Social media is often regarded as a powerful tool for ordinary people to disseminate information, practice freedom of expression, and promote democracy throughout the world. However, sometimes that sentiment simply isn’t true. Nowhere was that better demonstrated in recent memory than in Venezuela. Protests organized by right-wing groups and activists…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is wrapping up his week-long tour of Asia and Russia — and is not coming back to Caracas empty-handed. According to Bloomberg, Maduro embarked on his trip rather quickly in the hopes of convincing petroleum-producing countries such as Russia and Saudi Arabia to stabilize oil prices…
A Venezuelan trans woman earned the title of Miss International Queen this week in Thailand, at a pageant which bills itself as the world’s largest beauty pageant for transgender candidates.Isabella Santiago, 22, surpassed 21 contestants from 18 different countries to win the Miss International Queen pageant on Nov. 7 in…
Following the 2013 death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, the Latin American country has been rocked by conflict between right-wing politicians and the revolutionary activists and workers who support Chavez’s lefist Bolivarian movement. To further their cause, some of these activists have taken to the nation’s streets and neighborhoods to…
The TNT series Legends has barely made a blip in the extensive TV lineup released this year by United States television networks, where the satellite telecommunications industry which controls TV broadcasting brings about $6 billion in revenue every year. But the show has plenty of critics in Venezuela. Venezuelan officials…
Anyone familiar with the current political relationship between newly-elected Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro isn’t likely to describe the relationship as conducive to peace, but that’s exactly what international relations experts were hoping for when the two leaders met in the Caribbean coastal town of…
In a new immigration study, USC professor and sociologist Pierette Hondagneu-Sotelo has analyzed the connection between immigration and gardening — not just as a career choice, but also as a hobby which is able to provide comfort and tranquility for immigrants who are having trouble adjusting to a new culture.…
Questions about the safety and effects of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine have been raised after a 12-year old Wisconsin girl was reported dead hours after receiving an injection. While the cause of the girl’s death is still unknown, her parents have pressed for further investigation and have publicly stated that…