to hang...